Marselius, and Henry Staats in Pursuance of an Order of Yesterday also appeared before the Board and were agreeable to the Act of the Legislature of this State tendered the Oath therein recited, and they having requested to consider till next Monday Morning Ordered that Time be given them till then and if they do not appear, that their Non Attendance will be construed into a Refusal -- Duncan M^Dugall of Schohary who was some Time since confined for Disaffection to the American Cause was brought before the Board, and it appearing from a Recommendation of a Number of respectable Inhabitants of Tryon County that he had always behaved himself well, and it also appearing from a Certificate of Coll Harpur that he had last Year kept back a Party [104] of Indians who were coming to make him Prisoner we are induced by those Considerations to eliberate him on his taking the Oath prescribed by the Act lately passed by the Legislature of this State and entering Bounds of into a Recognizance not to exceed the Limits and the Farm of his Brother Donald M;Dugall at Canajohary in Tryon County

Henry Van Schaack, Peter Van Schaack, Peter Vosburgh, Lowrence Goes, Harmen Pruyn, John Thurman and William

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1778 Rea were severally cited to appear before this Board on the July 16. Eighteenth Instant to render Satisfaction to us touching their Conduct during this War conformable to an Act of the Legislature lately passed respecting Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters -- James Ellice appeared before the Board according to the Citation served on him and the Oath as prescribed in the Act being tendered him he refused to take it -- Ordered that the said James Ellice hold himself in Readiness to go off in Eight Days -- Frederick Crans appeared before the Board and made Application to have Johannis Hendersans released Ordered that he be liberated on his engaging to behave himself in a becoming Manner -- Frederick Bremerman a Hessian Deserter from the British Army appeared before the Board and we having examined him and finding nothing special against him have thought to let him go at large in this County -- Dirck Heemstraet was cited to appear before this Board on Saturday next at One of the Clock -- Adjourned till 9 OClock to Morrow Morning -- 1778 Met pursuant to Adjournment [105] July 17.