Day appeared and the Oath as prescribed by the Act to be taken by Persons of Neutral and equivocal Characters [187] having been tendered to him he requested Time to consider of the same till 12 th Instant which was granted him Ordered that the Secretary pay Col' Humfrey Four Pounds it being Money advanced by him to the Person who gave Intelligence of Neal Taylor's being at Kinderhook on which Information he was taken -- 1

Ordered that Daniel Kittel be allowed for bringing from Kinderhook to Albany with his Waggon and Horses a Party of Captain Smith's Men and Neal Taylor as a Prisoner Ch, °//° and that the Secretary pay the same 2 Ordered that there be allowed to Christopher Hawk for his Trouble and Expence in serving Citations on Peter Vosburgh and John Thurman and several other Persons Cl u 4 u o and that the Secretary pay the same Adjourned till to Morrow Morning The original voucher is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 167, State Comptroller's office. * Ibid, p. 162. Taylor is named " Cornelius Taylor " in this voucher. * Ibid, p. 162.

Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 251

Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 3 Oct 1778 r 1778 Oct. 3.

Present

John M. Beekman / ( Mathew Visscher Isaac D. Fonda ) / Cornelius Humfrey

Hugh M^Colley who was some Time since confined by Major Schermerhorn and was shortly after such Confinement discharged by us appeared before the Board and requested that the Money taken from him by Major Schermerhorn and left in our Hands amounting to One hundred and Eighty Dollars might be redelivered him and nothing having appeared against the said Hugh M^Colly since his having been released Ordered therefore that the Secretary deliver the said One hundred and Eighty Dollars to the said Hugh M^Colly taking his Receipt therefor -- [188] Ordered that the Secretary, pay to Captain John Ryley for hisExpence and Trouble in apprehending and bringing to Goal from the Nine Partners to Albany Jacob Cronkheyt one of the Persons guilty of the Robbery of John Van Ness £7 u 16^0- Bartholemewis Hess was brought before the Board and examined and his Examination committed to writing Ordered that he be recommitted -- Philip Shiffer was brought before the Board and examined Ordered that he be recommitted -- Ordered that the Secretary pay to Captain Coenradt Cline and Captain James Robison for their Trouble and Expence in going to Barrington to examine Nathaniel Morgan and for apprehending a Number of Persons who were Accessories to the Robberies committed in Livingston's Manor, Claverack and other Places £26 u 8 u o- 1