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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1778 In Consequence of the Letter received from his Excellency Aug. 14. the Governor Henry Cuyler, James Ellice, James Dole and Alexander White were brought before the Board and informed of the Directions the Board had received from him Whereupon Ordered that they be severally closely confined -- Peter W Yates appeared before the Board according to the Order received from us …
White to go down to Poughkeepsie for the above Purpose -- [ 1 4 1 ] Mr Nicholas Stevens who upon his Appearance requested Time till this Day to consider of the Oath then tendered appeared and the Oath being again tendered him he refused to take the same Received a Letter from John Duncan Esq r which is dated 13 Instant respecting Stutley Scrantum which Letter is in the Words …
Stutley Scrantum was brought before the Board and we 1778 Aug. 15. having examined into the Nature of his Crime do find that he last Summer went over to the Enemy, in Consequence of the above Letter -- Ordered that he be permitted to return to his Place of Abode on his entering into Recognizance for good Behaviour and Monthly Appearance -- Study Scrantum on Recognizance in …
be given him -- Then Adjourned till Monday Morning 9 OClock -- [142] Met pursuant to Adjournment -- 1778 Aug. 17, th Albany 17 . August 1778 Present John M. Beekman J ( Isaac D. Fonda Jeremiah Van Renselaer i | Mathew Visscher Henry Van Schaack of Kinderhook who was heretofore summoned to appear before the Board and whose Appearance was dispensed with till this Day on Account …
Ballard and brought to this Place were brought before the Board and severally examined Ordered that they be recommitted Elizabeth Crothers appeared before the Board and laid before us two Passes she had heretofore obtained the One from General Gates the other from the Committee of this Place granting to her Permission to go to Canada at the same Time informing us that after …
Yesterday was taken into Consideration Ordered that she 1778 Aug. 18. have Leave to go with the next Flag to Canada Ordered that John Stevenson, Richard Cartwright, John Van Alen and Isaac Man be warned to prepare and hold themselves in Readiness to be removed by a Flag within the Enemies Lines to Morrow Morning John Sloss who was condemned to be executed and has since …
[144] Ordered that Instructions be made out to Lieutenant Isaac Bogert who is appointed to superintend the Removal of John Stevenson, Richard Cartwright, John Van Alen, and Isaac Man Persons who have refused to take the Oath as prescribed by the Act, from this Place to the Northward within the Enemies the Lines which Instructions are in the Words following, to wit, (prout) …
1778 Charlotte dated 14J1 August 1778 informing that they sent to Aug. 19. us under Guard a certain Andrew Stephenson an Inhabitant of that County who in June last went to Canada and lately returned and voluntarily surrendered himself and took the Oath of Allegiance to the State Ordered that the Board will take the said Andrew Stephenson's Case into Consideration and that he …
Frederick Wurmer in Recognizance in £100 -- -- John Groat his Bail in £100 -- o -- Order from General Stark the [145] Whereas by a Verbal Commissioners were acquainted that no more Provision could be issued to the State Prisoners whereby the Board conceive it necessary that some Provision be provided for such State Prisoners as are not able to procure the same for themselves …
Fonda Jeremiah Van Renselaer | J Mathew Visscher William Rogers was brought before the Board and we having enquired into the Nature of his Crime and finding no special Charges against him have thought proper to permit him to go at large on his entering into Recognizance for good Behaviour and Monthly Appearance William Rogers on Recognizance and Philip Ryley his Bail each in …
Andrew Stephenson appeared before the Board according toOrder this Day and we having taken his Case into Consideration do order that he have Permission to return to his usual Place of Abode and that a Pass for the Purpose be given him -- A Petition signed by William Printup, James Hare, John Fillone, Samuel Gardinier, Jacob Vrooman Caspard Van Der Werke, John Penn, Cornelius …
by us, such as are Subjects of this State and also an Account 1778 Aug. 21. of the Cattle Sheep &c which have been taken from those Persons and where the same are kept -- Johan Hendrick Rensard, and Jacob Loevenstern two German Deserters from Burgoyne's Army appeared before the Board and claimed Protection from us and the Oath of Allegiance being tendered them they declared …
Schaack, Cornelius Van Schaack, Lambert Burghart all of the District of Kinderhook and Nicholas Stevens of Schonectady to appear on Saturday the Fifth Day of September next at the Court House in the City of Albany [148] with 14 Days Provision for themselves and such of their Families as they chuse should accompany them (Persons capable of bearing Arms excepted) as it is the …
1778 wherewith Johannis Docksteder and John Service stand Aug. 22. charged as soon as possible -- John Tunnicliff, William Tunicliff, Richard Brooks, Nicholas Schuyler, Elisha Marsh, Ebenezer Knap, John Brooks, Benjamin Lull, Joseph Lull, Nathan Lull and John Bullock who were examined by us were this Day by Order of General Stark delivered over to us Ordered that a Mittimus be …
Suspicion of being Accessory to several Robberies committed lastYear was brought before the Board and she being examined and nothing special appearing against her Ordered that she be permitted to go at large on procuring a sufficient Bail by Wednesday next -- John Wiess a Prisoner lately taken at Crown Point was by Order of General Stark brought before us and we having …
taken by the said Jacob De Forest from Eseck Mosier which 1778 Aug. 22, the said John Seton claims as his Property Ordered that the [said] Jacob De Forest be requested to deliver up the said Watch provided the said John Seton shall prove himself to be the lawful Owner thereof -- Captain John Ryley and John Seton appeared before the Board with a certain Jacob Cronkheyt who last …
Adjourned till Monday Morning next -- Met pursuant to Adjournment -- 24 Augf 1778 -- th 1778 Aug. 24. Present -- John M. Beeckman ] ( Matthew Visscher Jer. Van Rensselaer I I Hugh Mitchell Received a Letter from Lieu Coll! Butler dated 22 nd Aug st Ins! which said Letter is in the following Words to wit (prout) In Consequence of which said Letter John Docksteder was brought …
Joseph Greenman and Benjamin Greenman Jun? were brought before the Board and upon examination it appeared that they had been with the Enemy at Rhode Island and had been seduced thereto by their Father, that they upon the first oppertunity offering made their escape from the Enemy and prayed that they might be admitted as Subjects of the State -- [ 1 5 1] Ordered that the …
Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 217 Met pursuant to Adjournment -- 25 th Aug- 1778 1778 Aug. 25. Present John M Beeckman Matthew Visscher Jer. Van Rensselaer j Nicholas Schuyler, Joseph Lull, Ebenezer Knap Nathan Lull and Elisha Marsh were brought before the Board and examined and nothing appearing therefrom worthy of Notice Ordered …
