Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York, 1778-1781. Collections of the New-York Historical Society, 1924-1925. Originally compiled 1778-1781, first published 1909-1925.
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Pa«e Table of Contents 5 Introduction -- Chapter I: Inquisitorial Bodies of New York during the American Revolution -- Origin of the Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies -- -- Their legal Status Development of their Authority and Powers --Complaints against their Jurisdiction -- Repealed and vested Courts in 9 Introduction-- Chapter II: Operation of the …
I, opposite p. 94 Gansevoort's Oath as Secretary, entirely in his own handwriting Vol. I, opposite p. 292 First page of rough draft (an insert) in the second manuscript volume, with emendations by Leonard Gansevoort, Jr Frontispiece to Vol. II. Page of the clean copy of the second volume, showing Gansevoort's reappointment as Secretary. Vol. II, opposite p. 440 Gansevoort's …
An attempt is made here to analyze the laws passed for the repression of disaffection in the State, particularly as related to the Commissioners for detecting and defeating conspiracies, whose Albany minutes form these volumes, and to digest some of the main features of the proceedings of these commissioners, as operated under the laws by which they were to be governed. The …
There was a definite relationship among all the bodies growing out of the revolution. The Continental Congress stood at the head; then came the Provincial Congress or Convention, then the general committee on tories, then the county committees, and at the base, the district committees." 3 These various bodies varied in size, authority, procedure and effectiveness. With the …
This last-mentioned general committee was appointed to execute the resolves of June 5, 1776, and lasted until dissolved by the Convention, which "itself took cognizance of all urgent cases." 7 he invasion of New York by the British army at the south and the threatened invasion from the north, coupled with the difficulties imminent from a dangerous toryism, determined the …
In the original legislative act creative of the commissioners whose Albany proceedings constitute these volumes, the reasons given are "the present invasion of this State;" " the disaffection of sundry of the Inhabitants of the same," and to guard and secure effectually the peace of the State " against the wicked Machinations and Designs of the Foreign and Domestic Foes …
Their function was defined as having power " to send for Persons and Papers, and administer Oaths; and to apprehend and confine, or cause to be apprehended and confined, in such Manner, and under such Restrictions and Limitations, as to them shall appear necessary, for the public Safety, all Persons, whose going at large, shall, in the Judgment of the said Commissioners, or …
And also, from Time to d ime, to make such Provision, for the safe Custody, and comfortable Subsistence of all Persons, who may from Time to Time be so confined as aforesaid, in such Manner as they may think proper. " Provided always, That by Reason or Colour of any 1 hing herein contained, the said Commissioners, or any of them, shall not be empowered to inflict any corporal …
Authority of the said Commissioners; and that no Court shall deliver any of the Gaols, within this State, of any Person or Persons, so confined as aforesaid, unless such Persons, shall have been indicted, and tried for the Offence or Offences, for which he or she, shall have been respectively committed." Before entering upon his duties, each commissioner was obliged to take …
Now, although the act became operative on February 5, 1778, the proceedings of senate and assembly reveal that the subject had been under careful consideration for some time before, and had been interrupted by reverses of the war. On September 23, 1777, Egbert Benson, assemblyman from Dutchess County, asked and was given leave to introduce in the assembly a bill for appointing …
second reading, which took place on the 29th, and was then committed to the committee of the whole of the senate. On October 3 Senator Jonathan Lawrence reported that the bill had made some progress in the committee of the * Appendix I: Laws, Feb. 5, 1778. Introduction whole, but that leave to sit again was desired. On that afternoon the senate, having again resolved itself …
Governor Clinton, on December 15, 1777, issued a proclamation for reconvening the legislature on January 5, 1778; but quorums of both houses did not materialize before the 15th. On January 28, the assembly again took up the engrossed amended bill, referred back to it by the senate in the preceding year (October 6, 1 777), and concurred on the next morning. The amendments had …
Senator Abraham Yates, on March 20, 1778, asked formal leave to introduce a bill amendatory of the act of February 5. bill was altered in In the committee of the whole his title and amended in body;was passed by the senate on it April 2, and forwarded by the hand of Senator Levi Pawling to the assembly for concurrence. The house by unanimous consent at once referred it to the …
Kingston: John Holt, 1777, pp. 17, 18, 19-20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45. The title-pages of the votes were printed with the first signatures and before a volume was completed; hence they actually bear dates earlier than the contents of their respective volumes. This accounts for what might seem to be an incongruous citation ' Senate Votes, cited supra, pp. 90, 91, 106, 108 …
governor or " person administering the Government " of the State for the time being, to exercise his judgment " for the public Safety, to cause all such dangerous disaffected Persons and Families, as now are, or hereafter shall happen to be resident at or near any Post, Pass or Encampment, within this State, to be removed to such other Place or Places within the same, as he …
The application of lenient measures for the suppression of disaffection was ineffectual. It was found that many persons had " affected to maintain a Neutrality," which there was " Reason to was in many Instances, suspect dictated by a Poverty of Spirit, and an undue Attachment to Property." Divers of them " advocated the American. Cause till it became serious," then broke …
All persons " of neutral and equivocal Characters " were to be summoned before quorums of the commissioners for detecting and defeating conspiracies, whenever they believed any of them to have " influence sufficient to do Mischief," and were to take the new oath of allegiance or, if Quakers, to affirm. By this oath or affirmation they declared, "without any mental Reservation …
Neutrals who absconded or absented themselves to avoid the oath, were to be summoned before the commissioners by publication, 'Appendix I: Laws. June 30, 1778. / Introduction *9 to appear at a designated place within twenty-one days from the date of the said publication in the newspapers. Their default was adjudged equal to a refusal of the oath or affirmation. Those who were …
