History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Three days after Major Henderson and his prisoners reached New York, [Januar!/ 28, 1776,] "The Com- " mittee of Safety took into consideration the case of " Godfrey Haines, lately apprehended and sent here " by the Committee of Safety of New Jersey ; are of " opinion that his many and mischievous machina- " tions are so dangerous that he ought to be kei)t in " safe custody and close jail ; and that, by the Res- " olutions of the Continental Congress of the second " day of January instant,^ they are fully authorized, " and that it is their duty to the Country, to have him "confined; and as the said Godfrey Haines lately " broke the Jail of this City, and escaped, when he " was confined there, as a prisoner,® and, continuing " his evil practices,' set off to navigate a vessel loaded " with Provisions to supply the Ministerial Army and " Navy, at Boston, they conceive it will be very " dangerous to keep or convey the said Godfrey " Haines to Ulster-county Jail, unless he is fettered " or manacled ; therefore

" Resolved and Ordered, That the said Godfrey " Haines be conveyed to Ulster-county Jail, to be " there confined in safe and secure custody, in close "jail, until the further order of the Continental or " Provincial Congress, or of this Committee. And

"Ordered, That the said Godfrey Haines be sent, " manacled or fettered, under guard, to Ulster-county " Jail; and that Colonel McDougal be requested to " procure an Officer, with a proper Guard of the " Militia or Minute-men of this City, to guard the " said prisoner and the other prisoners heretofore " ordered to jail, to Kingston, in Ulster-county."** At the same time, a letter was written to the Ulstercounty Committee, "praying" that body " that very " pariicular directions for keeping him in safe cus- " tody, to prevent his escape, be given as to Haines,