Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
Next day was . I met with a large
congregation of the inhabitants of the Cape Saints captains sailors fishermen
Christian and infidels and preached in the forenoon afternoon and
evening and then held a Church meeting until midnight. I organized
a Church here with 21 members and appointed Nathaniel Eldridge
Presiding Elder and Horace Humphry and Thomas T. Elderidge his
councillors. I baptized and confirmed one & administered unto
two that were sick
