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Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York

Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York, 1778-1781. Collections of the New-York Historical Society, 1924-1925. Originally compiled 1778-1781, first published 1909-1925. 275 words

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William M Kinsey was brought before the Board and c

upon examining into the Nature of his Offence, find no particular Charge against him -- Ordered Thereupon that he be Liberated from confinement upon entring into Recognizance with surety for his future good behaviour and monthly appearance before one of the Commissioners -- he was accordingly Bound himself in *. £100 Phineas Babcock his Bail of Queensbury. . . 100

Whereas it appears probable in the opinion of this Board, that divers of the Subjects of this State, have lately gone over to and joined a Party of Savages who have [lately] 1

committed the Depredations at Schoharry Therefore Resolved That it be and it is hereby [66] most earnestly recommended to the ColL or Commanding Officers of the respective Militia Regiments in this County fortwith to order the Captains or Commanding Officers of Companie 1

to make immediate returns to this Board of the Names of such Persons of their respective Companies who have during the Alarm at Schoharry been and are still absent from their respective Places of abode -- This word is scored out in the manuscript.

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1778 Peter Meesick Jun r who was some time since confined June 9. on suspicion of being concerned in the Robbery at Henry Van Rensselaer's, and it appearing that the Suspicion was not so well founded Ordered That he be Liberated from Confinement upon entring into Recognizance with Surety in the Penal Sum of £500 each his future good Monthly behaviour and appearance before any one of the Commissioners He was accordingly bound into Recognizance