21 8 State of New York 1778 Van Schaack, Dirck Gardinier, Matthew Goes Jun T John D. Aug. 26. Goes, Lambert Burghart and Nicholas Stevens, not having been forwarded to them, Ordered that a Notice be forwarded tothem requiring them to be in readiness for removal on Wednesday the ninth day of September next and that Notice be given thereof to his Excellency John Scheffer was …
Nicholas Stevens appeared before the Board and prayed that he might be permitted to go to Canada and offered to Swear that he would not by any means in his power endeavour up the Indians against the United States of to stir or set America nor that he himself would take a part against the same, which he accordingly did Ordered therefore that his request be granted Received a …
to proceed with all Convenient dispatch to Cherry Valley 1778 Aug. 28. and there by all possible means in his power endeavour to obtain the Number of Cattle brought in by the Troops, and the number by them Killed for their use -- Whereas it is Suspected that John Wood of S Coyck, l . Cambridge district with an appearent View absconds himself to avoid the force of the late Act …
Fonda John M. Beeckman | J Matthew Visscher John Park, John Murrow and John J. Vossburgh being very Sick Ordered that they be removed to the Hospital and that the Director thereof be requested to inform the Board from time 220 State of New York to ^ me t ^ie situation of their Health, that provision may be Aug ^3 1 made to prevent their escape -- Melchert File Son who were …
Debby Wall appeared before the Board and applied for a Pass to go to Unadilla to her Husband -- Ordered that she be informed that no permit or Indulgence can be given by the Board to any part of a Family whereof the Husband or Master has so far deviated from humane principles or to associate with Barbarians & assisting in Imbruing his Hands in the Blood of Women and Children …
Daniel Price, Peter Wheeler Jacob Halenbeeck Jun', Jurie Wheeler, David Price Nathaniel Morgan, Bartholemewis Hess Mary Wheeler and Ariantie Schuck who were sent up Prisoners by the Board of Commissioners lately sitting at Claverack Ordered that they be committed -- [156] Nathaniel Morgan, Bartholemewis Hess, Philip Shifter and Ariantie Schuck were brought before the Board and …
John Cobham heretofore confined in Goal by Order of the Committee of the City and County of Albany was brought before us and he praying to be released from his Confinement on giving sufficient Bail Ordered that he be set at Liberty on his entering into Recognizance for good Behaviour and Monthly Appearance -- John Cobham on Recognizance in... £200 --o-- James Caldwell his Bail …
Bradt and David Ralyie were cited to appear before the Board on the Fifth Day of September Instant to give their Testimony respecting a Number of Tories who were lately at their Houses -- Received a Letter from Hugh Mitchell Esq; which Letter is in the Words following (to wit) (prout) Mr.' Tice appeared before the Board and requested Permission for herself and her Children to …
Day of this Month which Request was granted on his consenting that if he did not appear on that Day his Non Attendance should be construed into a Refusal Stephen Bell the Coaler appeared before the Board and informed us that Hendrick Van Salsbury a Prisoner confined in Goal is very sick Ordered that he be removed to the Hospital and that D Young be requested to receive him …
Christian File on Recognizance in.... £50 --0-- The Board having been informed that Thomas Wood Jun r keeps himself concealed somewhere near Worcester in the State of Massachusetts Bay Ordered that a Letter be wrote to Levy Lincoln Esq r to have the said Thomas Wood Jun r instantly apprehended if possible and conveyed to us together with John Snyder now confined in Worcester …
and Recovery of their Health and keep an accurate Account of the whole 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 -- John Kogh a German Deserter from Burgoyne's Army appeared before …
Bradt of the Helleberg who was cited to appear before us this Day appeared and being examined and his Answers to the Questions asked him being satisfactory he was permitted to return Home -- Barnet Stilwell having been adjudged in the Opinion of this Board a Person of an equivocal and neutral Character and being in Consequence thereof cited to appear before the Board this Day …
Sep/ " w h' c h Request was granted him Ordered that he prepare himself to be removed on the shortest Notice -- Melchert File who was lately confined was brought before the Board and we finding the Charges against him rather trivial have thought proper to eliberate him on his entering into Recognizance with sufficient Sureties for his future good Behaviour and Monthly …
Goes be respited till he shall be discharged from his Recognizance by the Court -- Archibald M Kellop who was some time since confined c was brought before the Board and it appearing to us that the Charges alledged against him are but trivial [162] Therefore ordered that he be permitted to go at large on his entering into Recognizance with a sufficient Surety for his future …
appear before the Board on this Day appeared and we having taken the Case of the said James Latham into consideration and finding that he is guilty of no Crime for which a Corporeal Punishment can be inflicted on him do adjudge that the Oath of Allegiance as prescribed by the Act to be administered to Persons of neutral & equivocal Characters be tendered him which was …
James Boyd on Recognizance as Bail for Janet Clement T100 --o-- James Bell as D° £100 --o-- James Agen as D° T100 -- o -- Received a Letter from Henry Van Schaack David Van Schaack and others dated 28 t h August 1778 which : [163] Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- William Muer appeared before the Board and requested from us a Pass to White Creek which was …
John Visscher who is appointed by this Board to superintend the Removal of Henry Van Schaack, David Van Schaack, Lambert Burghart, Mathew Goes JurJ and Dirk Gardinier of the District of Kinderhook who have refused to take the Oath prescribed by the Act lately passed by the Legislature which said Instructions are in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that the …
Beekman Mathew Visscher j j Jeremiah Van Renselaer j I Isaac D. Fonda Hugh Alexander who was some Time since confined in Goal was brought before the Board and examined and no special Charges having been exhibited before us against him Therefore Ordered that the said Hugh Alexander be discharged from his Confinement on his entering into Recognizance with a Sufficient Security …
Application was made to the Board in Behalf of Hendrick Sept^io Yager a Prisoner confined in Goal by Virtue of an Order from us to request us on Account of the bad State of Health of the said Hendrick Yager to withdraw our Mittimus in Order that the said Hendrick Yager might then be brought before Judge Yates and bailed and we having taken the same into Consideration Ordered …
