on con- dition of their reporting to Char- lotte county board, 126; Albany board releases prisoner contin- gent upon his reporting to com- mittee at Fredericksburg, 130; Albany board makes release of bailed prisoner subject to his appearance before lieutenant- governor of Conn., 132; Albany board entrusts care of stolen money to constable, 137-138; Albany board requests officers of Albany county regiments to re- port names of men absent from their homes, 139; Albany board orders arrest of person who has persuaded negroes to desert their masters, 142-143; Albany board orders Ryley's rangers to arrest persons charged with robbery, 143, 144; Albany board requests Poughkeepsie commissioners to apprehend persons charged with felony, 144, 150; Albany board consults Poughkeepsie board on allowance to militia for prison- ers, 144; Albany board asks permission to employ conti- nental troops in arresting rob- Comrs. for Consp. — continued, bers, 144; Albany board delivers deserter to General Stark, 145; Albany board asks for legisla- tion to authorize raising another company of rangers, 150; order of Albany board for apprehend- ing persons who have gone to Canada and returned, 151; Al- bany board forwards two Brit- ish soldiers to commissary of prisoners, 153; Albany board confines deserter from artillery, 154; person who has defamed military officer compelled by Albany board to make satis- faction, 155; Albany board puts under bonds person who had circulated reports injurious to the state, 155; Albany board pays for bringing persons from Coxsackie to Albany, 156; order of Albany board for arrest of Hessian in Helder- bergs, 156-157; Albany board seeks information concerning persons who supply enemy with ammunition, 157; Albany board orders Indian minister to re- move to Connecticut, 157; Al- bany board suspends order of removal and places Indian minister on parole, 158; Rev. Mr. Swertfeger examined be- fore Albany board respecting affairs in Helderbergs, 161; Al- bany board orders Ryley's ran- gers to apprehend dangerous persons in Helderbergs and i ■ ■ ■ I : . ■ ■ ■> Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 53 Comrs. for Consp. — continued. Oniskethau, 162; persons or- dered to show cause before Albany board why their recog- nizance should not be forfeited, 163; Albany board confines per- son having stolen goods in his care, 164; Albany board re- quests secretary of state to fur- nish copy of act respecting neutrals, 164; Albany board re- fuses bail for men charged with counterfeiting, 165; Albany board advised of policy toward neutrals to be pursued bv Pough- keepsie board and counseled to pursue similar one, 166; Albany board pays for conveying tory prisoner from Northampton to Albany, 167; persons cited be- fore Albany board under act affectino; neutral and ecmivocal persons, 167, 169, 170, 1 71-172, 173' 175' i77> 178' i79> i^O' 181, 182, 185, 189, 190, 193, 203, 217, 220, 223, 225, 242, 257; Albany board orders re- moval of persons refusing oath of allegiance, 172, 173, 176, 177, 183, 189-190, 191, 193, 209, 213, 217-218, 228, 260, 288, 478; Albany hoard orders discharge of Ryley's rangers in consequence of letter from Poughkecpsie board, 174, 176; Albany board confines tory for holding correspondence with enemy, 174; Albany board cer- tifies to secretary of state names Comrs. for Consp. — continued, of persons refusing oath of al- legiance, 175, 197-198, 240; Albany board certifies to gover- nor names of persons refusing oath, 175, 268; Albany board consults Poughkeepsie board concerning certain neutrals, 176; Albany board commits tory for contempt, 178; governor in- formed by Albany board of per- sons sent from Vermont to be forwarded to enemy's lines, 179; order given by Albany board for apprehending robbers cast of Hudson river, 181; prisoner sent by Charlotte county board to Albany board, 183; accounts of articles purchased for use of Albany board, 184, 197, 292; Governor Clinton requested by Albany board to remove paroled tory and women whose hus- bands are with enemy, 184; Albany board orders constable to summon witnesses before grand jury, 185; suspected per- son ordered by Albany board to procure certificate that he has taken oath of allegiance, 186; Albany board pays for militia service, 187, 195; Albany board pays account for apprehending counterfeiter, 188; take opinion of supreme court judges as to oaths in doubtful cases, 189; salary of secretary of Albany board increased, 192; offices of secretary and treasurer of Al- : '■.•.■on qufjD.>{]c ■v -• ■ < ■ < r ,cgl ■.I<:!i •J 54 State of New York Comrs. for Consp. — continued, bany board combined, 195; Al- bany board commits person from Bennington at request of General Stark, 196; Albany board informs Poughkeepsie board of names of persons re- fusing oath of allegiance, 197; Albany board commits tory sus- pect apprehended on way to Kortright's Patent, 199; Albany board requires bail for return of sloop from New