Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 357

Met Albany 9- June 1779 1779 June 9. Present

John M. Beeckman Isaac D. Fonda )

Mathew Visscher 1

Cap^ James Magee having been cited to appear before the Board appeared and was examined with respect to Ebenezer Knap and Ezra Knap who are now in Confinement -- Col! Peter Yates and Major Groesbeeck of Schatikoke appeared before the Board and i[n]formed us that several Persons are lately come to reside in their Neighbourhood some of whom they are utter Strangers to & others are Persons who when Burgoyne came down collected a number of Cattle to drive to his Army and that those Persons daily obstruct the Execution of the Orders of the Militia Officers and secrete the internal Enemies of the State and as the said Persons have never yet been called upon to answer for their Conduct; they conceive would be proper to have them it

brought before this Board and laid under restrictions for their good Behaviour in future the Names of the Persons areas follows (to wit) Alexander Wright, [blank] Caldwell, Benjamin Ward, [blank Bernet, George Wetsel, Hendrick ]

Grawberger, & Hendrick Miller On Considering the above Information of CoU Yates and Major Groesbeeck resolved that a warrant be made out and directed to Col! Yates to apprehend the said [63] Persons and forthwith bring them before us -- Col! Yates also informed the Board that a certain Jacob Halenbeeck living at Schatikoke has been appointed a Lieu- in his Regiment, of Militia and being required to Qualify accordingly to the Directions of the Militia Act he had notwithstanding his being duly notified never qualified and that the[y] attributed his refusal to his being an Enemy