Isaac Bogert who by a Request of this Board lh of the 2 . of August last went to Cherry Valley in Order to obtain an Account of the Cattle taken at the Butter Nutts and brought to Cherry Valley by a Party of the Continental Troops, and of the Number of those they have killed for their own Use, returned this Day and made a Report which was committed to writing and attested to …
Application was made to the Board by Robert Van Deusen 1778 Sept. 11 of Kinderhook in Behalf of Lowrence Scharp a Prisoner confined in Goal by Virtue of an Order of three of the CommissionerS^of Conspiracies who requested us to withdraw our Mittimus in Order that he might then be brought before Judge by a Writ of Habeas Corpus for the Purpose of being let to Bail and we having …
* Then Adjourned till next Monday Morning Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 14 th Sept r 1778 Sept. 14.. Present John M. Beekman | \ Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher j ( John Lilley alias dictus James McCormick who was by an Order of a Court-Martial confined in Goal was brought before the Board and we having examined him do order Ibid. 232 State of New York t le sa *^ J°hn …
any Time obtained from us Ordered therefore that as the said Negro Man Prince is in no Wise under the Directions of the Commissioners of Conspiracies we cannot give our Assent or Dissent to his Discharge from [168] the Custody of the Sheriff, and that the Sheriff be immediately served with a Copy of this Order Received a Letter from Caleb Stark Brigade Major to General Stark …
Received a Letter from M" Cumming informing us that 1778 Sept. 14. a Report prevails in her Neighbourhood that a Party of Rangers are coming that Way to apprehend disaffected Persons and secure their Property and as Mf Cumming is confined in Goal for Disaffection is apprehensive they may disturb her and her Family and take away their Property Ordered that this Board grant a …
It having appeared to us by the Information of Nathaniel Morgan that Johan George Fought and Coenradt Johnson were knowing to the Robberies committed by the said Nathaniel Morgan and others Ordered that they be severally cited to appear before the Board on the Eighteenth Day of September Instant -- Mathew Aerson laid before the Board his Account for ferrying across the River …
1778 against Adam Paps and Rudolph Paps and that a Copy of Sept. 15. this Resolution be sent to him -- Ann Lane and Ann Liddle appeared before the Board and requested Permission to go with their Families to Canada Ordered that they be informed that the Board will take their Request into Consideration -- Ordered that the Secretary pay to Isaac D. Fonda Esq! one of the Members …
William Butler dated 5' h Schoharie 1 September 1778 wherein he requests us to release from his Confinement John Service on Account of the helpless Situation of his Mother the Widow Service, which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) In Consequence of the above Letter John Service was brought before the Board and after being examined he was discharged from Prison …
Instant requested Time till the I4*! to consider of the Oath (as prescribed in the Act respecting Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters) then tendered him, and agreed that his Non Appearance on that Day [ 1 7 ] should be 1 construed into a Refusal to take the said Oath and the said Martin Crom not having appeared on that Day according to Agreement Therefore ordered that …
On Suggestion of the Goaler Stephen Bell that Jacob Halenbeeck Jun r is sick it is ordered that the said Jacob Halenbeeck Jun r be brought before the Board and that Doctor Samuel Stringer be sent for to examine him Upon the Report of the said Samuel Stringer that the said r Jacob Halenbeeck Jun is very sick and that by his remaining in Confinement his Life will be endangered …
July now last past amounting in the whole to £460^1 8^4 and the Money heretofore advanced him being substracted therefrom there remains a Ballance due of £ [blank] Ordered that the same be paid to him -- Then Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Sept. 19. Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 19^ Sept 1778 -- r Present John M. Beekman ) ( lsaac D FomJa . Mathew Visscher ) ( …
[ 73] Coenradt Johnson who was cited to appear before the Board this Day appeared and he being interrogated as to the Charges alledged against him by Nathaniel Morgan made such satisfactory Answers that he was permitted to return Home -- It having been suggested to the Board by the Goaler that Mr? Cole is very 111 and that her Life is greatly endangered by Reason of her …
1778 in which they severally reside and that they together with Sept. 21. their Families are subsisted at the public Expence Ordered that on Account of the Reasons above assigned it be recommended to General Stark to send a Flag to Canada with them D' James Latham who appeared before the Board on the /': Instant and was then tendered the Oath by the Act of the Legislature …
Instant and the other from James Duane Lsqr both which Letters are concerning D r James Latham and are in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Cornelius Groesbeck laid before the Board an Account for serving Citations on several Persons at Niscutaw and at the Helleberg amounting to £4,,2 Ordered that the same be paid -- It has been represented to the Commissioners that divers …
his Excellency the Governor wherein he desires that [175] Henry Cuyler, James Dole and Alexander White may be instantly removed down to Poughkeepsie which Letter having been laid before us It is ordered thereupon that the said Henry Cuyler, James Dole and Alexander White set off to Morrow for Poughkeepsie and there deliver themselves up to the Persons administring the …
of his Death It is therefore ordered that the said Daniel Price be released from his Confinement on the said Philip In George Clinton Papers, no. 1776, archives of New York State Library. 240 State of New York 1778 Viele and Peter Rode's entering into Recognizance for the Sept. 22. Appearance of the said Daniel Price at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Goal …
Alexander Campbell of Schonectady on the Seventh Day of September Instant and Martin Crom of Claverack District on the Fourteenth Day of September Instant and offered to administer to them respectively the Oath in the said Act prescribed which they severally refused to take Received a Letter 1 from his Excellency Governor Clinton which is dated 20 ^ Instant wherein he again …
Goes, Mathew Goes Jun r and 1778 Sept. 22 Dirck Gardinier should be immediately confined in Goal and detained for an Exchange which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that the Request in the above Letter be complied with and that the said Henry Van Schaack David Van Schaack Lambert Burghart, John D. Goes, Mathew Goes r Jun and Dirk Gardinier be put in …
