of British proclama- tion, 636; liberty and inde- New York: state — continued, pendence of, how threatened, 6555 disrespect to authority of, 694; oath of allegiance to, taken by persons put on bail, 718-719; form of oath of allegi- ance to, 747; request for sur- render of certain inhabitants of, 769; bailed person to do nothing inimical to liberties of, 770; commission of, creating commissioners, 829-830. New York: state assembly. See also subhead legislature. assembly, bill for creating com- missioners for conspiracies in, 14-15*, bill enlarging number of commissioners, 16; minutes of commissioners for conspira- cies to be reported to, 20, 780; amendments in, allowing funds to commissioners for conspira- cies, 21; bill for continuing commissioners for conspiracies in, 22; bill introduced (Feb. 18, 1780) for reviving commission- ers for conspiracies, defeated, 23; resolutions passed March 10, 1780, for examining and adjusting public accounts, 23; miscellaneous manuscripts of, cited, 23 (note), 27 (note), 30 (note), 42 (note), 59 (note); journah of, third session, third sitting, not printed, 25; griev- ances cited by inhabitants of Albany county sent to com- mittee of whole house of, 27; petition from field officers and V'^ < iiv , . ,1 State of New York New York: stzte assembly — cont. others of manor of Rensselaer- \vyck to, 28-29; memorial of Albany board presented in, 29; petition from inhabitants of Westchester county against com- missioners for conspiracies re- ceived by, 20; committee of, reports in favor of abolishing commissioners for conspiracies, 30; petition from Westchester county board received in, 30; joint committee of legislature on expenditures of public money (Jan. 31, 1783) reports to, 31; bill for repealing laws relating to commissioners for conspiracies in, 31; Albany representatives in, requested to favor act to raise company of rangers, 150; Albany repre- sentatives in, informed of atti- tude of certain persons toward oath of allegiance, 268. ottorncy general, Egbert Benson 85. auditor general. See also subhead comptroller. auditor general, accounting for sale of effects of tory families by commissioners for conspiracies to be made to, 26, 799; to report to legislature state of accounts of commissioners, 32, 801; accounts of commissioners audited by, 36; where early records of, are now kept, 36, 803; audited accounts, 803-804, 804-820. New York*, state — continued, commissary of prisoners, prisoner awaiting exchange to appear before, 434. commissioners for detecting and defeating conspiracies. See un- der that name in main alphabet. commissioners of sequestration, governor required to certify to them data about dangerous dis- affected persons removed, 17, 781. committee of safety, arrest of dis- affected by, II; committee on suppressing disaffection reports to, II. comptroller. See also subhead auditor general. comptroller^ financial vouchers and pay-bills of commissioners for conspiracies now in custody of, 36, 64, 141 (note), 146 (note), 156 (note), 174 (note), 184 (note), 1 88 (note), 189 (note), 192 (note), 195 (note), 202 (note), 210 (note), 215 (note), 221 (note), 233 (note), 238 (note), 250 (notes), 251 (note), 252 (note), 253 (note), 258 (note), 261 (note)';, 262 (note), 265 (note), 267 (note), 279 (notes), 285 (note), 291 (note), 292 (note), 293 (note), 307 (note), 309 (note), 311 (notes), 314 (notes), 319 (note), 320 (note), 331 (note), 339 (notes), 344 (note), 349 (note), 350 (note), 354 (note), 358 (note), 363 (note), 392 (note), 393 (note), I 1 ;.■ , ' ■ ;•■ '•■;-|iv,?ic:rn05" Jv' ' . .'^•.■K:^;^v::;lO^; ' 'v-i-ii-.--. :n3;:'^? - ^ 7/on 0 Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies New York: state comptroller — continued. 397 (note), 406 (note), 410 (notes), 413 (note), 439 (note), 521 (note), 569 (note), 619 (note), 688 (note), 726 (note), 804, S09 (note); commission of commissioners in custody of, 829. convention, the, lo, ii; relation of, to suppressing disaffection, II; counterfeiting bills issued by, a felony, 37; former board of commissioners for conspira- cies appointed by, 777. council of appointment, 12, 778; removals and vacancies in commissioners for conspiracies vested in, 23, 424, 790; ap- pointments of comniissioners for conspiracies by, 67 (note); appoints Samuel Stringer com- missioner, 454; appoints Stew- art Dean commissioner, 670. council of revision, approves bill for creating commissioners Ibr conspiracies (Feb. 5, 1778), 15; approves bill enlarging number of commissioners (Apr. 3, 1778), 16; objections of, to bill continuing commissioners (September, 1 779), 22; approves bill for repealing laws relating to commissioners (Mar. 27, 1783), governor. See Clinton, George. legislature. See also subheads as- sembly, senate. legislature, 35, 61 ; passes first bill creating commissioners for New York: state legislature — continued, conspiracies (Feb. 5, 1778), 10, 12, 14, 15, 79, 777-780, 829; commissioners to report to, 14, 780; proceedings of, creative of commissioners, 14-16; precipi- tate adjournment of, on account of news of British reduction of Fort Montgomery, 15; revives county, district and other com- mittees (Oct. 7, 1777), 15; re- convened (January, 1778), 15; passes bill amending