Instant respecting a certain Butler Shehen who lately made his Escape from the Guard at Stillwater & who he has caused to be apprehended which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that an Answer be wrote to the above Letter in the Words following, to wit (prout) Received a Letter from Zephaniah Batchelor Esq r & Cof Frederick Fisher of Tryon County respecting the removal of the prisoners by the Honourable Brigadier General fames Clinton which Letter is dated the 3^ Instant & is in the

Words following, to wit, (prout)

The Board then adjourned.

3§2 State of New York

Met Albany 8? h July 1779 Present

John M. Beekman Mathew Visscher Jeremiah Van Renselaer

Jacob Broadhower One of the Prisoners sent down from Tryon County by order of General Clinton was brought before the Board & it appearing to us from the Certificates produced in favour of the said John Broadhower that he may with propriety be let to Bail do therefore order that he be liberated from Confinement on entering into a Recognizance for his future good Behaviour and Appearance when called upon by any one of the Commissioners of Conspiracies or other Judicial Authority.

Jacob Broadhower on Recognizance in. . £100 : o : o Nicholas Broadhower his Bail in.. £100 --o--o Johannis Alt, Nicholas Shafer, Michael Van Cougnont & Johannis Shafer who were also sent down from Tryon County Goal to be here confined by order of General Clinton were all of them brought before the Board & it appearing from a Certificate signed by John Fonda & Andrew Wernp Esq two of the Justices of the Peace of the County 1 r