John Roff and John Bartel appearing before the Board according to the order of Yesterday and the said John Bartel being examined and it appearing from his Examination that the said John Roff has endeavoured by every means in his Power to depreciate the Credit of the Continental Currency thereupon resolved that the said John Roff enter into a Bond with sufficient sureties in the sum of £5000 neither by him self or his Agents to raise an Exorbitant Price on the Sale of any Goods Wares or Merchandizes or Purchase or sell any at an exorbitant Price or unjust Profit -- His Excellency the Governor having by Letter signified to us that John D. Goes with Henry Van Schaack & others should be detained for Exchange and the said John D. Goes having; at the time he was to have been removed within the Enemies Lines been detained for the Purpose of giving his Testimony in Favour of a Person confined in the Goal in this City who was to be tried for a Capital Offence & the said Person having since made his Escape from Prison It is resolved that the said John D. Goes be cited forthwith to appear before this Board.

Adjourned. 1779 Met Albany 15-- January 1779. Jan. 15. Present

John M. Beeckman ) j Mathew Visscher Jeremiah Van Rensselaer [ | Isaac D. Fonda

[14] John Wood who was by the Board adjudged to be a Person of a neutral and equivocal character and was in Con-