Minutes of the June 21, 1872 Foreign Mission Board Meeting

A called meeting of the Board was held on friday June 21st at 5 oClock. P.M. Present. Brn: Curry, Bitting, Tupper, Wilson, Snead, Keesee, Clarke, Ellyson, A. G. Wortham, Winston, Watkins & Gwathmey. In the absence of the President, Bro. Bitting V.P. occupied the Chair. Prayer by Bro. Snead. The Cor. Secy. stated that Bro. C. M. Irwin, having in response to his recent letter stated that the understanding between himself and the late Cor. Sec. was that his appointment as Agent was for the period of a year, and that he had made personal sacrifice to accept it, he had agreed in behalf of the Board that he shall continue his labors accordingly. A letter from Bro. B. P. Yates to the Cor. Sec, and also one to the Treasurer, was referred to the Com'tee on African Missions. Present Bro. Jeter & Evans - also Bro. T. S. Dunnaway, who was invited to sit with the Board. After a statement from the Cor. Secy: and the reading of a Circular letter from Dr. Lorimer, the following was adopted:- Whereas Dr. Lorimer has accepted the appointment of our Board only so far as to raise the funds in this Country for the building of the Chapel at Rome; therefore, Resd. that Dr. J. B. Jeter be and is hereby appointed a Commissioner to purchase a site, and attend to the construction of the House of Worship in Rome: to raise funds for this purpose in England: