Hoogtaling (who is now under Sentence of death) belonged 1779 May 4. have hid and secreted in a House near Pesink Goods to a very great Amount and also a Quantity of Hard and Continental Money and the said Michael Henry in Consequence of the above Information being brought before the Board was examined which Examination is as follows (to wit) (see Examination on File) Resolved that the Secretary deliver into the Hands of Egbert Benson EsqT the sum of seven hundred and Fifty one Dollars of the Emission of the 2of h May 1777 and the iL h April 1778 to be by him Lodged in the Hands of the Treasurer of this State for the purpose of Receiving in Exchange for the same Continental Bills of Credit of another Date to the same Amount Adjourned -- [41] Met Albany 7-- May 1779 1779 May 7. Present

John M. Beeckman Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher

A Letter from Peter R. Livingston Esq r . Justice of the Peace was laid before the Board wherein he informs that he sends several Examinations respecting William Lee and that he also sends to us as a Prisoner the said William Lee who he had caused to be apprehended as a disaffected and dangerous Person and the said William Lee being brought before the Board & examined confessed the Charges alledged against him in the said Examinations but denied his being an Enemy to the American Cause and said the

words spoken by him were not with a bad design but that he intended thereby to become acquainted with the Political Characters of the Persons with whom he was in Com-