1779 resolved that the said petition & Recommendation be taken Consideration -- Feb. 22, into A Letter from Henry Van Schaack confined on Parole at Schodack was laid before the Board wherein he prays for liberty for a few days to go & see his Family resolved that he be informed that no Indulgence of that Nature can at this Time be granted him -- Adjourned -- Mar. 2 Met Albany 2- March 1779 -- Present

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

A Letter from Colonel Hu[m]phrey on[e] of the Commissioners for Conspiracies at Kinderhook was laid before the Board wherein he i[n]forms that Benjamin Chamberlain a Soldier belonging CoU Gratings Regiment of Contito 1

nental Forces is come in search of Timothy Scott a Prisoner Confined by this Board to the Limits of [26] this City and it appearing that the said Timothy Scott is a Soldier in the said Regiment and has deserted from the same therefore resolved that the said Timothy Scott be delivered up to the saidBenjamin Chamberlain and that Mathew Scott who became Bail for his good Behaviour and remaining within the Limits aforesaid be discharged from the Recognizance by him entered into for the said Timothy Scott -- Adjourned -- 1779 Met Albany 22"^ March 1779 Mar. 22, Present John M. Beeckman ) ( Isaac D. Fonda Jeremiah Van Rensselaer } ( Mathew Visscher Greaton.

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Whereas Board have received Information that a this 1779 Mar. 22. Number of disaffected persons who have been With the enemy are now returned to their Places of Abode at Pecsinck and Places Adjacent and as it is highly Necessary that the said persons should be apprehended and punished according to Law It is therefore resolved that application be made to theHonorable Brigadier General Clinton for a party 01 Men to go in search of the said persons and also resolved that Edward Archer be requested to go with the said party as a guide -- Adjourned -- Met Albany 23^ March 1779 1779 Mar. 23.