Letter to Jacob Elting, Elder of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, NY, from J. Van Wagenen at Kingston

Van Wagenen writes that he is "happy to hear that your consistory have determined that when your pulpit shall become vacant, you will not open the door indiscriminately to any & every body that wishes to preach as a candidate, but that you will invite such as you may think most likely to be most proper & suitable." He suggests the Rev. Brogan Hoff of Rhinebeck as "a very reputable & acceptable preacher."