Robert Herbert who was some Time since taken a Prisoner to the Westward and sent down to this Place was brought before the Board and it appearing that the said Robert Herbert has been with the Enemy and did desert from them and was on his Way to surrender himself a Prisoner when he was apprehended therefore ordered that the said Robert Herbert be discharged from his present Confinement -- Isaac Bogert laid before the Board an Account of his Wages for going with a Number of disaffected Persons who refused to take the Oath of Allegiance from Albany to Fort Edward and also for Services by him performed in going to Cherry Valley to receive Information respecting the Seizure of a Number of Cattle by the Continental Troops which they had advertised for Sale the whole amounting to £2'j„6J p Ordered that the Secretary pay the same -- 2

Then Adjourned till to Morrow Morning -- The original voucher, for salt and mutton, is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 167, State Comptroller's office. The original voucher is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p 166, State Comptroller's office.

268 State of New York

1778 [206] Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Oct. 29. Albany 29^ Oct r 1778 -- Present --

John M. Beekman Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher |

Ordered that a Letter be wrote to the Members of the Senate and Assembly of the City and County of Albany respecting Cornelius Glen, Daniel Campbell and a Number of other Persons who after their Refusal to take the Oath as prescribed by the Act to be taken by Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters offered to take the same which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that a Letter be wrote to John Taylor Esq^ which is in the following Words, to wit, (prout)