Manifestly, the minutes are incomplete, and end abruptly on August 30, 1781. Leonard Gansevoort, Jr., took his oath of office on April 24, 1778, and was to be paid " whenever an Entry is made in this Book His pay-bilb for services in the secretarial capacity, from April 13, 1778, to April 22, 1780, and from June 28, 1780, to April 29, 1783, was certified by members of the Albany County board on * Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 161, in State Comptroller's office. For a reduced facsimile see in the second volume.

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October 22, 1784, making together the sum of T535 6s. 6d. The act which finally repealed the commissioners was passed on March 2 7, 1783. It is regrettable that the minutes for the period after August, 1781, are not available, because the proceedings printed in these volumes are the only minutes of any of the seven county boards now, so far as known, extant. There are many references in these extant minutes to collateral papers on file, which are not known to be in existence. It is well-nigh inexplicable that so little remains of the vast amount of minutes and related records of this State body, existent in seven counties and operative during about five years of the war. The several boards were obligated by statute to keep accurate minutes of all of their proceedings, subject to review by higher authority. In the office of the State Comptroller, the pay-bills and other vouchers are preserved with creditable fullness, in vol. 40 of Revolutionary Manuscripts , though somewhat disarranged. The minutes of the Albany County board were retained by its secretary. After his death they came into the possession of his grandson, the late Thomas Hun, M. D., of the city of Albany, by whose generosity they were presented to the New York State Library in 1850.