All lands held in the State by persons attainted, "on the twenty-sixth Day of June Instant [1778], in Fee Simple or Fee Tail, or which may hereafter be acquired by, or devised, granted, or descend" to any of them, were forever thereafter to "be charged with double Taxes, in whosesoever Hands the said Lands may hereafter be." The immediate execution of this last mandate was …
All magistrates, sheriffs and constables were ordered to assist the commissioners in expediting the execution of the act. As the first term of the commissioners was to expire on the first of November, an act was passed, October 29, 1778, continuing them "until twenty Days after the next Laws of New York. Poughkeepsie: John Holt, 1782, pp. 96, 114. Appendix I: Laws, Oct. 29 …
The senate, on February 12, 1779, passed the following order, 2 viz: "Whereas the Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies, are by Law required to keep regular Minutes of all their Proceedings, in Order that the same may be submitted to the Consideration of the Senate or Assembly; and although no Complaints have been made to this Senate of any Misconduct in the …
This act also recited the continuation of the commissioners in the terms of the act of October 29, 1778. When the bill was under discussion in the Senate, on February 12, it contained a paragraph in amendments submitted by the assembly, which directed the treasurer of the State to advance to the commissioners, or any three of them, such further sum or sums as they should from …
They believed that a sufficient appropriation could be made at another time, when suggested by exigencies, and that the bill would be a proper subject for immediate legislation with the omission of the extra grant. 1 It is apparent that the arguments did not appeal to the senate, as the act retained the grant of three thousand pounds. The committee for inquiring what laws were …
When the bill reached the council of revision, they objected, " because it appears from the Preamble, that the Laws, by the said Bill intended to be continued, are already expired by their own Limitation; and the enacting Clause containing no Words of Revival or Re-enaction, the whole Law becomes nugatory, as that cannot be continued which does not exist." Whereupon, a bill to …
The appropriation bill, enacted October 25, 1779, granted to the commissioners, or any three of them, an additional sum of money, not to exceed in all three thousand pounds, " to defray the Expence of the Business committed to them." 2 An attempt made in assembly, on February 18, 1780, to introduce a bill for reviving the commissioners, the act of October I, was defeated. 3 …
FishKill: Samuel Loudon, 1779, pp. 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30. Laws oj New York. Poughkeepsie: John Holt, 1782, p. 99. See also Assembly Votes. Fish-Kill: Samuel Loudon, 1779, pp. 79-80. Assembly Votes. Fish-Kill: Samuel Loudon, 1779, p. 117. Assembly Votes. Idem, p. 149; Senate Votes. Idem, pp. 101-102; Assembly Papers -- Miscellaneous, vol. 2, p. 196. 24 …
Nor was the privilege of release to be construed as excusing any person, so enlarged, from the performance of duty in the militia of the State, and absence from the limited confines, when upon such militia duty, was not deemed a breach of a person's recognizance. Deserters from the British army, who surrendered voluntarily to a justice of the peace, were to be dealt with in …
The reasons supplied in the act demanding their revival were apprehension " that Emissaries from the Enemy are lurking in different Parts of the State, and that the disaffected Inhabitants are conspiring against the public Peace and Safety." The commissioners were now to " continue and be in full Force during the Continuance of the present War with Great Britain;" were to …
The deportation involved wives and, " at their Discretion," all or any of their children not above die age of twelve years. Their departure was conditioned to be within twenty days after notice. This notification was to be given by the justices of peace resident in each ward, town, manor, precinct and district or, in the absence of or for want of a justice, by the supervisor …
This new function gave them authority "to take and sell all the Goods and Chattels in the Possession of the Wives of Persons who have voluntarily gone over to and joined, or shall hereafter go over to and join the Enemy, and to apply the Monies arising therefrom, to defraying the Expence of removing such Wives, and such of their respective Children as are not above twelve …
The fifth grievance stated that " the Star Chamber Court of commissioners for detecting & defeating conspiracies ought to be abolished & that three men or more should be appointed in each District by the civil Magistrates and field officers of said District which men so appointed ought to be authorized & required by Law to examine all persons of suspicious appearance & …
On this Occasion, we are again impelled to call on your Candour, and to ask (beset as we are by avowed Enemies, and infested with concealed Traitors, who with Facility maintain criminal Intercourse, scatter the Seeds of Disaffection, and take Advantage of the Credulity of the Honest, but uninformed) whether it is not absolutely necessary, to be attentive to their Motions, to …
other officers of the militia, and sundry other inhabitants of the east district of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, against a number of inimical persons who had convened there, advising the inhabitants to lay down their arms and give submission to the government of the King of Great Britain. These petitioners requested that the commissioners for conspiracies be given legal …
It recited that, while the extraordinary powers with which they were invested might have been justified and permissible at an early period of the war, when a constitutional form of government did not exist, they were now but " a dead Cost to the Public and entirely unnecessary." The petitioners believed that through the vigilance of that county's whig population and the zeal …
The title of the bill was " An Act to authorise any two Justices of the Peace, to enlarge Persons who shall desert from the Enemy, and to repeal the Law appointing Commissioners for detecting and defeating Conspiracies." It was ordered to a second reading. Meanwhile, on March 21, the assembly received a petition from Ebenezer Purdy, Nathan Rockwell and Israel Honeywell, three …
Several resolutions grew out of this report, among them one requesting the commissioners for conspiracies to lay before the legislature at its next meeting "a State of the Prisoners under the Care of their Boards respectively; a general State of their present Business as Commissioners; the Amount of their unsettled Claims, Expences and Receipts; and a List of such …
