to bail those com- mitted by commissioners, 13; deserters from British lines when confined, how released, 24, 791; release of, did not excuse from militia duty, 24, 791 ; legislature requests report about, from com- missioners, 31; guards placed over counterfeiters, paid by commissioners, 38; good money found on counterfeiters, held to reimburse persons defrauded, 38; those captured by Brant, 39; one of Burgoyne's German allies, 40; British military, seek- ing exchange, granted passes to Poughkeepsie, 41; system of •1 'C.'/' U : f! q Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies i8i Prisoners — continued. handling, by commissioners, 41-47; manner of discharging varied greatly, 42; bail in cases of, 42; those on release com- manded to report to Albany board, 42; Albany board gets a return of those confined, 43, 80, 128; commitment of, by mittimus to sheriff, 44; paroles issued, 44; paroles disallowed, 44; petitions from, 44; negro, prisoner of war, discharged by General Stark, 44, 232; too many in Albany jail, 44, 128; removed to fort of Albany, 44, 107, 128, 200; sent to Albany from other counties, 44, 51 ; sent from other states to, 45, 167, 169, 170; tory major released by Albany board on bond, 45; tory ensign committed in Al- bany, 45; one confined by court martial, 45; captured by the Oneidas, released by Albany board, 45, 263, 266, 271, 273; women as Vv^ell as men confined, 45; undue liberty given in Al- bany to, 45, 91 ; Governor Clinton recommends leniency toward certain tories confined in Al- bany, 45, 265; those in British prison treated with less rigor, 45; illness and removal to hospital of, 46, 114, 125, 126, 205, 214, 219, 223, 224; sickness among, as a plea for liberation, 46; weekly allowance to one sick, 46, 191; dangerous persons re- Prisoners — continued. moved to hospital, kept under guard, 46; condition of sick, to be reported by director of hos- pital, 46; when recovered from sickness, remanded to jail, 46, 242; state prisoners in Albany hospital, 46-47; wife of tory in jail, given protection by Al- bany board, 47, 233; captured by rangers, 48-50; intercourse of Albany board with local committees as to, 51; arrested for robberies, 52-55; paid by Albany board for evidence, 53; pardoned by Albany board for evidence as to British spy, 53— 54; General Stark disallows jurisdiction of New York over those judged in Vermont, 57, 169; Albany board commits one from Bennington, Vt., 57, 196; new procedure in New York toward persons charged with capital offences, 59; tory confined for contempt, 60, 178; ceubus of those in Albany jail, 80; request for information about crimes of, 80; Governor Clinton to be asked for charges against certain persons, 92; sent from Poughkcepsie co Al- bany, 92-93, icq; certain sick temporarily released on bail, 97, 620-621, 761; Albany board recommends careful guarding of, against escape, loi; com- missary of, at Hartford, Conn., 103; one offers to turn State's 1 : .f ^ .^xi j ' l82 State of New York Prisoners — continued. evidence against robbers, 103; at Wethersfield, Conn., 104; captured in Schoharie district by continental troops, 105, 129; suspected robbers sent under guard to Albany, 106; sick, sent from jail to Al- bany fort, 123, 200; Albany board releases one subject to appearance before lieutenant- governor of Conn., 132; com- missary of, 135; British soldier committed in fort at Albany, 136; two ordered sent to com- missary of prisoners, 140, 153; Albany board pays for lodging and victualing, 140-141; cap- tured at Jessup's Patent by continental troops, 147-148; deserter from artillery company confined, 154; mittimus voided to permit release of persons on bail, 154-155, 230, 231; person confined for receiving stolen goods, 164; Albany board commits one sent from North- ampton, 167; one released on bail for his delivery to sheriff of Hartford county, Conn., 188- 189; one committed for rob- bery, 195; suspect captured on way to Kortright's Patent and confined, 199; woman acces- sory to robberies of Neal Tay- lor, confined in Albany fort, 199-200; tory to be exam- ined in jail, 200; principal in robberies committed to jail. Prisoners — continued. 202; suspect found in pos- session of continental money, confined, 204; wounded, re- moved to Albany hospital, 205; certain, taken by Captain Bal- lard, examined, 208, 211-212; pardoned robber held as wit- ness, 209, 299; one released on bail because of sickness, 210; General Stark discontinues sup- plies to, 210; Albany board furnishes supplies to, 210-21 1, 264-265, 285, 291, 292, 311, 394, 439, 457; those in Johns- town jail petition for release on bail, 212; General Stark asked by Albany board to deliver up those who are subjects of New York, 212-213; General Stark requested to account to Albany board for property of, in his charge, 212-213; delivered by General Stark to