Day of this Month which Request was granted on his consenting that if he did not appear on that Day his Non Attendance should be construed into a Refusal Stephen Bell the Coaler appeared before the Board and informed us that Hendrick Van Salsbury a Prisoner confined in Goal is very sick Ordered that he be removed to the Hospital and that D Young be requested to receive him into his Care r -- Ordered that the Names of Henry Van Schaack David Van Schaack, Cornelius Van Schaack, Lambert Burghart, John D. Goes, Mathew Goes Jun^ Derick Gardinier and Nicholas Stevens be transmitted to his Excellency the Governor that he may if he thinks proper detain any of the said Persons for the Purpose of an Exchange

The[n] Adjourned till 2 OClock to Morrow Afternoon

Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 4 SepC 1778 th . Sept. 4. Present

John M. Beekman J ( Isaac D. Fonda Jeremiah Van Renselaer l ( Mathew Visscher

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Sept. 4. Christian File who was some Time since confined was brought before the Board and examined after which Examination [159] he was permitted to go at large on his entering into Recognizance for his future good Behaviour and Monthly Appearance

Christian File on Recognizance in.... £50 --0-- The Board having been informed that Thomas Wood Jun r keeps himself concealed somewhere near Worcester in the State of Massachusetts Bay Ordered that a Letter be wrote to Levy Lincoln Esq r to have the said Thomas Wood Jun r instantly apprehended if possible and conveyed to us together with John Snyder now confined in Worcester Goal which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that Doctor Joseph Young be requested to receive into the Hospital such State Prisoners as we may send him from Time to Time and provide them with such Things as he Nourishment shall think necessary for their