Mi" Benjamin Colvin Junf appeared before the Board in Behalf of a Number of Persons who were sent Down to this Place from Bennington under the pretended Authority of the State of Vermont in Order to be sent to the Commander in Chief of this Department to be by him sent to the Enemies

Lines Ordered that Jeremiah Van Renselaer and John M. Beekman wait upon General Starkes in Order to enquire of him the Nature of the several Offences those Persons stand charged with -- They Report that upon Application to general Starkes to the above Enquiry he [102] the said General informed them that he conceived that the Commissioners could not take Cognizance of their Crimes the Delinquents being judged by the Court of Vermont as

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July 15- dangerous Persons to the Wellfare of their State & therefore ordered them to be sent to Albany that he might forward them to General Gates to be by him sent to the Enemies Lines with which Request from the State of Vermont he conceived it was just to comply and would order the same to be put into Execution -- Peter Finehout who was some Time since confined in Goal was brought before the Board and we having examined into the Nature of his Crime, have thought proper to eliberate him on his entering into Recognizance for good Behaviour and Appearance when called upon -- Peter Finehout on Recognizance in.. £100 Jacob Finehout his Bail in.. £ 100 Reuben Grippen of Kinderhook also his Bail in.. T100 Ordered that a Letter be wrote to his Excellency the Governor informing him that in Consequence of the Application made by the Person above mentioned in Behalf of those Persons sent from Bennington we waited on General Starkes who informed us that it was none of our Business to interfere with Tories from another State which Letter is in the Words following (prout) 1