Then adjourned till to Morrow Morning -- [208] Met pursuant Adjournment -- to Oct. 31. Albany 31 OcV 1778 -- s1 .

Present

John M. Beekman Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher I

Nicholas Dygert who was some Time ago taken a Prisoner by Brant's Party and made his Escape from them appeared Should be 26th. The letter alluded to is in George Clinton Papers, no. 1869, archives of New York State Library.

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1778 before the Board according to Order and was examined and Oct. 31. his Examination reduced to writing whereupon ordered that he be discharged -- A Petition of Johannis Beecker, Paul Siekeler and Johannis Bearhouse was laid before the Board setting forth that about four Weeks ago a Party of Col! Bellinger's Regiment of Militia came to their Habitations about Daybreak under a Pretence of searching for some Persons who they said they were informed were there concealed and after a short Search they plundered them of all their Effects scarce leaving them wherewithal to cover themselves Ordered that the above Petition be taken into Consideration The Board having taken the Subject of the above Petition into Consideration do thereupon order that a Letter be wrote to Col 1

Bellinger requesting him to order the Goods taken from the above mentioned Persons to be immediately returned to them -- which Letter is in the Words following,

to wit, (prout) -- William Hutton who was some Time ago sent down to this Place by the Commissioners of Charlotte County in Order to remain here till we should see fit to permit him again to go to his Place of Abode at Skeensborough [209] appeared before us this Day and requested Permission from us to go to his FamilyOrdered that a Letter be wrote to the Commissioners of Charlotte County recommending to them if they think the Situation of that Part of the Country will admit of it to permit the said William Hutton to go and remain with his Family at Skeensborough -- John Harrison one of the Persons lately taken by the Party of Onevda Indians a Prisoner and brought by them to this place and confined was brought before the Board and we having enquired into the Nature of his Offence and finding nothing special against him do therefore order that