lotte county, now Clarendon, Vt., resident of, 136. Southerland, Hector, prisoner delivered to Albany board by General Hand, 271. Sparding, John, prisoner, captured at Ticonderoga, sent to Albany, 100; committed, 100.

Spawn (Swawn), Philip, of Oniskethau, cited to appear before Albany board, 177, 182; discharged, having taken oath of allegiance, 186. Spencer, Hazelton, ensign in Sir John Johnson's corps, his capture, 515; General James Clin- ,, ; 'J ;,<■ 2l6 State of New York Spencer, Hazelton — continued, ton consents to his liberation, 703; on bail within prescribed limits, 703, 704; permitted to live in New City, 752-753.

Spencer, Jabez, of Rensselaerwyck Manor, reads Sir Henr)' Clinton's proclamation at tory meeting, 636; warrant issued for his arrest, 636, 641. Spencertown, Columbia county, petition from inhabitants of, touching disaffected person, 247; inhabitants asked to permit disaffected person to live among them, 248. Spengler, Henry, deserter from British army, 83.

Spies, from British lines, 25; deserter from Brant and Butler acts as, for Albany board, 39; Albany board orders arrest of British spy from New York city, 46, 147; act of June 30, 1780, as to, 46; Albany board employs released prisoner to apprehend British spy, 53-54; ferreted out by Albany board, 60; John Davis suspected as, 121; efforts to arrest spy from New York, 339; lurking in woods in company with deserter from Burgoyne, 350; person suspected of being a spy apprehended at Schodack, 376; deserter from continental army suspected of being a spy, 412; Samuel McFarland looked upon as a spy, 413; spy sent by Spies — continued.

Major Skene into General Stark's army, 417; emissaries from enemy in different parts of state, 440, 793; Peter Cohoon supposed to be a spy, 472, 473, 488 ; pjiysician in Albany charged with aiding spy, 477; Jolm Sherman suspected of beiug a spy, 492; person from Newport suspected of being a hostile emissary, 501; emissaries from enemy harbored at Niskayuna, 538; harbored in New Scotland, 548,57o;supposedspysentto Albany from Stillwater, 551; harbored in Saratoga district, 554; spy sent under guard to Alban}-, 554; persons sent to Albany for aiding, 557-558; emissary from enemy swears in recruit, 629, 630; Jacob Timmerman accused of harboring hostile emissaries, 634; one supposed to have been entertained by Lieutenant Cleveland, 646; hostile emissary said to have visited Rensselaerwyck Manor, 653? 654-655; William Hartley suspected of being a spy, 655, 732; Abel Bacon suspected of being a spy, 678; supposed spy at house on road to Coeymans, 681; James Milligan suspected of being a spy, 760- 761; Benoni Robins Forrister suspected of being a spy, 766.

Sprague (Sprauge), David, bondsman for Daniel and Jonathan Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 217 Sprague, David — continued. Chase, 93; bondsman for Isaac Lamb, 432, 437; cited to appear before Albany board, 649. Springer, Jacob, of Rensselaerwyck Manor, bailsman for John Myers, 122, 461.

Springfield, Mass., person permitted to remove to, 701. Squire, Alexander, released on bail, 433. Squire, Andrew, captured at Stony Point, on bail witliin prescribed limits, 434.

Squire, Gurdin, bailsman for Alexander Squire, 433; bailsman for Andrew Squire, 434. Staats, Barent I., of Rensselaerwyck Manor, lieutenant colonel, asked to apprehend suspected person, 243; to report men of his regiment with enemy or absent from home, 246; reports presence of suspicious character on road to Coeymans, 681, 682; bailsman for James W arson, Jr., 685. Staats, Henry, of Albany, cited to appear before Albany board, 170; asks time to consider oath of allegiance, 171; refuses oath, 175; notice of removal served upon, 176; advised of day for removal, 191; presents to commissioners objections to oath, 203.

Staats, Nicholas, of Rensselaerwyck Manor, farmer, captain, reports that deserter from Bur- Staats, Nicholas — continued, goyne is lurking in woods, 350; apprehends Jurie Kolenbergh, 351, 352; apprehends tories in Schodack, 638, 640; to arrest Nicholas Miller and others, 645-646; bailsman for John J. Miller, 649; apprehends Samuel Baker, 658. Staats, Philip, lieutenant in Colonel Killian Van Rensselaer's regiment, with ten horse employed by Albany board, 50, 444; pay of his contingent same as cavalry of United States, 50, 444.

Staats, Thomas, deserter from Brant, ordered confined, 293; brought from Schoharie, 294. Stalker, Ambrose, of Claverack district, farmer, bailsman for John Stalker, 605. Stalker, John, of Claverack district, laborer, released on bail, 604-605.

Stalker, Joseph, of Rensselaerwyck >'unor, cited as witness respecting spies, 570. Stalker, Seth, witness against Simeon Smidi, 702. Stamford (Stanford), Conn., General ^yate^bury writes from, 722; suspicious characters apprehended at, 723.

Standcrren, Ann, dissuades friends of liberty from taking up arms, 469; arrested, 469, 470; committed, 471; to be removed to enemy's lines, 504; commission- ■J r.i <.n' 2l8 State of New York