Place to deliver himself up to the Person administring the Government without Delay Ordered in Compliance with the above that Henry Van Sehaack's Parole be taken which is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- Jurie Pater and Regina Parkerson appeared before the Board at Witnesses against Adam Paps and Rudolph Paps and the said Jurie Pater and Regina Parkerson having been …
Alexander Anderson having been by Order of General Stark delivered over to us was brought before the Board and examined Ordered that a Mittimus be made out to the Goaler to take the said Alexander Anderson into his Custody [178] Received a Letter from Dr Joseph Young informing us that Paul Drew who was some Time since sent to the Hospital is so well recovered from his Illness …
Adjourned till 2 OCIock to Morrow Afternoon Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 243 Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 25'!' Sept r 1778 -- 1778 Sept. 25. Present John M. Beekman I 1 Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher j l Whereas it has been represented to this Board that Jacob [ 79] Johannis Vrooman is in Custody of the Sheriff of Tryon County and that the said Jacob …
Vrooman into our Consideration -- r r Received a Letter from Peter Cantine Jun Esq which is dated S'!1 Day of September Instant wherein he requests us to grant Permission to David Knap and Daniel Annin (who have been great Sufferers by the late Robberies in Dutchess County) to examine certain of the Prisoners in Goal respecting the Places where they have secreted stolen …
244 State of New York 1778 sooner transmitted him and also assigning a Reason why the Sept. 25. Flag passed Poughkeepsie without stopping to know his Excellencys Pleasure concerning the said Persons which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- Then Adjourned till next Monday Morning Sept. 28. Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 28 Sept 1778 -- 1 1 ? r Present …
Ordered that a Mittimus be made out to Volckert Dawson to receive in his Custody David Van Schaack, Mathew Goes JunT, Lambert Burghart and Dirk Gardinier and closely confine them -- Rudolph Schoonmaker of the German Flatts appeared before the Board and complained that Jurie Wever with a Party of Men had seized all his Effects on Pretence of their being forfieted to the State …
Cuvier, James Dole and Alexander White which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) In George Clinlon Papers, no. 1809, archives of New York State Library. * Ibid. Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 245 Ordered that Instructions he made out to Captain Edward 1778 Sept. 28. Willet to take into his Care Henry Cuyler, James Dole, and Alexander White which …
James Parks, and John Chitchiverell who have been taken and sent down to him from the Westward, and who he will deliver over to us provided we apply for them Ordered in Consequence of the above Letter that the General be requested to deliver over to us the said [182] William Gorden, James Parks and John Chitchiverell and that a Mittimus be made out to the Goaler to receive …
Goods taken from him to a great Amount Part of which Goods he informed Us he had heard were at present in the Possession of Captain Jacob De Forest who had found them with Eseck Mosier when he was apprehended Ordered that the said Captain Jacob De Forest deliver such of the said Goods to the said Burnet Miller as he shall by proper Descriptions prove to be his Property …
Beekman Esq r One of the Members of this Board and also a Justice of the Peace be present at such Examination -- [183] Ordered that Lieu 1 Col! Barent Staats do make a Return to this Board as soon as possible of all such Persons belonging to his Regiment as have gone off to the Enemy and are at this Time absent from their respective Places of Abode -- Ordered that Mathew …
Yesterday he had wrote a Letter to the Commissioners at Poughkeepsie acquainting them with the Substance of Mosier's Examination respecting Silas Duel -- A Petition was laid before the Board signed by a Number of Persons living at Spencertown wherein they set forth that Thomas Clark who was some Time since discharged from Confinement by us is a Person who from his Conduct last …
1778 it altogether Inconvenient to confine the said Thomas Clark Oct. 1. on Account of the Infectious Distemper at this Time prevailing in the Goal and of the great Number of Persons confined It is therefore ordered that the said Thomas Clark return to Spencertown and there make such Concessions to the Inhabitants of that District as they shall think proper to require of him …
McDonald & Miss McDonald (whose Husband and Father are gone over to the Enemy) to to keep them here do order that it be go there also than recommended to General Stark to grant them Passes for the above Purpose [185] M" Waltimyer and Mr? Nancy Fairchild (whose Husbands are both gone to New York) appeared before the Board and requested Permission from us to go to New York …
Dobs who appeared to be of a suspicious Character and 1778 Oct. 2. whose going at large in that Quarter might be attended with dangerous Consequences, he ordered the said Daniel Dobs to be apprehended and brought before him that on examining him he found that he was last Year a Prisoner on Board the Fleet Prison and that he made his Escape from the Guard who conducted him to …
John Purves on Recognizance in £200 -- -- John Murray on D? .in £200 -- -- John Howard on D? .in £200 -- -- Dugal M'rAslin on D° .in £200 -- -- John Boyd as Bail for each of them severally in £200 Jacob Johannis Vrooman was brought before the Board according to the Order of the 25T Day of September last and the Mittimus whereon he was committed to Prison having been sent to us …
Day appeared and the Oath as prescribed by the Act to be taken by Persons of Neutral and equivocal Characters [187] having been tendered to him he requested Time to consider of the same till 12 th Instant which was granted him Ordered that the Secretary pay Col' Humfrey Four Pounds it being Money advanced by him to the Person who gave Intelligence of Neal Taylor's being at …
Hugh M^Colley who was some Time since confined by Major Schermerhorn and was shortly after such Confinement discharged by us appeared before the Board and requested that the Money taken from him by Major Schermerhorn and left in our Hands amounting to One hundred and Eighty Dollars might be redelivered him and nothing having appeared against the said Hugh M^Colly since his …
The original voucher is in Revolutionary Manuscripts, vol. 40, p. 162, State Comptroller's office. 252 State of New York 1778 Ordered that the Secretary pay to Jacob Cline for his Oct. 3. Trouble and Expence in apprehending and bringing to Claverack a Number of Inhabitants of Livingston's Manor who had harboured and concealed the Robbers £1 1 u o o- /y John Hogle and Elizabeth …
Sarah MrMichael appeared before the Board and prayed that a Pass might be granted her to go with her Family toNew York and as a Reason to induce us to grant her such Permission she alledged that one of her Sons is in New York and that she looks upon him as her greatest Support 1 hereupon Ordered that a Certificate be granted her signifying that this Board have no Objections to …
