Trackman Browning having been Confined some Time ago on a Charge against him of his having been guilty of Several Misdemeanors &c we having examined the Witnesses produced in Support of the above Charge -- We do resolve that the said Blackman Browning be liberated from Confinement on his entering into a Recognizance with a Sufficient Surety for his good Behaviour & remaining within the Limits of this City & appearing before this Board when thereunto required -- Blackman Browning on Recognizance in. . . £500 Cornelius Dotey his Bail in ... £500

st 1779 [ 1 t 8] Met Albany I October 1779 Oct. 1.

Present Isaac D Fonda ] T y - 1 r> 1 ( < Jeremiah Van Renselaer Mathew Visscher ) (.

A Petition of John Cobham was laid before the Board praying to be admitted as a Subject of this State and Offering to take the Oath of Alligence prescribed by Law which Petition was Accompanied by a Request of Leonard Gansevoort Robert M-Clallen & sundry other respectable

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Inhabitants] of this City that the prayer of the said Pettition 1779 might be Granted -- Oct 1.

On Consideration Whereof it is Resolved that the same be Complied with & that the Oath of Alligence be administred to the Said John Cobham -- Coll Van Schaack informed the Board that Samuel Williamson of this City made use of Several Expressions tending to injure the American Cause Ordered in Consequence of the Said Information that a Warrant he made out for the immediate Apprehension &c Confinement of the Said Samuel Williamson -- Adjourned Met Albany 9 th October 1779 1779 Oct. 9. Present