bonds, 437; one charged v/ith aiding spy from enemy, 477; one on bail allowed to visit patient, 61 1-612. Picksen, Jane, wife of John Pick- sen, warned to remove from state, 523. '1:7/ i> o'^'M-is/br. : I ! r , ! ^ -v-i Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 177 Picksen, John, tory, his family warned to remove from state, 523- Pittstown (Pitstown, Pits Town, Pitts Town), Rensselaer county, residents of, 99, 108, 185, 463, 610, 694, 755; bailed person restricted to limits of, 610. Plass, Emrick (Emerich, Eme- righ, Emmerigh), of Rensselaer- wyck, accused of treachery, 86; order for his arrest, 94; arrested and confined, 105, 107; released on bail, 123. Plass, Henry, tory suspect, order for his arrest, 94. Plass, Michael, tory suspect, ar- rested and confined, 105, 107; released on bail, 124; given pass to East Camp, 151. Plass, Peter, of Livingston Alanor, sent under guard from Claverack to Albany, 22 1 ; committed, 22 1 ; grand jur}^ finds no bill against, for complicity in robberies, 275; released on bail, 275. Platner, Hendrick, of Claverack, charged with aiding prisoner to escape, 684; ordered to de- liver up prisoner, 684; examined and discharged, 695. Platner, Jacob, of Claverack, lieutenant, aids prisoner in es- caping, 684; ordered to deliver up prisoner, 684; examined and discharged, 695. Platner, Jacob, Jr., of Claverack district, farmer, bailsman for Michael Stopplebeen, 321. Plato, William, disaffected person, brought under guard from Coey- mans, 567; committed, 567; examined, 567. Piatt, Zephaniah, commissioner for conspiracies, Dutchess county board, appointment, 67; letter to, 80; his audited ac- count, 818; pay for services per- formed at his request, 820; his account with state treasurer, 820, 821, 822, 824, 825, 826; his commission, 829. Plugh, Johannis, Hessian deserter from British army, takes oath of neutrality, 204. Plunder. See also Robberies, Robbers. Plunder, 35; by military contingent 53; joint resolution of legislature against plundering British sub- jects, 55; barbarity of whigs as to, 55; goods seized by militia to be restored, 270; soldiers of Colonel Alden's regiment ac- cused of, 300-301; tory en- garij?, in, at Cherry Valley, Pocsinck, Pocsink. See Peesink. Poesten Kill, Rensselaer county, residents of, 143. Pomp, negro slave of Nanning Vis- scher, apprehended, 702, 704; confined, 704; examined and discharged, 705. Pool. See also Van Der Pool. Pool, Gerrit M., disaffected per- son, 313; warrant for his ar- rest, 313. _ -'•It. / .;i ... 178 State of New York Pool, John, of Rensselaenvyck Manor, farmer, disaffected per- son, 313; warrant for his arrest, 313; released on bail, 315, 316. Pool, Mathias (Mathewis), of Rensselaervvyck Manor, accused of corresponding with and har- boring tories, 324; warrant for his arrest, 324; summoning of witnesses against, 324; dis- charged on taking oath of alle- giance, 325; his signature, with mark, to oath, 831. Poor, William, tory suspect, his arrest, 330; delivered up to cap- - tain of continental army, 346. Popham, William, major, aide- de-camp, writes to Albany board, 703. Porter (Porters), Elisha, colonel, paid for conveying prisoner from Northampton to Albany, 167, 292, 811. Post, John, makes affidavit charg- ing Jacob Glen with toryism, 330- Potter, Joseph, apprehended on suspicion that he is collecting sheep for use of enemy, 452; exonerated, 452. Potter, Stokes, his conduct sub- ject of communication, 671; warrant for his arrest, 672; witnesses to appear against, 672. Potter, a, 547. Poughkeepsie (Poughkeepse, Poughkepse, Pougkeepsie), Dut- chess county, printing at, Poughkeepsie — continued. 19 (note), 20 (note), 21 (note), 23 (note), 37 (note), 38 (note), 43 (note), 46 (note), 54 (note), 55 (note), 56 (note), 57 (note), 60 (note), 777 (note), 780 (note), 781 (note), 783 (note), 786 (note), 787 (note), 789 (note), 791 (note), 793 (note), 794 (note), 796 (note), 800 (note), pay of secretary of board of commissioners for conspiracies at, 37, 192; British military prisoners granted passes to, 41, 255; Albany board asks com- missioners at, about payment of rangers, 48, 49; correspond- ence between commissioners at, and Albany county kept up, 51; state funds for Albany board often received through board at, 51, 125; tories held for ex- changes taken to, 58; captured lieutenant given pass to, for arranging his exchange, 58-59, 255; examination of Jonas Earle transmitted to commis- sioners at, 91, 92; commis- sioners at, send eleven prison- ers to Albany, 92-93; Albany board request commissioners at, to confine suspects about Fish- kill, 99; commissioners at, re- quested to apprehend Jacob Cortman, 144; commissioners at, consulted by Albany board on allowance to militia for pris- oners, 144; commissioners at, requested to apprehend rob- Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 179 Poughkeepsie — continued. bers, 150; bailed person from Albany ordered to appear be- fore commissioners at, 153; commissioners at, advise Albany board of policy toward neutrals, 166; commissioners at, write to Albany board respecting ran- gers, 174; commissioners at,