The council of revision gave its approval on March 27, 1783. 2 Thus, on the day before this sixth legislative session terminated, the powers of the commissioners were repealed 3 and vested in magistrates and courts. Recognizances taken by them, and not forfeited, were to be de- Assembly Votes (sixth session, second meeting), pp. 99, 101, 102. Assembly Voles (sixth session …
On or before May 1, 1783, the commissioners were required to make a return to a justice of peace in the respective counties in which they resided, of the names of the persons committed by them and the causes of such commitment, and no person committed could be discharged before the last-mentioned date. If anyone came meanwhile within the State from the British lines, a justice …
Numerous petitions were sent to this last session of the legislature during the war, requesting that certain persons, who had adhered to the British cause, and who in consequence had been removed by order of the commissioners for conspiracies and in accordance with the law, might be permitted to return. In ever)' case, so far as ascertained, the legislature rejected the prayer …
The men, who from time to time had been empowered to exercise the judicial function as commissioners for conspiracies in the several boards of this inquisitorial body, were persons fitted by former service for the new tasks. Several of them had already gained experience as members of committees or other bodies organized earlier in the war for the suppression of disaffection …
Each quorum or board was required by law to keep exact minutes of its proceedings. So far as is now known, no regular minutes are extant, save only those of the Albany County board, and they extend to August 30, 1 78 1, end abruptly and, manifestly, are incomplete. The meetings of this board were held mainly in the city of Albany; yet, on occasion, the central board or some of …
The results are presented as types, derived from a carefully indexed analysis of the minutes for the year 1778, and are supplemented by very material variations of later date. On April 24, 1778, Leonard Gansevoort, Jr., was appointed clerk or secretary to the Albany County commissioners, and took his oath of office, promising to "keep secret all such Matters as should be given …
When the commissioners entrusted funds to any of their own members or to military officers, they were likewise required to make an accounting. 2 Jacob Kidney was doorkeeper to the board. 3 He also served warrants upon recalcitrant citizens, apparently in the capacity of a constable. 4 Counterfeiters -- By an act of March 8, 1778, it was made a felony without benefit of clergy …
crowns or silver French crowns was likewise constituted a felony without benefit of clergy. 1 The offence was extended, by an act of April 1 1, 1782, to cover counterfeiting, raising or passing with knowledge notes of the Bank of North America. 2 In such cases the commissioners for conspiracies issued a warrant to the constable of the particular district for apprehending and …
often the case, the board allowed them an additional amount to reimburse them for their expenses in coming before the commissioners as witnesses. 8 They summoned a man for "endeavoring by every Means in his Power to depreciate the Credit of the Paper Currency emitted by the Congress of the United States," and put him under a bond of £5,000, ' Laws of New York. Poughkeepsie …
Others, who had started on their way to join Brant, reported, returned to their abodes and were placed under a recognizance and bail for their appearance at the next supreme court of judicature to be held at some were closely confined. the city hall of Albany, whilst Not a few of those whom the board released, and who returned to their homes, were afterwards implicated in …
'January 4, 12, 13, 1779. 'For examples see October 31; November 4, 21; December 4, 1778; May 27, 1779. 40 State of New York amongst them be granted. Some of the Hessians to whom favor had been shown, were later discovered as perpetrators of robberies, and were recommitted. The board would not liberate one of Burgoyne's German allies, because he was a prisoner of war and " …
In another case, a pass was refused because the granting of it lay properly with General Stark; yet the board recommended to Stark that the person be given permission " to go to Cherry But the Valley to fetch from thence his Family and Effects." board refused an appeal from a tory's wife, on the ground that no permit or indulgence could be given '* to any part of a Family …
Passes were granted to other States, for example to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The board refused a pass to Bennington, Vermont, unless the applicant could furnish a favorable recommendation from a known whig. In another case, favorable consideration was contingent upon an acceptable certificate from an officer of the militia. On July 28, 1779, the board ordered that in …
of course the duty of every true citizen of the State to reveal the identity of disloyalty in any form. When persons refused to reveal information which was requested of them, they were themselves sent to prison. 2 Under these circum- For examples of the different eases see under June 10, 22, 24; August 12, 13, 15,17, 21, 31; September 7, 14, 18, 29; October 1, 6, 10, 13, 15 …
Accused persons were fully exonerated, or allowed to go at large on their honor, or were kept within certain bounds, or were put under recognizance and bail for their future good behaviour, or required to appear before the board or a commissioner daily or monthly or when called upon, or to present themselves at the meetings of designated courts. Some were enlarged on condition …
After June 30, 1778, the oath was made the supreme test. 1 By an act of April I, 1778, affirmation by raising of hands, a concession to Quakers, was permissible. 2 But the Quakers piteously objected to the wording of the oath and petitioned the legislature for relief. 3 When the commissioners began their work in Albany, on April 13, 1778, they received a return of the …
them and make out recognizances at Ballston. 1 Moreover, the board objected to the over-zealous action of certain whigs who, not authorized by law, attempted to order disaffected persons " to move off", and who threatened them in case they procrastinated. The board adjudged that such Appendix I: Laws, June 30, 1778. * Laws of New York. Poughkeepsie: John Holt, 1782, p. 25. * …
Paroles were issued, and at times provided with restrictions upon opinion of the governor. Paroles were also disallowed. 4 Petitions were received from prisoners, heard and disposed of. and were sometimes referred by the legislature.® The board took cognizance of defamation of military officers or its own members, by binding the guilty party, or exacting a satisfactory …
Sec also July 13, 1780. •September 28; October 30, 1778; January 12; February 22, 1779. • Octol>cr 1, 31, 1778. • Voter and Proceedings of the Assembly. First session. Kingston: John Holt. 1777. p. 15. 'June 24. 1778; May 27, 1779. •September 14. 1778. Introduction 45 counties. 1 A tory from Hartford, Conn., who held a major's commission in the British service, was sent from …
