on condition of their reporting to Charlotte county board, 126; Albany board releases prisoner contingent upon his reporting to committee at Fredericksburg, 130; Albany board makes release of bailed prisoner subject to his appearance before lieutenantgovernor of Conn., 132; Albany board entrusts care of stolen money to constable, 137-138; Albany board requests officers of Albany county regiments to report names of men absent from their homes, 139; Albany board orders arrest of person who has persuaded negroes to desert their masters, 142-143; Albany board orders Ryley's rangers to arrest persons charged with robbery, 143, 144; Albany board requests Poughkeepsie commissioners to apprehend persons charged with felony, 144, 150; Albany board consults Poughkeepsie board on allowance to militia for prisoners, 144; Albany board asks permission to employ continental troops in arresting rob- Comrs. for Consp. — continued, bers, 144; Albany board delivers deserter to General Stark, 145; Albany board asks for legislation to authorize raising another company of rangers, 150; order of Albany board for apprehending persons who have gone to Canada and returned, 151; Albany board forwards two British soldiers to commissary of prisoners, 153; Albany board confines deserter from artillery, 154; person who has defamed military officer compelled by Albany board to make satisfaction, 155; Albany board puts under bonds person who had circulated reports injurious to the state, 155; Albany board pays for bringing persons from Coxsackie to Albany, 156; order of Albany board for arrest of Hessian in Helderbergs, 156-157; Albany board seeks information concerning persons who supply enemy with ammunition, 157; Albany board orders Indian minister to remove to Connecticut, 157; Albany board suspends order of removal and places Indian minister on parole, 158; Rev.

Mr. Swertfeger examined before Albany board respecting affairs in Helderbergs, 161; Albany board orders Ryley's rangers to apprehend dangerous persons in Helderbergs and i ■ ■ ■ I : . ■ ■ ■> Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 53 Comrs. for Consp. — continued. Oniskethau, 162; persons ordered to show cause before Albany board why their recognizance should not be forfeited, 163; Albany board confines person having stolen goods in his care, 164; Albany board requests secretary of state to furnish copy of act respecting neutrals, 164; Albany board refuses bail for men charged with counterfeiting, 165; Albany board advised of policy toward neutrals to be pursued bv Poughkeepsie board and counseled to pursue similar one, 166; Albany board pays for conveying tory prisoner from Northampton to Albany, 167; persons cited before Albany board under act affectino; neutral and ecmivocal persons, 167, 169, 170, 1 71-172, 173' 175' i77> 178' i79> i^O' 181, 182, 185, 189, 190, 193, 203, 217, 220, 223, 225, 242, 257; Albany board orders removal of persons refusing oath of allegiance, 172, 173, 176, 177, 183, 189-190, 191, 193, 209, 213, 217-218, 228, 260, 288, 478; Albany hoard orders discharge of Ryley's rangers in consequence of letter from Poughkecpsie board, 174, 176; Albany board confines tory for holding correspondence with enemy, 174; Albany board certifies to secretary of state names Comrs. for Consp. — continued, of persons refusing oath of allegiance, 175, 197-198, 240; Albany board certifies to governor names of persons refusing oath, 175, 268; Albany board consults Poughkeepsie board concerning certain neutrals, 176; Albany board commits tory for contempt, 178; governor informed by Albany board of persons sent from Vermont to be forwarded to enemy's lines, 179; order given by Albany board for apprehending robbers cast of Hudson river, 181; prisoner sent by Charlotte county board to Albany board, 183; accounts of articles purchased for use of Albany board, 184, 197, 292; Governor Clinton requested by Albany board to remove paroled tory and women whose husbands are with enemy, 184; Albany board orders constable to summon witnesses before grand jury, 185; suspected person ordered by Albany board to procure certificate that he has taken oath of allegiance, 186; Albany board pays for militia service, 187, 195; Albany board pays account for apprehending counterfeiter, 188; take opinion of supreme court judges as to oaths in doubtful cases, 189; salary of secretary of Albany board increased, 192; offices of secretary and treasurer of Al- : '■.•.■on qufjD.>{]c ■v -• ■ < ■ < r ,cgl ■.I<:!i •J 54 State of New York Comrs. for Consp. — continued, bany board combined, 195; Albany board commits person from Bennington at request of General Stark, 196; Albany board informs Poughkeepsie board of names of persons refusing oath of allegiance, 197; Albany board commits tory suspect apprehended on way to Kortright's Patent, 199; Albany board requires bail for return of sloop from New