Yates Esq! which Letter and Protection are in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- A Letter was laid before the Board from Peter Ten Broeck requesting that himself and his Family might be exchanged for some Person at present in New York which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that the same be taken into Consideration -- The Board having taken the …
David Smith who was Yesterday cited to appear before this Board appeared Ordered that he be examined, the said David Smith having been examined was discharged It being suggested to the Board by the Goaler that Mary Wheeler the Wife of Jurie Wheeler (who are both in close [ 1 91] Confinement) is very sick and the said Jurie Wheeler having requested the Board that himself and …
Received a Letter from Lieutenant Col 1 Philip Van lh Alstyne dated at Schohary 8 ; Instant wherein he informs us that he sends to us under the Care of Ensign Moffat two Prisoners whose Names are Jacob Angle and Lodiwick Stull formerly Inhabitants of the Bever Dam who were apprehended upon the Information of Lieuf Mathew Shulter and Ensign Adam Dietz for going off to the Enemy …
1778 David Price who was some Time since confined on a Oct. 12. Suspicion of having been concerned in the Robberies committed by Morgan and others was brought before the Board and no other ProfF [rzV] having yet appeared against the said David Price except the Information of the said Morgan and there being the greatest Reason to suppose that the said David Price is not guilty …
the Board and we having examined him and finding nothing material against him do order that the said Paul Drew be eliberated from Confinement on his entering into Recognizance with a sufficient Security for his future good Behaviour and Monthly Appearance -- Paul Drew on Recognizance in.... T100 -- --o Hendrick Frey of Tryon County his Bail in £100 -- o -- o Jacob Angle who …
Board on Saturday next to give his Testimony against the said Jurie Man -- Ordered that a Pass be given to Jacob Man to go to Tryon County for the Purpose of serving the above Citation on the said Duncan M^Dugal -- Jacob Legrange who was some Time since notified to in the Publick News Papers this appear before this Board Day appeared and the Oath as prescribed in the Act to be …
£21 u 4 u o' Ordered that the Secretary pay the same -- [195] Ebenezer Knap appeared before the Board and requested from us a Pass to go to Cherry Valley Ordered that he be informed that this Board cannot take upon themselves to give him such a Pass but that his Application lies properlv to General Starks and further ordered that it be recommended to the General to grant him …
A Letter from John Schuck was laid before the Board 1778 Oct. 16. setting forth that he is willing to give Information how and in what Manner the Principal Robbers may be apprehended and will surrender himself Prisoner provided he can have any Encouragement of E'avour The Board having taken the same into Consideration and considering that the Persons alluded to [196] in …
Shaver who is to go in Search of the above Robbers such necessary Assistance as he shall require of them The Board judging that by discharging Ariantie Schuck the Wife of John Schuck from her present Confinement the said John Schuck might be induced the Sooner to surrender himself therefore ordered that she be discharged and that a Pass be given her to return Home -- Then …
77 ac k on I n f° rmat i° n exhibited against him by Nathaniel Oct fg Morgan was brought before the Board and it appearing to us that the said Bartholemewis Van [197] Valkenburgh is very sick and that by a longer Confinement his Life may be endangered therefore ordered that he be discharged from Confinement on entering into a Recognizance with a sufcient Surety for his future …
Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 261 [198] Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 20' h 1778 1778 Oct. 20. Present John M. Beekman ) ( Ma(hcw visscher Isaac D. Tonda ) ( Lieutenant Samuel Shaw laid before the Board an Account of Services performed by himself and four Men in endeavouring to apprehend John Ruyter and others from Canada amounting to £5*16*0 Ordered that …
appearing that no further Proff [r/r] can be obtained against her except that of the said Eseck Mosier it is therefore ordered that she be discharged from Confinement on her entering into Recognizance with a sufficient Surety for her future good Behaviour and Appearance before any judicial Authority when called upon -- George Young Bail for Elizabeth Gowey in.. £100 --o--o …
John Tunnicliff appeared before the Board and informed us that he had left all the Deeds of his Lands concealed near the Butternutts and is desirous of going up in order to fetch them away Ordered that the Secretary acquaint General Stark that we have no Objections to his going up for this Purpose -- John Visscher laid before the Board an [account] Col 1 for his Trouble …
Tryon County which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Benjamin Lull and Caleb Lull who were lately taken by a Party of Oneyda Indians at the Butternuts and brought down to this Place as Prisoners were brought before the Board and it having appeared to us that the said Benjamin Lull and Caleb Lull were taken at their respective Places of Abode and were not known …
John Ryley retains and keeps in his Hands several Articles which the said John Ryley as Captain of a Ranger Company has [201] taken from suspected Persons and which the said Frederick Berringer claims as his Property ordered therefore that the said John Ryley be cited to appear before this Board on Wednesday next to render an Account of the above Goods -- Then adjourned till …
1778 approbation of the Measures pursued by the United States Oct. 24. of America and it being the Opinion of the Board that the said Jotham Bemus's going at large may be highly detrimental to the Safety of this State we do therefore order that the saidJotham Bemus be immediately apprehended and brought before us -- Frederick Felt who was confined by Order of the Board of …
W hereas it has appeared to the Board that Timothy Bussing was by the Committee of the City and County of Albany restricted by a Parole given by the said Timothy Bussing to the said Committee to his Farm and one Mile around it and it having also appeared to that the said Timothy Bussing since the Time of his entering into the said Parole has behaved himself as a good quiet and …
Alexander Anderson who was brought from the Westward and here confined was brought before the Board and we having examined into the Cause of his [203] Commitment and finding no material Charges against him do order that he be discharged from his Confinement on procuring a sufficient Person to become Bail for his future good Behaviour and Appearance before any of the …
Received a Letter2 from his Excellency the Governor dated 26V Instant wherein he informs us that from the Information he has received he has great Reason to think that such of the Inhabitants of this State as are in the Power of the Enemy are not now treated with that Degree of Rigour which they formerly experienced and therefore requests that Henry Van Schaack, David Van …
