On May 17, 1764, on the eve of a town meeting called to discuss Leavitt's tenure - and his act of cruelty towards his slave [REF] - the minister suddenly accepted a payment from the townsmen for services rendered and agreed to depart.
Another ministerial colleague noted that Rev. Leavitt's sermons "are not fresh and beautiful by the imagination, not ardent and overflowing with love, but didactic, dry, and clean, and very long.