In addition to the financial accounts, already alluded to, and more specifically correlated in foot-notes to this work, we find among the George Clinton Papers in the archives ,

of the New York State Library, a few original letters that were sent by the Albany commissioners to Governor Clinton, Mathew Visscher had been secretary of the Committee of the City and County of Albany, prior to his appointment as a member of the Albany board of commissioners-

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and a small number of drafts of his official correspondence with them. These are likewise brought into juxtaposition to the minutes in the annotations. The collection of original official papers, known as New York Colonial Manuscripts, lias only a few pieces 1 .

The entire copy for these volumes has been carefully revised with the original manuscripts by the State Historian, who has likewise read the printers' proofs with the originals in their final revision. Human frailty is a sure thing, but can find no justification in the shirking of painstaking endeavor in historical documentation. See Appendix III: Miscellanea.

LIST OF COMMISSIONERS FOR CONSPIRACIES'

NAMES Counties Dates of Appointment

JOHN M. BEECKMAN Albany April 4, 1778; July 1, 1780. JEREMIAH VAN RENSSELAER April 4, 1778; July i, 1780. Resignation accepted March 26, 1781. ISAAC D. FONDA . . April 4, 1778; July i, 1780. MATHEW VISSCHER April 4, 1778; July 1, 1780. Resignation accepted March 26, 1781. HUGH MITCHELL April 4, 1778; July i, 1780. CORNELIUS HUMFREY April 4, 1778. JOHN McCLUNG 2 April 4, 1778; July 1, 1780; superseded April 1 2, 1 782. PETER WYNKOOP, JR. April 4, 1778. SAMUEL STRINGER ... October 23, 1779; July i,