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 Superintendent, read to the official members a letter, received from the official members of the Wesleyan Church, in Philadelphia, informing that they had resolved to become united to our connexion, and had appointed Delegates to attend the next yearly Conference, to communicate their determination personally. May 21st, 1829, the Ninth Yearly Conference took place in New-York. The names of the Preachers who attended this meeting were, Christopher Rush, Superintendent, Leven Smith, James Smith, Peter Vanhas, Timothy Eatto, and Jacob Matthews, of New-York; William Carman and George Tredwell, from Long Island Charles Anderson, from Newark; Edward Johnson Richard Phillips, David Stevens, and David Crosby, delegates from the Wesleyan Church, in Philadelphia; David Smith, from Fredericksburgh, and Jacob Richardson from Harrisburgh, Western country, state of Pennsylvania. By reason of sickness, James Anderson, of New Haven, did not attend personally, but wrote to the Conference representing those under his charge. On the 28th of May, two days after the Conference raised, a Preacher, named Hamilton Johnson, arrived here from Prescott, Upper Canada, hoping to be in time to join the Conference, and represent a society in that part of the country. The appointments were as follows, viz., Jacob Matthews, to Zion Church; Charles Anderson, to