They were examined and discharged forthwith, with or without bail, in virtually every case.® Women as well as men were sent to prison. 7 On April 20, 1778, the board protested to the commanding officer against the undue liberty granted to prisoners in the garrison. Six months later Governor Clinton wrote the board that he had learned that patriot prisoners were being treated …
Usually the jailer recommended their removal to the hospital, which was followed by an order from the board to the director of the hospital. They included wounded, "exceedingly ill" persons, and smallpox cases. Sickness was a good plea for liberation and such requests were not infrequent, and were sometimes granted. In a particular case, the request was refused, but a weekly …
which we will pay either in Money at the Current Price of the Articles expended, or return the like Quantity and Quality to the issuing Commissary of the Northern Department, as may best suit the Director of the Hospital for the Time being." A very sick woman was allowed to be removed to a house in the city, and a husband and his "very" sick wife were released on a …
Protection -- In the case of a person who desired to go to the German Flats, but who was apprehensive of being maltreated by inhabitants of Tryon County, protection was given him for his security. 2 When appealed to for protection by the wife and family of a tory confined in jail, the board enjoined "all officers both Civil and Milatary [j*V] & all other Persons whatsoever" …
4S State of New York and doing such Sendees as should be requested of them", until the last day of October following. They were to receive six shillings per day and one ration of provisions, and promised "to obey the Orders of said Commissioners or any three of them and the Orders of such Officers as they may think proper to set over us." Before entrance upon the servmember …
On the same day application was made for a party of continental troops as an additional guard, to be under the direction of Captain Ryley, and for a bateau for the guard. Two hundred dollars were ordered to be paid to Ryley on account, on June 18. The board applied to the assemblymen from Albany County', on June 20, "to endeavour to procure an Act for the Purpose of raising …
Mathew Aerson, ferryman, was granted £8 17s q.d., for services in ferrying Ryley's company across the Hudson River at various times. The full pay-roll was presented by Ryley on September 18, and amounted, "from the Time of their Inlistment being the 11V 1 May 1778 till 2o9 Day of July now last past," to £460 1 8s. 4d., part of which, as already shown, was paid before on …
On June 9, General Ten May 11, 18, 27; June 3, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 22, 29, July 1, 14, iS, 20-, August 12; September 15, 18; October 3, 1778. 50 State of New York Broeck was requested to furnish ammunition to this contingent, which operated for the safeguarding of its own home territory. The frequency of robberies in the Helderbergs and contiguous regions induced the board, on …
The disturbances occasioned by disaffected inhabitants of Albany County, and the crying demand for enforcing the laws against them, determined the board, on June 30, 1780, to authorize Lieutenant Philip Staats, of Colonel Van Rensselaer's regiment, to Killian engage "about ten men", who were to provide themselves "with a good Horse & proper Arms and Accoutrements", and who …
These families were too numerous to be removed or dealt with in a rigorous manner, hence the Albany commissioners counseled humane treatment of women and children "who otherwise might be culpable for the Crimes of their Parents & Husbands," and that they be summoned before the members of the Charlotte County board, to be by them examined, instructed as to their obligations to …
For examples see April 21; May 1, 2, 19, 20; August 14; September 11, 30; October 1; November 23; December 9, 1778; April 20; May 4; June 2, 19; July 14; September 22, 1779; July 21, 1780; January 29, 1781. 52 State of New York Robberies and Plunder -- The apprehension of robbers formed one of the earliest and most urgent activities of the commissioners for conspiracies of the …
This investigation was done in the presence of one of the commissioners. 2 The board directed search to be made for stolen property, even when the robbery had been committed a long time prior to the apprehension of the thief. 3 When stolen money or other personal property fell into the hands of the board, itwas placed in the custody of the treasurer of the board, or of some …
He was also authorized to search "in every suspected House for Papers & stolen Goods," whereof he was to make a true return to the board; and "to apprehend all Strangers" who had not "sufficient Authority to he at large in the Compass of the Rout" taken by him and his men. The Helderbergs and adjacent regions were regular nests of robbers and hatcheries of treasonable designs …
In another case, that of a man who had been condemned to death for robbery, but whom the governor had pardoned, they would not permit his release, because they believed it desirable to obtain evidence from him against persons confined for robberies and other offences. Therefore, he was continued in confinement, but with a weekly allowance of two dollars 4 . In another case …
1779, the senate said: "We participate in your Excellency's Pleasure, on the Suppression of Robberies and other atrocious Offences, by the regular and assiduous Administration of Justice; in which we find additional Reasons for admiring that happy Constitution, under which we enjoy domestic Peace amidst the Horrors of War; notwithstanding the Patronage that Robbers and …
On October 15, 1779, an act to prevent robberies was passed by the legislature, and stated the nature and disposition of robberies and of the seizure of stolen goods. 3 When this act was revived, on July r, 1780, it included a new section relative to stolen horses. 4 The frequency of robberies, particularly in the east district of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, gave birth to …
A joint resolution of the legislature in October, 1779, ordered the governor to issue a proclamation forbidding the plundering of any place held by the British, or of any inhabitant of the State, or of any of the United States within the power of the enemy, declaring such acts contrary to the law of nations and the rights of war.Offenders were to be apprehended and handed over …
Those who were found "adhering to the Enemies of this State" were declared to be guilty of high treason. Anyone who maliciously by preaching, teaching, speaking, writing or printing maintained that the King of Great Britain had or of right ought to have authority or * Laws of New York. Poughkeepsie: John Holt, 1782, p. 149. J Ibid, p. 215. 3 Assembly Votes. Fish-Kill: Samuel …
