Ostrander and John Keurden, having formerly been apprehended by the Committee cf Albany in Consequence of a request from his Excellency Governor Clinton, as being Persons enlisted in the service of the King of Great Brittain Ordered Thereupon that a Mittimus be made to detain the above Persons untill they have been Indicted and Tried, or untill they are by this Board or any other Three of the Commissioners discharged [10] Moses Dorman, Robert Ferguson, Martin Galer JunF Mattice Galer, Galer, James Esman David Stoffel

Michel Silvan Galer andHenry Salsbury being committed by the Committee of the District of Kinderhook and it appearing that they are disaffected Persons whose going at large may be dangerous to the Liberties of America Ordered Thereupon that a Mittimus be made out ordering them to be Confined untill discharged by this Board or any other three of the Commissioners

Adjourned till 9 OClock A M.

Met according to Adjournment 17 th April 1778 1778 Apr. 17. Present

John M Beeckman ) j Van Rensselaer Jer. Isaac D. Fonda j j Matthew Visscher

Archibald Campbell, William Blake, George Telford and William Robisson were brought before this Board for having remained on their Habitations, and going to the Enemy,

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1778 and it appearing from their examinations as well as from Apr. 17. the information of Cap^ John McKellop that they had previous to the Enemies penetrating the Country proved friends to the Country, and that their only inducement to go in was to save their Families from being Scalped by the Indians, and that they remained but a few days with the Enemy and bore no Arms, and it farther appearing from their examinations that they conceive themselves to owe