1778 In Consequence of the Letter received from his Excellency Aug. 14. the Governor Henry Cuyler, James Ellice, James Dole and Alexander White were brought before the Board and informed of the Directions the Board had received from him Whereupon Ordered that they be severally closely confined -- Peter W Yates appeared before the Board according to the Order received from us and being tendered the Oath prescribed in the Act he requested Time to consider of the same which was given him -- Ordered that the Secretary pay to Col' John Fisher £\2 o o to be by him accounted for to this Board /t Jt -- Then Adjourned till 9 OClock to Morrow Morning -- 1778 Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Aug. IS- Albany I5 th : August 1778 -- Present

Jeremiah Van Renselaer ( Isaac D. Fonda Hugh Mitchell l Mathew Visscher

Ordered that a Letter be wrote to his Excellency the

Governor requesting of him to grant M" White Permission to go to New York to sollicit an Exchange for her Husband which Letter is in the Words following, to wit (prout) Ordered that a Pass be given to Mr? White to go down to Poughkeepsie for the above Purpose -- [ 1 4 1 ] Mr Nicholas Stevens who upon his Appearance requested Time till this Day to consider of the Oath then tendered appeared and the Oath being again tendered him he refused to take the same Received a Letter from John Duncan Esq r which is dated 13 Instant respecting Stutley Scrantum which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) In George Clinton Papers, no. 1655, archives of New York State Library