A Letter from John Kortz Jun- dated 21- December last was laid before the Board which Letter is in the words following (to wit) (see Letter on File) Fonda's full bill for services, between April 13, 1778, and April 29, 1783, amounting to .£467 u 19s. u 6d., is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 160, State Comptroller's office.

3°8 State of New York

1779 A Letter from Major Jacob Schermerhorn dated 4- Jan. 7. Instant was also laid before the Board which Letter is in the words following (to wit) (see Letter on File).

Adjourned.

1779 [n] Met Albany 8- January 1779. Jan. 8- Present

John M. Beeckman ) ( Mathew Visscher Jeremiah Van Rensselaer j J Isaac D. Fonda

James Robins who was heretofore liberated from Confinement on Recognizance appeared before the Board and requested Permission to go to Philadelphia resolved that a Pass for that Purpose be granted him on his entering into a Recognizance to return again to this Place within the space of three weeks. James Robins on Recognizance in £100 Mathew Watson of the City of Albany his Bail in £100 It is ordered that they [nV] Secretary pay Mathew Visscher Esq^ £100 in Part Payment of his wages as Commissioner for Conspiracies. Ordered that they [x/Y] Secretary take out of the Money by us deposited in his Hands in Part Payment of his wages as Secretary to this Board the sum of £150 -- Frederick Berringer, Christian Cooper, Peter Scherp, John Kelly, Johannis Ostrander, Philip Herreway, and Jurie Emmerigh who were cited to appear before the Board to give their Testimony against John M. Dorn appeared & were examined and the said John M. Dorn confessing the Charges alledged against him thereupon resolved that he be recommitted. Adjourned.