& 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 --

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D r Miller made application for the Liberation of his Sept. 18. Brother John Miller & tendered Security for his appearance and [1 15] Behaviour -- Resolved that D- Miller be informed that the Crime with which the said John Miller is Charged are such that the Board Cannot at present Consent to admit the said John Miller to Bail -- Adjourned -- Met Albany 20 th September 1779 1779 Sept. 20, Present