Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York
appearing that no further Proff [r/r] can be obtained against her except that of the said Eseck Mosier it is therefore ordered that she be discharged from Confinement on her entering into Recognizance with a sufficient Surety for her future good Behaviour and Appearance before any judicial Authority when called upon -- George Young Bail for Elizabeth Gowey in.. £100 --o--o William Leonard who was some Time since confined by Order of the Board of Commissioners at Claverack as a suspicious Person was brought before the Board and nothing special having as yet appeared against him he was ordered to be discharged from his Confinement Philip Shiffer was brought before the Board and [199] examined and his Examination reduced to writing -- Ordered that he be recommitted -- Then Adjourned till to Morrow Morning -- The original voucher is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 166, State Comptroller's office.
262 State of New York
Oct. 21. Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 2i Oct 1778 -- st . r
Present
John M. Beekman | J Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher j
John Tunnicliff appeared before the Board and informed us that he had left all the Deeds of his Lands concealed near the Butternutts and is desirous of going up in order to fetch them away Ordered that the Secretary acquaint General Stark that we have no Objections to his going up for this Purpose -- John Visscher laid before the Board an [account] Col 1
for his Trouble andExpence in going down with a Number of disaffected Persons at different Times from Albany to Poughkeepsie amounting in the whole to £34^,16/) Ordered that the Secretary pay the same -- 1