Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies
to Albany board fourteen persons attempting to join enemy or assisting with provisions, 468; commissioners at Schenectady forward three other persons, 468; Governor Clinton writes to Albany board, 471; commissioners at Schenectady require tory to remove to Albany, 471; examinations of persons sent to jail by commissioners at Schenectady laid before Albany board, 472; commissary of prisoners writes to Albany board about Henry Van Schaack and others, 472, 476, 477; Albany board will reimprison persons on bail in order to expedite exchange, 473; Albany board will send tories to Fishkill for exchange, 477-478, 482, 484; Albany board authorizes raising of ranger company by John Tillman, Jr., 488 ; surrender of bailed persons demanded by Albany board, 491, 494, 495, 496, 524, 525; Comrs. for Consp. — continued, will remove Shakers to enemy's lines, 504; oath taken to reveal to them conspiracies and treasonable acts, 504, 507, 630-631, 719, 747; Charlotte county justices send dangerous persons to Albany board, 508; act for removal of families of persons who have joined enemy laid before Albany board, 508; secretary of Albany board to make copies of this act, 508; commissioners at Poughkeepsie send persons under bonds to Albany board, 515; Albany board seeks intelligence of tory actions at Kinderhook, 522-523; removal of tory families certified to Albany board, 523, 527-528, 540, 541, 560-561, 612; Albany board refuses to exempt persons from order for removal of tory families, 528; Albany board informed of activity of tories in Bethlehem, 531; Albany board in v'^f^clgates circulation of counterfeit money, 544-545; Governor Clinton sends to Albany board information about Cumberland county tories, 549; Governor Clinton will be advised b)' Albany board to let tory women go to Canada, 558; Albany board receives return of women whose husbands are with enemy, 560; commissioners at Poughkeepsie send up person who has been with enemy, 561; Albany board '"■j; 0.; 1 . . .1 •i r 62 State of New York Comrs. for Consp. — continued, takes action respecting tory meetings near Coxsackie, 564; Albany board takes action respecting tory enlistments at Oniskethau and in Livingston Manor, 564, 565, 566; information given to Albany board respecting enlistments found to be false, 577; commissioners at Poughkeepsie send to Albany prisoner charged with stealing horses, 584; commissioners at Poughkeepsie write concerning Ann Standerren, 589; Albany board to inquire into tory proceedings in Half Moon district, 594; Charlotte county commissioners forward petition to Albany board, 596; Albany board receives communication from Fort Schuyler, 596; Albany board conveys to General Clinton information from Fort Schuyler, 596; Albany board receives money from state treasurer, 599; delinquents in militia duty to be reported to Albany board, 602; Albany board demands surrender of bailed persons, 602; forfeited recognizance used to defray expenses of Albany board, 603; commissioners at Schenectady report to Albany board names of delinquents, 612; Albany board refuses to interfere with business of commissioners at Poughkeepsie, 624; Albany board liberates prisoner Comrs. for Consp. — continued, on Governor Clinton's request, 636; Albany board proceeds against persons participating in tory meeting in Rensselaerwyck Tvlanor, 636; rescue of delinquents from officer reported to Albany board, 644-645, 646; Albany board takes notice of tory meeting in Helderbergs, 647, 649-650; recognizance entered into to appear before commissioners at Schenectady, 647; Albany board examines prisoner in presence of Governor Clinton, 655; prisoner delivered to Albany board by Governor Clinton, 661; Albany board writes to Stockbridge, Mass. about British commissions and proclamations, 665; Stewart Dean appointed commissioner, 670; Matthew Visscher and Jeremiah Van Rensselaer resign as commissioners, 670; Albany board takcf ^^ steps to prosecute forfeited bails, 673; Albany board prepares to apprehend hostile persons in Helderbergs, 676- 677; General James Clinton addresses Albany board in behalf of Dr.
George Smith, 683; Albany board communicates with General James Clinton regarding deserters and prisoners, 690; Albany board orders tory families in and about Jessup's Patent to quit frontier, 696, 71 1 ; Albany board orders removal of Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 63 Comrs. for Consp. — continued, tory women from region of Saratoga, 696; General Clinton requested to execute resolves of Albany board, 696; commissioners at Schenectady communicate with Albany board, 697; Albany board seeks military aid to capture party of tories in Helderbergs, 700, 701; detachment of levies and militia instructed by Albany board, 702; Albany board takes note of depreciation of new monev, 706-707; commissioners in Westchester county receive communication from Stamford, Conn., 722; commissioners in Westchester county communicate with those at Poughkeepsie, 722—723; commissioners at Poughkeepsie receive and forward prisoners from Stamford, 723; commissioners at