Agreeable to Your Excy's direction and order, we have examin'd the persons taken at M"" Livingston Iron Avorks who were committed to the Goal in Springfield by a mittimus from M"" Justice Ashley upon suspicion of their being aiding & consenting to the murder ot William Race and have endeavour'd to get the best light and Evidence we are ca,pable of obtaining in that matter at present, and upon the whole we apprehend tliere is no great probability of their being convicted of being actually concern'd in that murder further than their being in tlie company when the man was kill'd makes tliem so, and therefore are determined to send them under a suitable Guard as far as SheflBeld directly, there to be detain'd till those persons belonging to this province that are now confin'd in the Goal at Albany be released and return'd to Sheffield, and then set at large, and by Express shall inform the Authority in the county of Albany hereof also letting them know that unless our peoj^le be Discharged as proposed their's will be remanded to Goal.

The Sheriff of Albany & others had renew'd their Recognizances & Avere gone home before the receipt of your Excellys orders of the 19^h jngt;

We are your Exoys most obed^ Serv^* Js Williams. His Excy Gov- Sliirlev John Worthington

MASiTOR OF LIVINGSTON. 799

THE SAME TO THE SAME,

Springfield May 22 J 175j.

Sir

Since our writing by Colonel Choate, and before we had convenient opportunity to discharge the prisoners and commit 'em to a proper Guard, in order to convey them towards Hudsons River as we had propos'd in pursuance of your Excellency's order & direction. The inclos'd was communicated to us by M^ Ingersole, and having enqiiir'd of the person who brot the Letter, what he knew further of the affair, whose Examination also under oatli is inclos'd.