Ordered that the Board take into their Consideration the above Letter and fix upon a Place to remove the said Henry Van Schaack, David Van Schaack, Dirk Gardinier Mathew Goes fun r and Lambert Burghart to -- [204] Barnabas Loughley one of the Persons lately taken by the Oneyda Indians and brought by them to this Place as a Prisoner and confined was brought before the Board and …
Barnabas Loughley on Recogniznace in £50 --0-- Joshua Bloore his Bail in £50 --o-- Isaac Lawson who was some Time ago taken a Prisoner to the Westward and sent down to this Place was brought before the Board and it appearing that the said Isaac Lawson has been with the Enemy and did desert from them and was on his Way to surrender himself a Prisoner when he was apprehended …
Robert Herbert who was some Time since taken a Prisoner to the Westward and sent down to this Place was brought before the Board and it appearing that the said Robert Herbert has been with the Enemy and did desert from them and was on his Way to surrender himself a Prisoner when he was apprehended therefore ordered that the said Robert Herbert be discharged from his present …
Ordered that a Letter be wrote to the Members of the Senate and Assembly of the City and County of Albany respecting Cornelius Glen, Daniel Campbell and a Number of other Persons who after their Refusal to take the Oath as prescribed by the Act to be taken by Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters offered to take the same which Letter is in the Words following, to wit …
American Cause and no special Charges having been alledged 1778 Oct. 30. as yet against the said Hugh Frazer therefore ordered that he be discharged from his present Confinement on his entering into Recognizance to appear at the next Court of General Sessions of the Peace to be held at the City Hall of the City of Albany on the third Tuesday in January next or before one of …
Then adjourned till to Morrow Morning -- [208] Met pursuant Adjournment -- to Oct. 31. Albany 31 OcV 1778 -- s1 . Present John M. Beekman Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher I Nicholas Dygert who was some Time ago taken a Prisoner by Brant's Party and made his Escape from them appeared Should be 26th. The letter alluded to is in George Clinton Papers, no. 1869, archives of New York …
to wit, (prout) -- William Hutton who was some Time ago sent down to this Place by the Commissioners of Charlotte County in Order to remain here till we should see fit to permit him again to go to his Place of Abode at Skeensborough [209] appeared before us this Day and requested Permission from us to go to his FamilyOrdered that a Letter be wrote to the Commissioners of …
John Harrison on Recognizance in .£100 . --o--o John Haswell his Bail in.. £100 --o--o Brigadier General Hand acquainted the Board by Letter that there were confined in theGuard House five Persons whose Names Samuel are Bagnell John Seaback, John Dove, Charles M-Collister and Hector Southerland who have been taken Prisoners and as they are Inhabitants of this State he is …
[210] Albert Van Der Werken having been apprehended for being disaffected to the American Cause and confined in Tryon County Goal made Application to us to be released from his Confinement and a Number of Certificates having been produced in Favour of the said Albert Van Der Werken from Persons well affected to the American Cause therefore ordered that a Letter be wrote to …
Douw, Harmen Gansevoort and a Number of other Persons appeared before the Board and requested that Henry Van Dyck and the other Persons late Inhabitants of this City by us removed within [21 1] the Enemies Lines might be permitted to return to their respective Places of Abode under such Restrictions as we might think proper except taking the Oath prescribed for neutral …
In George Clinioii Papers, no. 1879, archives of New York State Library. Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 273 his Excellency the Governor on the Subject of the above 1778 Nov. 2. Request and that a Return of such Officers be inclosed which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- 1 John Park who was some Time since brought down from Harpersfield and …
John Park who was some Time since brought down from Harpersfield and confined for Disaffection to the American Cause was brought before the Board and we [212] having examined him and finding nothing speciall against him Therefore ordered that he be discharged from Confinement on his entering into a Recognizance for his future good Behaviour and [Monthly] 2 Appearance before …
274 State of New York 1778 him of his having acted any Way unfriendly to the American Cause therefore ordered that he be discharged on his entering into a Recognizance for his future good Behaviour and Monthly Appearance William Gordon on Recognizance in. --o-- . £50 Hugh Jalley Bailhis --o-- in.. £50 [213] Then adjourned Morrow Morning -- till to 1778 Met pursuant Adjournment …
Limits within the District of Schodack has it not in his Power to go and see the said M" Goes therefore ordered that the said Mathew Goes Jun!" have Leave to go to his former Place of Abode at Kinderhook and there remain on his Farm and by no Means exceed the Limits thereof till next Monday when he is again to return to Schodack and that the said Mathew Goes Junr while he …
third Tuesday in January next and for his Appearance 1778 Nov. 3. [214] before any One of the Commissioners when called upon and future good Behaviour Jurie Wheeler on Recogniza nee in... . . £100 --o Jacob Blatner his Bail in.... £100 --o Jacob Livingston of Livingston's Manor who was also some Time since confined by Order of the Board of Commissioners then sitting at …
o 276 State of New York 1778 Confinement on his taking an Oath of Allegiance to the Nov. 3. State of New York and who was restricted to the Bounds and Limits of the Farm of his Brother in the County of Tryon appeared before the Board and requested us to take off the Restriction imposed upon him and we having heard no Complaints alledged against the said Duncan IVLDugall since …
State of New York and who was restricted to the Bounds and Limits of the Farm of his Brother in the County of Tryon appeared before the Board and requested us to take off the Restriction imposed upon him and we having heard no Complaints alledged against the said Duncan IVLDugall since the Time of his being released therefore ordered that the Restriction under which the said …
William Green Bail for David Miller in £100 -- John Hogle who was confined on the Information of Eseck Mosier as an Accessory to the Robbery of a certain Bacon was brought before the Board and the Grand Jury having found no Bill against him and the said Eseck Mosier being dead and no other Evidence having appeared against him Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 277 …
