Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York
InConsequence of the Citations from this Board to W-- [114] Rhodes Elisha Andrew 8c Mathew Edmund they Severally appeared before us 8c were examined as to the Charge against Amos Moore which Examination is in the following Words (to wit) (See Examination on the File)
416 State of New York
Sept. 17. Benjamin Brown Isaac Howe Noah Olmstead & Seth Huli Severally [appeared] before us Agreeable to the order of this Board the 15 th Instant & were examined as to the Charge alledged against John Miller which Examination is in the following Words (to wit) (see Examination on the File)
Adjourned
1779 Met Albany 18 th September 1779 Sept. 18. Present
Jeremiah Van Renselaer ) Isaac D Fonda j John M Beekma „ j (.
Col 1
& Major Taylor proferred a Verbal Schonhoven Complaint to this Board against old John Concklin & Daniel Nettleton Daniel Frazer Jacob Wiltcee John Mud Concklin James Van Driesen Long John Concklin Tunis Van Camp John Nessley Barent Nessley Jonathan Lossing John Todd Joseph Nap & John Coughin Some of whom are prisoners of War that the[y] have the Greatest Reason to Believe they are in League with the Scouting parties of the Enemy & that if some Remedy is not devised that the Whole Whig party of the Inhabitants will be Necessitated to Remove Numbers of them that have Exerted themselves in the present war are at present Compelld to procure private Guards to Secure their persons &c Property from the Violence of the Tories &: others are th[r]ough Dread Obliged to betake themselves at Night to the Woods -- Resolved that Col 1 Schonhoven and Major Taylor be informed that this Board will take the Same into Consideration &c Afford them all the Assistance in their Power towards punishing the Said persons &c endeavouring effectually to put it out of their Power to give them any Disturbances in future --