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

Received a Letter from Hugh Mitchell Esq^ dated ig^ Instant which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- Then Adjourned till the Day after to Morrow -- Oct. 23. Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 23? OcT 1778 Present

John M. Beekman / -1 Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher j

John Schultz who was some l ime ago brought [200] from the Helleberg and confined was this Day brought before the Board and he expressing a Desire of Inlisting in the Continental Army and there being no particular Charges against him we do therefore order that the said John Schultz be released from his Confinement The original voucher is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 164; State Comptroller's office.

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Ordered that a Letter be wrote to Col Peter Bellinger in Oct. 23. Tryon County which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Benjamin Lull and Caleb Lull who were lately taken by a Party of Oneyda Indians at the Butternuts and brought down to this Place as Prisoners were brought before the Board and it having appeared to us that the said Benjamin Lull and Caleb Lull were taken at their respective Places of Abode and were not known to have acted Inimically to the American Cause therefore ordered that they be discharged from Confinement -- Received a Letter from Hugh Mitchell Esq? dated 16 th Instant which is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that a letter be wrote to Hugh Mitchell Esq? in Answer to the above which Letter is to be in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- Complaint having been made to the Board by Frederick Berringer that Cap?