In another case, a pass was refused because the granting of it lay properly with General Stark; yet the board recommended to Stark that the person be given permission " to go to Cherry But the Valley to fetch from thence his Family and Effects." board refused an appeal from a tory's wife, on the ground that no permit or indulgence could be given '* to any part of a Family whereof the Husband or Master" had "so far deviated from humane principles as to associate with Barbarians & as- For examples see April 14, 15, 16, 18, 29; June 1, 9, io, 15, 25, 29; July 16; August 12, 13, 15, 21; September 4, 14; November 17, 21, 1778; January 25; February 2, 12; June 2, 3, 5, 9, 30; July 2, 9, io, 1779; July 5; August 26, 1780. * June 13, 17, 1778.

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sisting in Imbruing his hands in the Blood of Women and Children and peaceable Inhabitants." Military prisoners who wished to make a direct appeal to Governor Clinton for their exchange, were granted passes as far as Poughkeepsie. A sloop was allowed to go down to New York City, on proviso that the owner procured a sufficient bail for its immediate return. An applicant for a pass to Charlotte County was told to apply to the board there. Passes were granted to other States, for example to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The board refused a pass to Bennington, Vermont, unless the applicant could furnish a favorable recommendation from a known whig. In another case, favorable consideration was contingent upon an acceptable certificate from an officer of the militia. On July 28, 1779, the board ordered that in future no passes would be granted, unless by vote of three commissioners, and only then upon a proper recommendation.