[ 73] Coenradt Johnson who was cited to appear before the Board this Day appeared and he being interrogated as to the Charges alledged against him by Nathaniel Morgan made such satisfactory Answers that he was permitted to return Home -- It having been suggested to the Board by the Goaler that Mr? Cole is very 111 and that her Life is greatly endangered by Reason of her Confinement -- Ordered that she have Permission remove some House to to City she in this until shallagain have recovered her Health -- Then adjourned till next Monday Morning

Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 21 Sept 1778 -- s1 . r Sept. 21, Present

John M. Beekman Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher -j

M" Wrag of Fort Miller, Catharina Rederpach and Mary England whose Husbands are at this Time with the Enemy at Canada made Application to the Board for Permission to go to Canada with their Families and it having appeared to us that those Women are become chargeable to the Districts

1 In George Clinton Papers, no. 1761, archives of New York State Library

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1778 in which they severally reside and that they together with Sept. 21. their Families are subsisted at the public Expence Ordered that on Account of the Reasons above assigned it be recommended to General Stark to send a Flag to Canada with them D' James Latham who appeared before the Board on the /': Instant and was then tendered the Oath by the Act of the Legislature prescribed to be taken by Persons [174] of neutral and equivocal Characters and who requested Time till this Day to consider of the said Oath again appeared and the Oath being again tendered him he requested some further Time to consider of it which was allowed him -- Received two Letters the One from Robert R.