A Letter from Dirck Gardinier dated 26- Instant was laid before the Board wherein he requests Permission to come to Albany fora few days to settle some very urgent Business and the Board having taken the said Request into Consideration resolved that the said Dirck Gardinier be informed that his Request cannot be complied with and that the Board are determined to grant no Indulgence of that Nature in future -- Ordered that the secretary pay Hugh Mitchell Esq! to

[18] the sum of £43 „ on account of his Wages as Commissioner for Conspiracies. 1

An Account was laid before the Board of Arent Wempel for serving a Citation on Hendrick Frey at Canajohary amounting to £4 u ordered that the same be paid 2 -- An Account of Robert Smith for serving a Number of Citations at Schenectady was also laid before the Board amounting to £1 u 4 „ o u ordered that the same be paid -- 3

Adjourned The original voucher of this payment and his full bill for services are in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 158, State Comptroller's office. * His correct name is Mvndert Wemple. The voucher is in ibid, p. 161. * The voucher, containing the names of seven persons served, is in ibid, p. 168.

Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 315

Met Albany 29 th January 1779. 1779 Jan. 29. Present

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

Mathewis Van Valkenburgh, John Van Valkenburgh )