ered in to the Board respecting a Correspondence help up 1778 Nov. 27, by Duncan Campbell and Catherine Coney with the Enemy Ordered that a Warrant be immediately made out for the Apprehension of the said Duncan Campbell and Catharine Coney -- Cornelius Van Den Bergh laid before the Board an Account of Beef purchased from him for the Use of the State Prisoners amounting to £63 u 13 /; 6 ordered that the Secretary pay the same -- 1

Duncan Campbell and Catharine Coney for whom a Warrant was issued were in Consequence of the Order therein contained brought before the Board Ordered that they be severally examined and the said Duncan Campbell and Catharine Coney having been examined ordered that they be [234] committed and that a Mittimus be made out to the Goaler to receive them into his Custody -- Received a Letter from Cornelius Humfrey Esq r dated 24^ Instant which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout)

Then adjourned till I s December* -- Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany if Deer 1778. 1778 Dec. 1. Present

John M. Beekman Mathew Visscher Isaac D. Fonda |

- r John Lansing Jun Esq! laid before the Board an Account of £20 u o u o which he had paid as a Reward to Lieutenant Swits for apprehending and bringing to Goal Philip Shaver and his Son who were on their Way to Canada in order to join the Enemy ordered that the Secretary pay the same -- The original voucher, signed " Cornelius C. Van Den Bergh ", is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 166, State Comptroller's office.