Fonda Mathew Visscher Jacob Angle who was apprehended and confined for going off with an Intention to join Brant's Party was brought before the Board and it having appeared to us that the said Jacob Angle did after he had proceeded two Days on his Journey towards the Enemy again return to his Place of Abode Ordered therefore that the said Jacob Angle be discharged from his …
Tioo o Adam Dietz his Bail in... £100 --o-- Peter Mesick Junr of Claverack who was apprehended on Suspicion of being Accessory to the Robbery committed on Arent Van Schaack was brought before the Board and the Grand jury having found no Bill or Indictment against the r said Peter Mesick }un therefore ordered that he be discharged from Confinement with a sufficient Surety for …
The Worshipful John Barclay Esq^ laid before the Board two Papers the one being a Remonstrance presented to him by George White EsqT and a Number of other Persons setting forth that Aron Hammond the Person therein mentioned is a Person disaffected to the Cause of America and praying that he may not be permitted any longer to keep a Tavern, the other being a Recommendation from …
John Sloss receipted for sixteen shillings, on September 19, 1778, for a weekly allowance made to him by the Albany commissioners, while he was in prison. -- Revolutionary Manuscripts , vol. 40, p. 167, State Comptroller's office. 28 o State of New York 1778 James Knowles who was apprehended and confined for Nov. 5. the Robbery of Henry Van Renselaer and was made use of as an …
having appeared to us that the said Hendrick Skinkle has not been indicted by the Grand Jury therefore ordered that he be discharged from his present Confinement on entering into a Recognizance with a sufficient Surety for his Appearance at the next Supream Court to be held on the Third Tuesday in [221] January next at the City Hall in this City or wheresoever the said Court …
Private Secretary to his Excellency George Clinton Esq^ wherein he informs us that it is the Desire of the Governor that Andries Ten Eyck who has refused to take the [222] Oath as prescribed by the Act respecting Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters should be sent with the next Flag to New York and that Jacob Legrange who has also refused to take the Oath should be …
this State as are now confined in New York which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- William Bulla and Thomas Woodward were apprehended for knowingly passing Counterfiet thirty and forty Dollar Bills and the said William Bulla and Thomas Woodward having been searched a Number of Counterfiet Bills were found in their Possession It was thereupon ordered that the …
Instant which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- William Bulla was Yesterday confined for giving out in Payment Counterfiet Bills as for good and true Bills emitted under the Authority of the United American States was brought before the Board in Order to be again examined and the Board conceiving it proper that those Persons to whom the said William Bulla …
[224] Thomas Woodward who was also Yesterday confined for giving in Payment Counterfiet Bills as for good and true Bills emitted under the Authority of the United American States was brought before the Board in order to be again examined and the Board conceiving it also proper that those Persons to whom the said Thomas Woodward has given in Payment other Counterfiet Bills …
Received a Letter from Zepheniah Batchelor and Andrew Wemple Esq^? two of the Justices of the County of Tryon dated the 9^ Instant inclosing a Recognizance which according to our Directions they have taken from Albert Van Der Werken whereby the said Albert Van Der Werken has bound himself in the Sum of £200- o- o with two Sureties who have each bound themselves in the like Sum …
Fonda Mathew Visscher \ ( Petrus Wynkoop Junf Isaac Lawson who was some Time since liberated from Confinement and restricted to the Limits of this City appeared before the Board and requested from us Permission to return to his usual Place of Abode in the County of Tryon ordered that he be informed that the Board will take his Request into Consideration -- Received a Letter …
Instant which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered that an Answer be wrote to the above Letter of Henry Van Schaack which is to be in the Words following to wit, (prout) -- Ordered that Andries Ten Eyck and Jacob Legrange be cited to appear immediately before this Board and that the Secretary notify them of this Order forthwith -- The Board then adjourned …
Thomas Steenbergh appeared before the Board and produced a 30 Dollar [bill] which he had received in Payment for a Watch from Thomas Woodward Ordered that the Secre - tary pay to the said Thomas Steenbergh out of such Money as was taken from the said Thomas Woodward thirty Dollars and that an Allowance of six Dollars be made to the said Thomas Steenbergh for coming from …
Ordered that a Letter be wrote to John M'jClung Esq^ requesting him to procure an Affidavit of the Service of the Citation on John Wood to appear and take the Oath as prescribed to be taken by Persons of neutral and equivocal [228] Characters which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Ordered also that a Letter be wrote to Michael Van Der Cook requesting him to …
Instant and that he hold himself in Readiness to be removed to that Place on Monday next Jacob Legrange who also refused to take the Oath as prescribed by the Act of the Legislature to be taken by Persons of neutral and equivocal Characters appeared before [the Board] according [to] the Order of Yesterday Ordered that he be informed that it is [the] Determination of his …
Two Prisoners brought down from Schohary by Order of Brigadier General Ten Broeck were brought before the Board (whose Names are Adam Brown and Andries Cline) and were examined and it appearing from the Examination of the said Adam Brown that he has been with Brant's Party and lately returned from them and it also appearing that the said Andries Cline is a German Deserter from …
Serjeant [230] informing him of the Apprehension of William Bulla and Thomas Woodward and requesting him to make im- 288 State of New York 1778 mediate Enquiry respecting them which Letter is in the (prout) -- Nov. 21. Words following, to wit, Then adjourned till the Day after to Morrow -- Nov. 23. Met pursuant to Adjournment -- Albany 23? Nov! 1778. - Present John M. Beekman …
Jacob Legrange appeared before the Board according to the Order made on the 20'|' Instant Ordered that a Parole be drawn whereby the said Jacob Legrange is [231] to be restricted to the Limits and Bounds of the City of Albany and that he is not to hold Correspondence upon political Matters with any Person or Persons whatsoever nor do or say any Thing in Opposition to the …
George White Esq^ who was cited to appear before the Board to support the Charge of Toryism by him alledged against Aaron Hammond this Day appeared and informed us that he compromised the Matter with the said Aaron Hammond and that it was setled [232] in such a Manner as was satisfactory to -- whereupon Ordered them both that the said George White be discharged -- Adam Brown …