Desertion from such service invited the death penalty.' There were indeed examples of hotheaded disaffection that inspired such legislation. On July io, 1780, a witness accused one of these persons of saying in his presence, " that the French Fleet was come to carry off the Damned Rebel Officer Washington, who was afraid he would be hanged, and the Rebel Congress; that the …
T his sub-board met there on July 19 and 20, during which time persons were summoned, examined and bound by recognizances and bail in various sums. 8 The Albany board, when desirous of learning who had gone over to the British interest, ordered the militia officers to make a return " of the Names of the Persons within their Laxft of \'cw York. Poughkeepsie: John Holt, 1782, p …
A few days later , they wrote again to Clinton about seven more persons "sent down by the pretended State of Vermont to be forwarded to the Enemies Lines by General Stark," and stated that from the "first Reception" they met with from Stark, they thought it "needless to remonstrate with him any farther about the Matter." Subsequently 4 when Stark asked them to commit , a …
I778- July 24, 1778. * August 7, 1778. July 20, 1778. August 1, 3. 22, 26; September 3; October 29, 1778. See also the act of March 20, 1781, in relation to exchanges. -- Laws of New York. Poughkeepsie, 1782, pp. 179-180. 58 State of New York sion of Governor Clinton to petition the legislature for an exemption from the penalties, the board informed them that their request …
It has been shown that Governor Clinton might order the detention of tories as exchanges. In such cases they were held subject to his order, or were taken down to Poughkeepsie, from thence to be sent under a flag to New York or elsewhere, as he might determine 5 . When a tory civilian asked for the exchange of himself and family, the board answered that it had no authority to …
They were usually rejected by both houses or, what was the same thing, ordered to lie on the table. 3 Treason -- In an act of March 30, 1778, the operation of the English law, so far as it related to the manner of putting offenders to death, was characterized as " marked by Circumstances of Savage Cruelty, unnecessary for the Purposes of public Justice, and manifestly …
Their disposition by the legislature can be traced in the printed Votes of both senate and assembly. 6o State of New York duly pleaded their cause. 1 Thomas Cummings, convicted of treason, was pardoned by a special act of October 8, 1779. 2 The relations of the commissioners for conspiracies to phases of felony and treason have been shown under former topical headings. The …
He said that if he took the oath, " he would perjure himself and that none but Rogues and Fools would or could take it." He was declared guilty of " a high Contempt and Insult upon the Authority of this State in General and this Board in particular," and was sent to jail to await the pleasure of the commissioners. 5 The board sought to ferret out spies from the British lines …
See also this chapter under " Prisoners." Introduction 61 Van Rensselaer to come before it at his earliest convenience, and exhibit at that time the contents of that letter. It is regrettable that the subject-matter is not revealed. A perspective view has been presented in these chapters of the magnitude of the work with which commissioners for detecting and defeating …
Manifestly, the minutes are incomplete, and end abruptly on August 30, 1781. Leonard Gansevoort, Jr., took his oath of office on April 24, 1778, and was to be paid " whenever an Entry is made in this Book His pay-bilb for services in the secretarial capacity, from April 13, 1778, to April 22, 1780, and from June 28, 1780, to April 29, 1783, was certified by members of the …
In the office of the State Comptroller, the pay-bills and other vouchers are preserved with creditable fullness, in vol. 40 of Revolutionary Manuscripts , though somewhat disarranged. The minutes of the Albany County board were retained by its secretary. After his death they came into the possession of his grandson, the late Thomas Hun, M. D., of the city of Albany, by whose …
also wrote occasional minutes, from time to time, in 1778, apparently during the temporary absence of the secretary. Apparently Gansevoort wrote all of the minutes, with the exceptions mentioned, save a portion of the rough minutes, which begin on June 29, 1779, in a handwriting that has not been determined; but interpolations and other revisions of this drafted section are …
In addition to the financial accounts, already alluded to, and more specifically correlated in foot-notes to this work, we find among the George Clinton Papers in the archives , of the New York State Library, a few original letters that were sent by the Albany commissioners to Governor Clinton, Mathew Visscher had been secretary of the Committee of the City and County of …
JEREMIAH VAN RENSSELAER April 4, 1778; July i, 1780. Resignation accepted March 26, 1781. ISAAC D. FONDA . . April 4, 1778; July i, 1780. MATHEW VISSCHER April 4, 1778; July 1, 1780. Resignation accepted March 26, 1781. HUGH MITCHELL April 4, 1778; July i, 1780. CORNELIUS HUMFREY April 4, 1778. JOHN McCLUNG 2 April 4, 1778; July 1, 1780; superseded April 1 2, 1 782. PETER …
ISRAEL THOMPSON April 4, 1778. Compiled from the original manuscript minutes of the Council of Appointment, vol. 1, pp. 48, 165, 198, 21 1, 217, 222, 246-7, 249. This volume is in the archives of the New York State Library. The varying spelling of surnames has been reduced to the best form in use, especially by the individuals themselves. 2 Active in Charlotte County board, at …
ANDREW FINCK, JR March 30, 1781; resigned July 10, 1782. TACOB GARDINIER " March 30, 1781. CORNELIUS E. WYNKOOP. . . . Ulster April 4, 1778; July 1, 1780. CORNELIUS C. SCHOONMAKER April 4, 1778; July i, 1780. " PETER CANTINE, JR April 4, 1778. " JOSEPH GASHERIE July 1, 1780. ISRAEL HONEYWELL Westchester. April 4, 1778; July 1, 1780. JONATHAN G. TOMPKINS April 4, 1778. JOSEPH …
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72 State of New York 1781 1781 1781 1781 January 29 March 20 May 8 July 10 30 21 9 1 31 22 12 16 February I 23 14 19 2 24 15 20 3 26 16 21 5 27 17 23 6 28 18 24 7 29 22 25 8 30 24 26 9 3i 25 27 J 3 April 2 26 28 15 3 28 30 16 5 29 31 17 6 30 August 2 19 7 3i 4 20 10 June 1 6 21 1 2 7 22 12 3 8 23 13 4 9 27 14 5 10 28 15 6 1 March 1 16 9 12 2 i/ 13 13 3 18 J 4 14 5 19 15 16 6 …
29, 30; June 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30; July 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31; August 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19, 20, 2i, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31; September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30; October 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 …
