having appeared to us that the said Hendrick Skinkle has not been indicted by the Grand Jury therefore ordered that he be discharged from his present Confinement on entering into a Recognizance with a sufficient Surety for his Appearance at the next Supream Court to be held on the Third Tuesday in [221] January next at the City Hall in this City or wheresoever the said Court shall then be held or before any One of the Commissioners when called upon -- Hendrick Skinkle on Recognizance in £ 200 --o Peter Van Valkenburgh his Bail ... in £200 -- o --

The Board then ad|ourned -- rtov. 9. Met -- Albany 9 November 1778. l h .

Present

John M. Beckman ) ( Mathew visscher Isaac D. Fonda ) (

Received a Letter from his Excellency the Governor

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dated the 5 t h Instant which Letter is in the Words follow- .

(prout) -- Nov. 9. ing, to wit, Received a Letter from the Honorable Mathew Greswold Esqf Lieutenant Governor of the State of Connecticut dated t 1 24 October 1778 wherein he informs us that pursuant to l

an Order of this Board Bethuel Huntley had appeared before him and that after he had examined the said Bethuel Huntley he had confined him to the Limits of the Town of Lime in the State of Connecticut which Letter is in the -- Words following, to wit, (prout) Received a Letter from Stephen Lush Esq? Private Secretary to his Excellency George Clinton Esq^ wherein he informs us that it is the Desire of the Governor that Andries Ten Eyck who has refused to take the [222] Oath as prescribed by the Act respecting Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters should be sent with the next Flag to New York and that Jacob Legrange who has also refused to take the Oath should be confined for Exchange which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- The Board then Adjourned