Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies
£40 to Isaac D. Fonda, 234; Lieutenant Colonel William Butler asks release of prisoner by Albany board, 234; Albany board will furnish wood for use of prisoners, 235; Albany board informed of exchange of certain tories, 237; recommendation to General Stark from Albany board to send to Canada women whose husbands are v/ith enemy, 237-238; Albany board ordered by governor to hold certain tories for exchange, 240-241, 310; governor orders Albany commissioners to place Henry Van Schaack on parole, 241; sheriff of Tryon county ordered to send prisoner to Albany board, showing cause of committal, 243; Peter Cantine, Jr., writes to Albany commissioners .'<rcF.
'til r. i 56 . State of New York Comrs. for Consp. — continued, about robberies in Dutchess county, 243; Albany board permits victims of robbery to examine persons in jail, 243; Albany board explains to governor omission to consult him respecting removal of certain persons, 243-244; Albany board forbids disposal of property by person seizing it, 244; tories on parole put in charge of Captain Edward Willet by Albany board, 245; Albany board permits examination of prisoner regarding Dutchess county robberies, 246; Albany board transmits to Poughkeepsie commissioners examination of Esack Mosier, 246-247; petition to Albany board for imprisonment of disaffected person, 247; Albany board advises disaffected person to make concessions to inhabitants of Spencertown, 248; Albany board recommends granting of passes to wife and daughter of tory captain, 24S; Albany board pays for information leading to arrest of robber, 250; Albany board pays for conveying prisoner from Kinderhook to Albany, 250; compensation bestowed by Albany board for arrest of robbers and persons harboring them, 251, 252; Albany board refers application for exchange to governor, 253; prisoners sent to Albany board Comrs. for Consp. — continued, from Schoharie, 255; Albany board grants pass to Poughkeepsie to captured lieutenant ■ desiring to effect exchange, 255; witness summoned by Albany board to support charge of treason, 257; Albany board promises to intercede for accomplice in robbery who offers to turn state's evidence, 259; at Claverack order confinement of prisoners, 259, 261, 264, 274, 275; Albany board commends to General Stark request of prisoner to go to the Butternuts to recover papers, 262; Colonel John Fisher's (Visscher's) account for removal of tories paid by Albany board, 262; Albany board releases prisoners on condition of joining continental army, 262, 301; Albany board summons Captain John Ryley to render account of 'nr>ods seized, 263; Governor Clinton recommends to Albany board leniency toward tory prisoners, 265, 269; Albany board informs representatives in legislature that certain persons have offered to take oath which they had refused, 268; Albany board removes certain tory prisoners to Schodack, 269; Albany board orders restoration of goods seized by militia, 270; Charlotte county board requires resident of Skenesborough to- Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 57 Comrs. for Consp. — continued, live in Albany, 270; General Hand delivers prisoners to Albany board, 271 ; receive copy of act containing their powers, 271- 272; Albany board informs governor of application to permit return of certain persons removed within enemy's lines, 272; Albany board informed of order to send British and tory prisoners who are officers to New York, 272; Albany board consults governor regarding order as related to tory officers, 272-273; governor apprises Albany board of delay in exchange of John Gumming, 2S0-2S1; Albany board requires affidavits of service of citation on neutral persons, 286; Albany board writes to Poughkeepsie board about tory sent to New York, 288; account of services of marshal to Albany board ordered paid, 290; tory required to reimburse Albany board for cost of his conveyance from Northampton to Albany, 292; Charlotte county commissioners unwilling to allow person removed from Skenesborough to return home, 293, 306; commissary of prisoners asks of Albany board compliance with Washington's order to send officers of New Levies to New ^'ork, 295, 299; Albany board consults Poughkeepsie' board Comrs. for Consp. — continued, about complying with this order, 299; Albany board draws on state treasurer for ;^i,ooo for expenses, 299; charge against captain in Colonel Alden's regiment referred to General James Clinton by Albany board, 301; Albany board considers charge against innkeeper of recruiting for British army, 302; two members of Albany board to assist in effecting exchange of Cherry Valley captives, 304; Albany board adopts measure to prevent insurrection among negroes, 304; Albany board examines person charged with 1 O reciating continental currency, 305; Albany board asks Charlotte county board to transmit charges against former resident of Skenesborough, 306; ;^ioo paid to Isaac D. Fonda, commissioner, on