24, 25, 28, 29, 30; October 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 3°> 31; November 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; December 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15. 1779: -- January 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29; February 2, 6, 12, 13, 15, 19, 22; March 2, 22, 23, 29; April 1, 9, 10, 12, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28; May 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 …
8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; October 2, 3, 4, 5. 6» 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 3°> 3 1 ; November 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30; December 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29. 1781: -- January 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17 …
25, 26, 27, 30; May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31; June 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 28, 2 9» 30; July [1], 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31; August 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 74 State of New York BENSON (Egbert) …
DEAN (Stewart) 1781: -- March 28, 29, 30, 31; April 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30; May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31; June 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 28, 29; August 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. FONDA (Isaac D.) 1778: -- April 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 2i, 23, 24, 25 …
15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31; November 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14. 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; December 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 21, 26, 28. 1 7 79 : -- January 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29; February 2, 6, 12, 13, 15, 19, 22; March 2, 22, 23, 29; April 1, 9, 10, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28; May 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11 …
2, 9, 10, 15, 16, 27; December 1, 7, 24, 31. 1780: -- January 3, 5, 14, 21, 26; February 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14; April 22; June 28, 29, 30; July 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31; August 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29; September 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26; October 2, 3 …
Record of Attendances 75 HUMFREY (Cornelius) 1778: -- April 24, 25; May 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; June 3, 4, 5, 6, 24, 25; July 29, 30, 31; August 1, 13, 14; September 30; October 1, 2, 3. 1779: -- April 22. McCLUNG (John), of Charlotte County Board. 1778: -- April 18, 20, 21, 23; May 14, 15; August 28. *779: -- June 18; August 11. McMASTER (James), of Tryon County Board. 1778: -- April …
STRINGER (Samuel) 1780: -- July [10], 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31; August 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31; September 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 2i, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; October 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 …
3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1 3, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30; May 1, 2, 3. 4. 5. 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 20, 28, 29, 30, 31; June i, 2, 3. 4 5 . . 6, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, iS, 19, 21, 26, 28, 29, 30; Jvly [1], 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31; August 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25 …
VAN RENSSELAER (Jeremiah) -- Continued 1 779 : -- January 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29; February 2, 6, i2, March 2, 22, 23, 29; April 1, 9, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 13, 15, 22; May 3, 4, 26, 27; June 2, 3, 5, 8, 29, 30; July 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 27, 28, 29, 31; August 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 17, 27; September 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 30; October 1. 1780 …
VISSCHER (Mathew) 1778: -- April 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 27; May 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30; June 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30; July 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, August 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30; 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 …
1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 ; November 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27; December 1, 4. 5. 7. 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 21, 26, 28. 1779: -- January 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29; February 2, 6, 12, 13, 15, 19; March 2, 22, 23, 29; April 1, 9, 10, 12, 15, 21, 25, 27, 28; May 1, 3, 7, 8 …
14, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24;August 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27; September 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30; October 1, 9, 11; November 2, 9, 10, 15, 16, 27; December 1, 7, 24, 31. 1780: -- January 3, 5, 14, 21, 26; February 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14; April 22; June 28, 29, 30; July 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, 30; August 2, 3i …
WILLS (William), of Trvon County Board. 1778: -- April 29, 30; May 1, 2, 27. 1779: -- June 24. WYNKOOP (Petrus, Jr.) 1778: -- May 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 22, 23, 25; June 3, 4, 5, 6, 24, 25; July 17, 18, 29. 30, 31 September ; 1, 2, 3, 15; October 6, 7; November 17. 1779: -- May 26. MANUSCRIPT MINUTES VOL. I. [i]At a Meeting of the Commissioners Appointed by the 1778 Apr. 13 …
two Certifyed Copies of two Acts of the Legislature passed in their late Sessions, and Copy of a Commission Isued in Consequence thereof Appointing us the Said John M Beeckman, Jer V Rensselaer, Isaac Fonda, Mathew Visher, Hugh Mitchell, John c lung, Cornelius Humphryes and Peter Wynekoop, Commissioners for Conspiracies, which Said Letter Acts and Commission are in the woords …
[2] A Return of the prisoners Confined in the City Gait being laid before this Board and thereupon Resolved that Letters be wrote to the district Committees from whence Said prisoners were Sent, to furnish the Commissioners with their Several Crimes which was wrote in the woords following (prout) As als[o] Letters to the Commissioners Appointed in Tryon County, and those in …
Letter from John Younglove in Behalf of Ebenezer Allen, who had been a prisoner with Burgoyne's Army, and deserted from thence, Iinediately after the Second Battle of Sarratogo: presented by himself praying to be Reinstated in his Countery's favour, thereupon Resolved, that he be dismissed from any farther prosicution he taking the Oath of fidelity to the State It appearing to …
