Alexander Anderson who was brought from the Westward and here confined was brought before the Board and we having examined into the Cause of his [203] Commitment and finding no material Charges against him do order that he be discharged from his Confinement on procuring a sufficient Person to become Bail for his future good Behaviour and Appearance before any of the Commissioners when called upon and before the next Court of General Sessions to be held for this City and County -- Peter M-Kotshen Bail for Alexander Anderson in £100 --o-- Then adjourned till to Morrow Morning

Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 27^ Oct 1778 -- r 1778 Oct. 27.

Present

John M. Beekman ( Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher i

Received a Letter2 from his Excellency the Governor dated 26V Instant wherein he informs us that from the Information he has received he has great Reason to think that such of the Inhabitants of this State as are in the Power of the Enemy are not now treated with that Degree of Rigour which they formerly experienced and therefore requests that Henry Van Schaack, David Van Schaack Dirck Gardinier, Mathew Goes JunF and Lambert Burghart may be released from their present Confinement and placed in another as easy and mild as we can possible make

'The original voucher is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 161, State Comptroller's office. In George Clinton Papers, no. 1869, archives of New York State Library.

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