[98] James Farguson who was some time since taken up by the City Guard and ordered in Close Confinement for not having no Pass was again examined and having given sufficient proof of his being a Deserter from the Enemy and sustaining a good Character -- Ordered That he be Liberated -- John Van Der Karr in Consequence of a Citation from the Board appeared and he having given satisfactory answers to such Questions as were proposed to him was permitted to return to his usual place of abode -- Adjourned till 9 OClock to Morrow Morning Appendix I: Laws, June 30, 1778.

Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 167

Met pursuant to adjournment 10 th July 1778 1778 July 10. Present

John M Beeckman /

Matthew Visscher Isaac D. Fonda )

Wrote Letters to Cornelius Humfrey, Hugh Mitchell, and Petrus Wynkoop fun' requesting their Attendance at this Board next Tuesday Morning as the Board then intend to proceed upon the Act respecting Persons of equivocal and suspected Characters Col' Elisha Porter appeared before the Board with Zadock Wright heretofore a Justice of the Peace under the King of Great Britain and an Inhabitant of Hartford near Connecticut River in this State who went over to [99] the Enemy last July and was under them constituted a Major as he pretends and who was lately taken and brought to Northampton! Goal and was by the Council of the Massachusetts Bay sent to us Ordered that the said Zadock Wright be closely confined, and that John M. Beekman Esq r pay to the said Cob Elisha Porter for his Wages and Expence in bringing from Northampton to this Place the said Zadock Wright the sum of thirty six Pounds as ^Account -- Frederick Wormer in Consequence of a former Order was brought before the Board, and Ordered to be closely confined -- Adjourned till 9 OClock to Morrow Morning