which Said order being taken Into Consideration thereupon Resolved that the Requisition Cannot be Complied with -- A Letter was prepared Stating the Objections and forwarded to them in the woords following (prout) Also A Letter was forwarded to John c Crea Esq? ordering him to deliver into this Goal W™ c Crea, who was permitted to absent himself on Bail of the S d John M Crea …
Collins appeared before this board & Represented that Robert Russell, Roger Hyatt, John Smyth, Archibald c Nue c M --M Night James Robison, John Fairman, George Gardner, Jonathan Tuttle, Study Scranton, Henry Bolton & George Bolton, person[s] now again Residing in Ballston, after having taken up arms against the United States with Gen Burgoyne, & from appearences they Judge …
before this Board on suspicion of having been with the Enemy and no direct him proof appearing against [r/V] Ordered that they be permitted to go at large upon their entring into Recognizance for their future good behaviour and appearance Monthly before any one of the Commissioners William Reside was bound in the Sum of £ 200 John Miller, .his Bail, .in 100 William M Auley c …
Beeckman ) j Jer Van Rensselaer Isaac D. Fonda j { Matthew Visscher [5] Henry Van Hining having some time since been Committed on a Suspicion of having been enlisted in the service of the Enemy was brought before this Board, and it appearing from the information of several principal Inhabitants of this County That during the last Campaign he had acted as a Guide to the …
1778 Ordered Thereupon that the said Persons be permitted to Apr. 15. return to their places of Residence The same with respect to Dennis Dunn, Robert [6] Crothers and Evans -- r Jacob Ball Jun having for a long time been confined as a Suspected Person, and nothing specially appearing against him r Ordered Thereupon that the said Jacob Ball Jun be permitted to return to his …
Himself was bound in Tiooand Gisbert Fonda of Albany his Bail 100 -- Christiaen Cray and Jacob Phillips, having been set at Liberty by the Committee of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck upon their entring into Bond with Surety for their future good behaviour, which Security having delivered them up, and they being willing to enter into the Continental Service and give Security for …
William Moore and Christopher Lake were brought before 1778 Apr. 16. this Board on suspicion of having been with the Enemy and no Positive proof appearing either as to their having been there, or that their going at large might be dangerous to the State -- Therefore Resolved That they be permitted to return to their usual place of abode upon entring into Recognizance with …
Jonathan Brown was bound in.. £100 Caleb Brown his Bail in.. 100 John Wiltsie was bound in. . 100 Abner Pease his Bail in. 100 All of Phillips Town John Scott, Adam Johnson, Peter Johnson, William Brisbin and Rowland Perry were brought before this Board for having remained on their Habitations when General [ 8] Burgoyne penetrated into the County, and it appearing to this …
N° 2 -- Carle Koening, Jacob Eckert Carlolus Rackenso Henry Miller, Michael Willman, John Butler James Nowels and John Needing Deserters from the Brittish Army were brought before this Board and it appearing that they were willing to remain in this County, and had During their Stay behaved friendly to the United States -- Ordered Thereupon That they be permitted to remain in …
Ostrander and John Keurden, having formerly been apprehended by the Committee cf Albany in Consequence of a request from his Excellency Governor Clinton, as being Persons enlisted in the service of the King of Great Brittain Ordered Thereupon that a Mittimus be made to detain the above Persons untill they have been Indicted and Tried, or untill they are by this Board or any …
1778 and it appearing from their examinations as well as from Apr. 17. the information of Cap^ John McKellop that they had previous to the Enemies penetrating the Country proved friends to the Country, and that their only inducement to go in was to save their Families from being Scalped by the Indians, and that they remained but a few days with the Enemy and bore no Arms, and …
readiness and willingness to do their duty as good and faithful Subjects of this State Ordered Thereupon that they be permitted to return to their places of abode, on their entring into Recognizance with surety for their future good behaviour as good and faithful Subjects and Monthly appearance before any one of the Commissioners -- They were accordingly bound in £100 each and …
had been seduced to go to them, and while with the Enemy Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies had not taken up Arms against the Country, and it appear- 1778 Apr. 18. ing from his own Confession as well as from the information of other Persons that he acknowledged his Crime and was willing to make Amends to his Country for his [12] past Conduct, by entring into the …
Visscher Jacob Hoffman and Gotlieb Klouse Deserters from the Brittish Army were brought before this Board, and it appearing that they lived in Families well attached to the Cause of America Ordered 'Thereupon that they [be] permitted to go at large in this County -- James Mc Cormick, William Tyler, William Sanders Daniel Bass, John Cobham, John Cowan, Daniel Fraser Johannis …
1778 Ordered Thereupon That a Mittimus be made out to Apr. 18. keep them confined till such time as they be discharged by this Board or any other three of the Commissioners John Werner, Isaac Valkenburgh and Arent Halenbeeck were brought before this Board, and nothing appearing against them, -- their examination appear in N? 3. Ordered That they be permitted to return to their …
Adam Vrooman Appearing before this board, & Charged 1778 Apr. 20. with Going of to the Enemy, but no prof [j/c] Appearing that he had taken an active part against the States &c he being willing & offered to take the Oath of Alegiance, was thereupon permitted to Return upon Bail to his place of Abode -- Adam Vrooman £200 Wouter Vrooman his Bail £200 it has been frequently …
Samuel Hodge his Bail 100. d the Examination of S Earl Respecting Cap 1 John Wood, to be transmitted to the Board of Commissioners at poughkepse on the file N° 4 -- -- 92 State of New York Apr. 21. ® Given to Information being this board that a Certain ----- Riddeng now in Custody at Bennington for Stealing of horses from one Simmons in dutches County, the following Letter was …
Inclosed to the Commissioners at poughkeepse by Letter Requesting them to Call on his ExcelL the Governour for the Charge against Sundry persons appreh[end]ed by his order & now in Confinement in the woords following (prout) Apr. 23. April 23. -- 1778 Present Hugh Mitchell John M Beeckman ( M Clung c John Isaac D Fonda - ^ Jer V Rensselaer Received a Letter from the …
John M Beeckman j ( Jer V Rensselaer Isaac D Fonda - •< Hugh Mitchell John M Clung c ) ( James M Master c James c Master According to Letters Directed to the Commissioners in Tryon County appeared in the Board, tuck [took] the Oath prescribed & his Seat accordingly -- Daniel Mosher & Ishmeal Rynolds being Brought before the board for having been in the Enemys Camp were …
