signed by I/ieut Cornelius and Peter Van Ta >cl, as Committeemen, and others, drawn up at the Provost Goal, date of F< b. 6, 1778, is on file among the Clinton papeis, in whir l) they, set forth that they are there as Committeemen, and Jemo. unable to get exchanged, and they ash the Governor to help them out of their diicjuma so that they may be returned to their families, which it appears he was not very soon able to do. Tin- official records show that their release fro in prison took place on the 17th of Oct. 1778, making just ji months of captivity. The following is copied from th< Look of ' ited Acco nts pertaining to the Revolution in the State Archives at Albany.
The State of New York, hr. To J.i' tit. Cornelius V&; 'Is . el.
'I o j..-< y wl c i ' . j from t/ ''i'ii to Oct, 1778 . . / 1 1 , / 6
To Retained Rations, t3.i5,o
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Audited, ryS-j.
When peace was at last proclaimed, I A. Van Tassel purchased his old farm from the Commissioners of Forfeiture, but on account of the losses incurred, war; unable to rebuild in's dwelling. Ilis only son having died from exposure received in fighting for his country, he postponed the affair until the marriage of his daughter I, cah, to John Romer, son of Jacob Romcr, Sr., who with his thi'-e brother . )■/ d been active participants in the cause of Independence; and in 1793, they erected the dwelling still standing, of which a photo representation appears herewith, and < re for upward of fifty years the annual town meetings of the township of Green sburgh were held. Here I,t. Van Tassel and wife, Jacob Romer, Sr., and wife, and eii on John Romer and wife spent their remaining days.