Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York
Board on Saturday next to give his Testimony against the said Jurie Man -- Ordered that a Pass be given to Jacob Man to go to Tryon County for the Purpose of serving the above Citation on the said Duncan M^Dugal -- Jacob Legrange who was some Time since notified to in the Publick News Papers this appear before this Board Day appeared and the Oath as prescribed in the Act to be taken by Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters being tendered him he requested Time to consider of the same till next Monday which was granted him Ten Eyck who on his Appearance before the Andries Board on the 2^ Instant requested Time to this Day to consider of the Oath then tendered him appeared and on his informing us that he had still some Doubts remaining upon hisMind respecting the said Oath he was allowed further Time to consider of it till next Monday Then Adjourned till Wednesday Morning
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^1778 Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 15 'l 1 Octr 1778
Present Hugh Mitchell ) f Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher i
Isaac Fonda laid before the Board an Account of his Trouble and Expences in going down with a Number of
disaffected Persons who refused to take the Oath of Allegiance from Kinderhook to Poughkeepsie amounting to
£21 u 4 u o' Ordered that the Secretary pay the same -- [195] Ebenezer Knap appeared before the Board and requested from us a Pass to go to Cherry Valley Ordered that he be informed that this Board cannot take upon themselves to give him such a Pass but that his Application lies properlv to General Starks and further ordered that it be recommended to the General to grant him Permission to go to Cherry Valley to fetch from thence his Family and Effects -- Alen M Donald Appeared before the Board and requested Permission to go to Canada and it appearing to us from his own Information that his Relations who are with the Enemy are Men of Influence and as such have it in their Power to procure some Person to be exchanged for him ordered therefore that the said Alen McDonald be informed that the Board cannot grant him such Permission -- Then Adjourned till to Morrow Morning