Marselius John Thurman, Peter Van Schaack and Henry Staats prepare & hold themselves in Readiness to be removed into the Enemies Lines by next [109] Saturday and that the Secretary cause the said Notice to be served on each of the foregoing Persons -- Ordered that a Letter be wrote to the Commissioners at Poughkeepsie informing them that a Number of Persons who we have cited before us agreeable to the Act respecting Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters pretend that they do not come under the Act as they have taken an Oath some Time ago which they say exempts them from complying with the Act and requesting their Opinion on the Subject Cap? John Ryley appeared before the Board and was discharged with the Company under his Command from further Service -- Adjourned till 9 OClock to Morrow Morning

1778 Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 21 s ? July 1778

Present

John M. Beekman ) ( Isaac D. Fonda Jeremiah Van Renselaer j ( Matthew Visscher

Richard Cartwright having been cited to appear before the Board and refusing to take the Oath tendered him agreeable to the Act Ordered that he prepare and hold himself in Readiness to be removed into the Enemies Lines on Saturday next and at any Time thereafter on the shortest Notice -- Ordered that John Johnson the Widow Johnson and her

Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 177

Daughter be Liberated from Confinement nothing specially 1778 July 2X. having appeared against them [no] Ordered that Mr Barent Van Der Pool, Andries Huyck and Walter Carpenter of Schodack be cited to appear before this Board to give Satisfaction to us touching their Conduct during the present War agreeable to the Act of the Legislature lately passed respecting Persons of Neutral and equivocal Characters Albert Van Der Zee and Philip Spawn of Niscutaw and Benjamin Baker of the Manor of Renselaerwyek were also cited to appear agreeable to the Act lately passed N B. -- these Citations were not served -- Peter Vosburgh, Lowrence Goes, William Rea and Harrnen Pruyn, who were given Time to this Day to appear and take the Oath prescribed by the Act, not appearing Ordered removed into that they hold themselves in Readiness to be the Enemies Lines by Saturday next