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WE, the trustees of st. Peters Church in the


Borough of Wilmington, State of Delaware, see


ng an appeal to the public by william LarkIn,
wherein he charges ,is, Peter Fierce, BERNARD
MCann, Bernard M'Guigen, and John Durnn


With uniIstly assang, and most wantony Sian
dcrng the said Vim. l.arkln's character. He
then proceeds to say he feels it duty he owes
to himself and his friends to rcpcl the unauthor-
izcd, base and ,lnfonudcd charges made by those
caiumniators, and expose them to that contempt
they merit. lie then comes forward, honest
man like, to exhibit 10 public view a statement of
the facts connected with the lottery case alluded
to: he rcqu, SIS the public TO recollect the pc
riol the Legislature granted the lottery, in 1922


for raising the sum of 5000 dollars for the use of
81 Peters Church and payment of debts, over all
expenses he then states the managers Of the
lottery then agreed that one of them should sign
the tickets, and receive the money, and pay
the przes--this was the most substantial part of
the business, although poor BILLY says it was un-


ortunatc for him, or as the selfcrcated trustees


would have il, it was unfortunate for the Church


the trustees are a get of impudent fellows, for
not pitying poor Billy's severe loss, and not the
losses of the church; poor Billy goes on to in.
form the public he sold the lottery to Thomas
| Hope, who commenced to sell the Tickets; and


after the sale the first and second classes, hon
SoA biHN " TO VIC l'uJttS WITH HuSt DtlC-
faced falschood, that he paid the church, i'll cash
and note, and payment ofdebts, the full amount
and upwards, say 1905 dollars. AS he treats the
public opinion with the same insolence as he has
treated the congregation Of ST. Peters Church,


We now challenge you to come before any three
or more respectable men Of the Borough and we
are ready to meet any hour you appoint, face to
face, and if you can produce one solitary docu-
ment of receipt or settlement for any sum OF
money, even for one dollar, since the commence
ment of the drawing of the lottery until this
day. we shall acknowledge your assertion to be
true, and you cannot produce any receipt oil
settlement from he trustees of St. Peters
Church you must be the most abandoned crea
ture upon earth--we challenge you to produce il


in fory-eght hours, or you stand convicted, a.
you are; so that we shall prevent you from


imposing any longer on the public. Our for


bearancc for SO long a time with you, was from


motives Of charity, not wishing to injurc YOU


character, as VIC would do, for any man in busi
ness; but we see you are the same obduratt


and perverted wretch still, after all our indul


gence to you. We point out an Infamous false


hood on the face of the document you have Sc
/ before the public, where you say you sold 81,
, classes Of the lottery to Thomas Hope for 50t
dollars each, to be paid by Hope as each clas


was sold. You state that after the lst and I'd class
es were sold, you paid the church the sum o
, 1905 dollars in cash and note. You could not pa,
out Of one thousand dollars, which you state yo'