Fonda Mathew Visscher Adam Brown was this Day again brought before the Board and we having considered the Nature of his Offence and judging that he might become a good Subject to the State should he be released under certain Restrictions ordered therefore that he be discharged on his entering into a Recognizance with sufficient Sureties for his future good Behaviour and …
ered in to the Board respecting a Correspondence help up 1778 Nov. 27, by Duncan Campbell and Catherine Coney with the Enemy Ordered that a Warrant be immediately made out for the Apprehension of the said Duncan Campbell and Catharine Coney -- Cornelius Van Den Bergh laid before the Board an Account of Beef purchased from him for the Use of the State Prisoners amounting to £63 …
- r John Lansing Jun Esq! laid before the Board an Account of £20 u o u o which he had paid as a Reward to Lieutenant Swits for apprehending and bringing to Goal Philip Shaver and his Son who were on their Way to Canada in order to join the Enemy ordered that the Secretary pay the same -- The original voucher, signed " Cornelius C. Van Den Bergh ", is in Revolutionary …
[235] Zadock Wright who was on the ioV Day of July last sent by the Council of Massachusett's Bay to this Board and was by our Order confined was brought before the Board and as we conceive that the said Zadock Wright has undergone an Imprisonment sufficiently long therefore ordered that he enter into a Bond with his Brother Moses Wright as his Security in the Sum of £1000 o o …
Gansevoort, Leonard by taken Olhce of Oath Secietarial Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 293 Received a Letter from Ebenezer Clark Esqf One of the 1778 Dec. 4. Commissioners for the County of Charlotte wherein he informs us that he does not think it advisable to permit William Hutton to go to Skeensborough at this Time and requesting us to detain him as heretofore …
Butler of Schohary which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- Johannis Cough a German Deserter from Burgoyne's Army was brought before the Board as being of a suspicious Character ordered that he be confined -- Thomas Staats who was of Brant's Party and deserted from him and came over to us was brought before the Board and we having examined him ordered that he …
Catharine Coney who was lately by an Order of this Board committed was brought before us and we having [237] examined into the Nature of the Information on which she was committed and finding the said Catharine Coney not so culpable as we at first imagined therefore ordered that she be discharged from Confinement -- Andries Cline who was some time ago brought from Scho hary …
Beekman ) ( , saac D Fonda Mathew Visscher I (. Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies John Cumming who refused to take [the Oath] as pre- 1778 Dec. 7. scribed to be taken [238] by Persons of Neutral and equivocal Characters & was in Consequence thereof to be removed within the Enemies Lines but was detained by his Excellency the Governor for Exchange made Application to …
the Order of his Excellency General Washington which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- r Abraham Yates Jun Esqr laid before the Board a Letter received by him from Col' Levy Pawling at Marble Town wherein he requests him to interceed with this Board for the liberation of John Maginness from Confinement if the Cause of Commitment on which he is confined will …
Baylor's Regiment was surprized by the Enemy in the Jersies and requesting Us to bring about an Exchange for him if possible which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) Received a Letter from Hugh Mitchell EsqT dated 27*!' November 1778 which Letter is in the Words following, to wit, (prout) -- Jotham Bemus for the Apprehension of whom a Warrant was issued some …
The Board having taken into consideration the Letter received from John Adam Esq^ Deputy Commissary Genaral of Prisoners respecting Peter Ten Broeck and others and as the Officers belonging to the New Levies are peculiarly circumstanced being most of them indicted for high Treason therefore resolved that a Letter be wrote to the Commissioners at Poughkeepsie containing the …
Samuel Bagnell who was some time ago taken a Prisoner by a Party of Continental Troops was brought before the Board and examined and on his Examination says that he is a Soldier in Sir John Johnson's Regiment & that he at this Time considered himself as such ordered that he be recommitted. James Mar who was taken a prisoner by the Indians at the Destruction of Cherry Valley …
Furniture and Cloathing disposed of the same and converted 1778 Dec. 14. the Money to his own use and that she has at this time nothing werewith to support herself and four small Children resolved that the Conduct of Cap- Ballard be represented to the Honorable Brigadier General James Clinton -- Elisha Marsh who was by a Party of Continental Troops taken at the Butternuts and …
Private of Col- Gansevoort's Regiment wherein he deposes that on the 18-- Instant being at the house of James Furnwall Innholder in this City the said James Furnwall urged the said George Bartow to join the British Army and offered him Money to carry him to the Enemies Lines and the Board having taken the Charges in the said Affidavit alledged against the said James Furnwall …
The Board having taken into Consideration the Information exhibited against James Furnwall by George Bartow and they having Reason to suspect the truth of the said Information do therefore resolve that the said [5] James Furnwall be discharged from Confinement on entering into a Recognizance for his Appearance before any One of the Commissioners for Conspiracies when called …
the Charges alledged against him and that the Secretary also give timely notice to the Persons who have given Information against the said Jotham Bemus to appear on the above day and in order to give the said Jotham Bemus a better oppertunity to collect his Evidences It is resolved that he be liberated from Confinement on his entering into a Recognizance with sufficient surety …
Fonda Mathew Visscher A Letter from Jonathan D. Serjeant Esq!" Attorney General for the State of Pensylvania respecting William Bulla and Thomas Woodward was laid before the Board which Letter is dated the 9- December 1778 and is in the words following (to wit) (see Letter on File). The Board having taken into Consideration the subject of the Letter received from his …
Minutes of Commissioners for Conspiracies 305 T he Board having been informed that John Roff is 1779 Jan. 4. endeavouring by every Means in his Power to depreciate the Credit of the Paper Currency emitted by the Congress of the United States which Conduct having a dangerous Tendency resolved therefore that the said John Roff be cited forthwith to appear before this Board …
John Roff having been apprehended was brought before the Board and having exculpated himself from the charge alledged against him and making a satisfactory Concession for his not appearing according to our order he was discharged. John M. Dorn and Barber Dorn his wife were brought before the Board and charged with having secreted a Number of stolen Effects and they being …