“Your missionary reports, that since entering upon his present station, the churches under his care have improved to such an extent, as to leave it no longer doubtful that respectable congregations may be sustained in this interesting section of the country. The parish of St. James’ Church, Skaneateles, has successfully accomplished that most difficult undertaking for a small congregation, the building of a neat and commodious church, supplying it with an organ and other conveniences, without the contracting of debt to any amount.”

– From the report of the Rev. Algernon S. Hollister, Missionary at Skaneateles, Onondaga County, and parts adjacent, “Missionaries in New-York” in Episcopal Watchman, January 1830