A mittimus was therefore made out & he orderd to Confinement untill Discharged by a Board of Commissioners -- Adjourned till 9 OClock A.M. 1778 Met according to Adjournment 24 April 1778 Apr. 24. Present John M. Beeckman \ Matthew Visscher | Isaac D Fonda - - Cornelius Humphrey James M Masters c ; ( Hugh Mitchell Coll 1 Cornelius Humphrey agreeable to notification appeared …
It having appeared to us from the information of sundry Persons that Emerich Plass, Matthias Coons, David Crankheydt, Philip Tater, Thomas Blewer, John Dorn, Thomas Wood Jun r Frederick Weager and Henry Plass are Persons disaffected to the Cause of America and whose going at large may be dangerous to the State Ordered That an order issue to Cap* Scharpe or the next An error in …
<>^t_< //X. / / C^^w <^-»a _ 'V *^^0 ^j* r l/ jL-C-S*? <v "T'iCj *C£.e ' 7^t-»-v/ y^£&~* ^ -•> *- 'i--* '^V ' * 'j--- -- ---- ft* - ' *"^ '_ ! ., Minutes written by Mathew Visscher and Leonard Gansevoort, Jr. (One-half reduced) Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 95 Commanding Officer of his Company to order a Party to 1778 Apr. 24. apprehend and secure the said Persons …
made in this Book -- [18] William Loucks and Hendrick Weaver having some Time since been committed by the Committee of Schohary District as Persons disaffected to the American Cause and having since received Information that their Suspicions were rather groundless -- Therefore Resolved that they be permitted to return to their usual Places of Abode upon entering into …
Gabriel Groat from the little White Creek was librated on Condition of his going to Claverack District with his Son and engaged that his future Behaviour would be good and that he would appear on the last Day of every Month or sooner if required Gabriel Groat on Recognizance for £100 Nicholas Groat his Bail £100 -- Ordered that John c Crea Bail for William c Crea M Deliver up …
h 1778 Met pursuant to Adjournment 27 l ; April 1778 Apr. 27. Present lohn M. Beekman ) ( Mathew T7 . . , ' t-v 1 C 1 Visscher Isaac u. ronda ) ( Ordered That the Clerk make a Copy of Isaac Scouting's Deposition to be laid before the Grand Jury -- Christopher Bennet from Parmertown being confined in Goal, and extreamly 111 was permitted to go with Jonathan Pettit, until he was …
1778 the Goods lately stolen in the lower Parts of this County Apr. 27. the following Letter was wrote to the Committee of the District of Saragtoga requesting them to apprehend the said Campbell 5c if they suspect him to have stolen the Goods he has in his Possession, to send him immediately to us together with the Goods which Letter is in the Words following (prout) Peter …
Alexander Campbell from Dutchess County was appre- 1778 Apr. 29. hended and brought before the Board for travelling without a Pass, and for carrying Letters from r Banyer to David M Van Schaack and from Van Schaack to Henry Cuyler Ordered that a Mittimus be made out to the Goaler to take the said Alexander Campbell and closely confine him -- [22] James Agan was permitted to …
Nicholas Demoray on Recognizance in . £\o Ordered that a Letter be wrote to the Commissioners of Conspiracies at Pougkeepsie requesting them to confine several Persons about Fishkill against whom we had received Information of their intending to go to New York and also to have apprehended Josiah Talmadge and David Chase as notorious Offenders which Letter is in the Words …
Schuyler requesting him to have the said Alexander Campbell secured and sent down to us, which Letter is in the Words following (prout) -- William M'Kensie, Zachariah Overmagh, John Sparding and Daniel Marsh Prisoners taken at Tieconderoga and Residents of this State and Charles M-Arthur a Deserter from the Enemy and also Resident of this State were sent to us by Egbert Benson …
first obtaining Leave for that Purpose from l ime to I ime 1778 Apr. 30. from the Commanding Officer or any three of the Commissioners Ordered that a Letter commanding be wrote to the Officer to request him to issue his Orders to the Guards for securing all State Prisoners and Criminals to prevent it possible Escapes for the future -- Adjourned till 9 O'Clock to Morrow Morning …
Received a Letter from the Chairman of the Committee of Claverack District covering 92 Continental and six hard Dollars one half Johannis and one Guinea which was taken from one John Snyder whom the said Committee sent to us Prisoner, and the said Committee have also [sent to] us, Stephen Dukelon as a Prisoner -- Ordered that the said Money be deposited in the Hands of the …
Van Hosen, and is signed " for myself & assosiates " by " Justis Vanhoesan Jun." 102 State of New York J773 informing them what was done in Consequence n of it, which May 1 . .6 . Letter is in the Words following (prout) John Curden of Schatikook District was permitted to go to his usual Place of Abode on entering into Recognizance for good Behaviour & Mont[h]ly Appearance he …
John Conklin on Recognizance in. . . . £200 Peter Van Campen his Bail ... in ... . £200 b Received a Letter from the Hon Ae Major General Schuyler respecting Simon Earhart and William Rogers informing that he had great Need of them and requesting [26] us to dispense with their Appearance on Condition of their appearing before him, which Request the Board have thought proper to …
Daniel Campbell on Recognizance in. £500 James Ellice on Recognizance. ... in. £500 Charles Near having some Time since been sent to Hartford and having returned with a Recommendation & Permit from the Commissary of Prisoners at Hartford Ordered that the said Charles Near be permitted to go at large on entering into Recognizance for good Behaviour & Monthly Appearance Charles …
-- . . -- 104 State of New York 1778 Ordered that a Mittimus be made out for Tom the Negro May 2. Man of Henry Hogan directed to the Sheriff commanding him to take the said Tom into Custody Nothing special having appeared to us against Nicholas Boss he has permitted to return to his usual Place of Abode on taking the Oath of Allegiance and entering into Recognizance for good …
the Deputy Commissary of Prisoners Ordered that he be permitted to return [to] his usual Place of Abode on entering into Recognizance for future good Behaviour and Monthly Appearance -- John Myers on Recognizance in. . T100 -- -- u Johannis Tater his Bail in.... Tioo -- u Isaac Hops also his Bail in.... T100 --u -- 8'; h May 1778 Joh? Tater & Isaac Hops delivered up Johannis …
Van Rensselaer Mathew Visscher ) I Cornelius Idumfrey John Kelly, Philip Herrewig and others this day brought in and delivered to the Board the following Persons to wit, Emmerigh Plass, Michael Plass, John [29] Dorn and John George Emmerigh as Persons disaffected to the Cause of America and whose going at large might be dangerous to the State, together with the Arms of …