Excerpt from Minutes of the Convention of Delegates From the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, and From the Associations of Connecticut: Held Annually From 1766 to 1775, Inclusive Drawn up by the Delegates from the Associated Pastors of the Colony of Connecticut, and the Committee Of the Synod of New York and Philadelphia, convened at Elizabethtown, Nov. 5, 1766. Article I. That a General Convention be formed Of the Pastors of the Congregational, Consociated, and Presbyterian Churches in North America, consisting of Delegates, chosen by each Of these respective bodies, to be held annually, or as often as may be thought necessary, and that the first Convention be held at New Haven the next day after their public commence ment, which will be the loth day Of Sept. 1767. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.