Jan. 5. [9]

Present Jeremiah Van Rensselaer I J Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher j

Resolved that a Letter be wrote to the Commissioners for Conspiracies of Charlotte County requesting them to transmit to this Board the Charges exhibited before them against William Hutton. Whereas it has been represented to this Board that George Herchemer of Try on County has been restricted to his Farm by William Wells Esq under a Pretence of disaffection to r

the American Cause and it appearing to us from sundry Circumstances that the going at large of the said George Herchemer will not endanger the safety of the State therefore resolved that the said George Herchemer have Permission to go at large untill the further order of this Board. The produced by Jotham Bemus witnesses Yesterday were this day again brought before the Board resolved that their Examinations under oath be taken and that the Examination of Hezekiah Dunham the Person who gave information against the said Jotham Bemus be also taken. The Board having taken into Consideration the Evidence produced by Jotham Bemus and the information of Hezekiah

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Dunham against the said Jotham Bemus do resolve that the 1779 Jan. 5. said Jotham Bemus enter into a Recognizance for his future good Behaviour and appearance when called upon untill

discharged by this Board.

Jotham Bemus of Stillwater in £500 Ebenezer Marvin of the same place his Bail in £500 [10] Resolved that Citations be made out and sent to Frederick Berringer, Christian Cooper, Peter Scherp, John Kelly, Johannis Ostrander, Philip Herreway, and Jurie Emmerigh commanding them to appear before this Board th on the 8 Instant to give their Testimony against John M. Dorn now in Confinement. Adjourned. Met Albany 7- January 1779. 1779 Jan. 7. Present