Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York
Angus MTntosh having some Time since been taken a Prisoner somewhere near the Head of Deleware River and confined in Goal was brought before the Board and [it appearing to us from the candid Confession of the said Angus M Intosh c that no danger is to be apprehended from his being released from his Confinement ] being of Opinion that his going at large will not endanger the Safety of the State therefore [ordered] resolved that he be liberated from Confinement on his entering into a Recognizance with a sufficient Security for his future good Behaviour and appearance before any one of the Commissioners of Conspiracies when called upon until discharged by this B d
Angus MTntosh on Recognizance in . . £200 o o : :
James Bell his Bail in . . £200 o o : :
[The Board then] adjourned Xd Xd 1779 Met Albany 30 th June 1779. June 30. Present
John M Beekman Isaac D. Fonda Jeremiah Van Renselaer 1
James Flaharty [a Deserter from Burgoyne' s Army residing with James Hutchinson at the Normans Kill having been] apprehended on Suspicion of being privy to the Robberies lately committed at the Helleberg &c was brought before the
Board and it [having appeared to us] appearing that the Suspicion [j'j rather] concerning him is Ill-founded therefore
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[Ordered] resolved that he be liberated on his entering into a 1779 June 30. Recognizance for his good Behaviour in future [81] and appearance before any one of the Commissioners of Cond spiracies when called upon until disch . by this B d