Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York
Cornelius Glen, Henry Ten Eyck, and Gysbert Fonda, in Consequence of the Notice Yesterday given them appeared before the Board resolved that the Contents of the Letter from Leonard Gansevoort Esq r be communicated to them -- Adjourned The original voucher, which states that payment was for keeping the tory jail in the fort and tending the prisoners from July 30 to November 12, 1778, is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 4.0, p. 1 67, State Comptroller's office.
320 State of New York
1779 Met Albany 15- February 1779 Feb. 15. Present
John M. Beeckman ) ( Mathew Visscher Jeremiah Van Rensselaer j ( Isaac D. Fonda A Letter from John Boyd was laid before the Board requesting Permission to take with him to Philadelphia Janet Clement heretofore bound by Recognizance for her Monthly Appearance and good Behaviour and having taken the said Request into Consideration resolved that Permission be granted accordingly -- Leonard Gansevoort Jun- laid before the Board an Account of his wages as Secretary to this Board amounting to £196 u o „ o ordered that the same be paid -- Ordered that the Secretary pay to the respective Members of this Board for their services as Commissioners for Conspiracies the following sums -- To John M. Beeckman £187^0 To Isaac D. Fonda £204 „ o Mathew Visscher £185^0 Jeremiah Van Rensselaer £ 95 //° [24] Kidney laid before the Board an Account Jacob of Wages as Door Keeper to this Board amounting to £60 u 12 u o Ordered that the same be paid -- 1