701, 702, 704; plot of negroes concerted with, 702, 704; offer of slave to give information about, 705- 706; persons who have har- bored him to be apprehended, 733-734; lurking in Helder- bergs, 734; discharged prisoner to give information about, 736; attempt to capture him' in Hel- derbergs, 739-740; engaged in recruiting, 740; persons ar- rested for harboring, 741, 750; returns from Canada, 755; con- tinental troops to attempt to capture, 755, 756; young man goes to Canada with, 756, 767; person confined for harboring, 762; his brother-in-law con- fined, 764. Bettis, Joseph, of Ballston, far- mer, bailsman for Gilbert Mil- ler, 622. Bettis, William, of Ballston, farmer, released on bail, 622. Bicker. See also Becker, Beecker. Bicker, Cornelius, money paid to, 815. Bills of Credit. See Money. Bingham, James, bailsman for John Knortz, Jr., 105; Knortz allowed to remove from house of, 114. Blackley. See also Blakely. Blackley, James, of Cambridge district, prisoner in Albany jail, 128. Blackley, James, captain, appre- hends persons in Cumberland county, 558. Blackley, John, of Albany, tailor, confined for attempting to join enemy, 442; released on bail, 443; allowed to enlist in three months service, 464. Blacksmiths, 315; 407; 478; 501; 570; 573; 607; 623; 68i._ Blake, WiUiam, of Cambridge, farmer, exonerated of disloyalt}-, 87; released on bail, 88; his bail renewed, 632. Blakely. See also Blackley. Blakely (Blackley), James, of Pittstown, released on bail, 148; obtains order for return of pocket-book deposited with John Barclay, 160; summoned as witness against Simon Fra- zer, 185. 0 ,.:^;ini;! 24 State of New York Blatner, Jacob, bailsman for Jurie Wheeler, Jacob Livingston and Peter Plass, 275. Bleecker, Jacob, Jr., of Albany, bailsman for Christian Minor, 772. • Bleecker, John James, justice of peace, warns Marcy French to remove from state, 709; his capture, 769. Bleecker, Leonard, captain, ap- prehends Archibald McNeal and others, 568. Bleecker, Rutger (Rt.), cited to appear before Albany board, 173; given time to consider oath of allegiance, 173; takes oath, 189; money paid to, 809; his oatli, 832. Blewer, Thomas, of Rensselaer- wyck Alanor, farmer, tory sus- pect, order for his arrest, 94; confined by order of Lieutenant Colonel Van Rensselaer, 458; names of witnesses against, to be procured, 500; Deborah Baker witness against, 508; re- leased on bail, 522; complaint against, 713. Bliss, Hendrick, paid for bring- ing prisoner from Livingston Manor, 399. Bloodgood, Abraham, of Albany, innkeeper, bailsman for Thomas McFeal, 632; discharged, 642; bailsman for Isaac Aerse, 668. Bloom, Isaac, money returned to commissioners by, 817. Bloore, Joshua, of Albany, mer- Bloore, Joshua — continued, chant, bailsman for persons ar- rested by Captain Ballard, 217; bailsman for person captured by Oneidas, 266; bailsman for John Nightingale, 489; ordered to deliver up Ebenezer Knap and other persons on bail, 491; ordered to deliver up Barnabas Loughley, 491; discharged from bail for John Nightingale, 505; bailsman for John TunniclifF and John Rawbottom, 533; dis- charged, 539; bailsman for Michael Bruce, 757. Blunt, Hendrick, tory, sent pris- oner to Albany, 553; confined, 554- Blunt, John, of Claverack district, farmer, bailsman for Henry Bonestel, 585. Boarck, George, testifies concern- ing certain persons, 685. Bogardus, Evert, captain, money paid to, 815. Bofjart. See also Bogert. Tf-fgart, Abraham, of Albany, cordwaincr, bailsman for Jaco- bus Ostrander, 483. Bogert, Helena, accuses persons of corresponding with enemy, 290— 291; her charges discredited, 294. Bog'^rt (Bogart), Isaac, lieuten- ant, to superintend removal of persons from Albany, 209; to inquire into seizure of cattle by troops at Cherry Valley, 218- 219; submits sworn report, 230; ■ ; ..a .'hi , u-i _ 1- ,.h ,,,1 , itj i>vrt/>;:;i Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 25 Bogert, Isaac — continued, his report forwarded to gover- nor, 23 1 ; his account for re- moving tories and inquiring into seizure of cattle, 267, 811. Boght (Bought), the, Albany county, plot of negroes at, 702. Bohannah, Robert, of Niskayuna, tory suspect, apprehended, 735, 736; offers services to commis- sioners, 736; discharged, 736. Boin (Boyn), Timothy, accuses John Dusenbury and otliers of disaffection, 352; warrant to, for arrest of accused, 352; brings accused before Albany board, 356; paid for arrest of these per- sons, 358. Bolton, George, of Ballston, aided Burgoyne, 82. Bolton, Henry, of Ballston, aided Burgoyne, 82. Bonds, taken by commissioners for conspiracies, 12; prosecuted, canceled and released by same, 13; deserters put under, 39; prisoners, when discharged, put under, 42; amount of, varied greatly, 42; renewal of, required in summer of 1780, 42-43; suf- ficiency of those going on, how determined, 43, 135; judges and magistrates prevented from bail- ing persons committed by mit- timus from commissioners for conspiracies, 44; release of tory major by Albany board on, 45; taken by sub-board at Still- Bonds — continued, water, 56, 466-467; taken at Albany for return of sloop from New York, 201;