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Richard Dodge, lieutenant of a company; Samuel Prince, lieu- tenant do.
John Loudon, lieutenant and adjutant.
John William Depeyster, ensign, vice Phil. L. Hoffman, resigned. Jacob De La Montanye, John J. Barrow, John Hone, Anthony A. Rutgers, ensigns in said regiment.
ALBANY COUNTY.
Stephen Van Rensselaer, lieutenant colonel commandant. 1783. March 20.
Jurian Hogan, first major, vice Major Van Rensselaer, promoted; Barent Mynderse, second major; Arie Van Wie, quartermaster; John Van Zante, surgeon.
Peter S. Schuyler, captain of a company of light infantry; John L. Witbeck, lieutenant do; Abraham Slingerlant, ensign do.
William Van Arnum, captain of a company of light infantry; John D. Winne, lieutenant do; Baltus Hoghstrassen, ensign do.
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Daniel Flansburgh, captain; Solomon Luke, lieutenant; John Osterhout, ensign.
John Van Arnum, captain; Lawrence Schoolcraft, lieutenant.
Garret Garrison, captain; Dirck Groot. lieutenant: John Van A. Lansingh, ensign.
Tunis Van Denbergh, captain; Isaac Van Wee, lieutenant; John Schoonmaker, ensign.
John Shaver, captain; Henry Fero, lieutenant; Philip Schuyler, ensign.
Carrol Shaver, captain; Dirck Hemstraet, lieutenant; John Settle, ensign.
Henry Burhans, captain; Frederick Russo, lieutenant; John Groesbeck, ensign.
Thomas Burnside, captain; David D Foreest, lieutenant; Myn- dert Veeder, ensign.
DUTCHESS COUNTY.
In Brigadier General Lewis Duboys' brigade:
Robert H. Livingston, captain of artillery company, vice Captain (Israel) Smith, declined.
Jacob K. Duryee, captain lieutenant. vice Robert Livingston .. . promoted; Solomon Brower, Isaac Brooks and Henry Cooper. lieutenants.
John P. Vermont, captain lieutenant of a troop of horse in said brigade; Elias L. Duboys, first lieutenant: John Everson, second lieutenant; James Seaman, cornet.
In Lieutenant Colonel (Elias) Van Bunschoten's regiment, said brigade:
Henry Davis, adjutant, vice John P. Vermont, promoted in the horse.
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Herman Van De Water, lieutenant, vice John Everson, promoted; John Sleght, ensign, vice Herman Van De Water, promoted.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Isaac Bloom's regiment:
James Swartwout, captain of a company; Abraham Stoutenburgh, lieutenant; Richard Dejerse, ensign: Aaron Furman, quartermaster of said regiment.
In Lieutenant Colonel Elias Van Bunschoten's regiment:
James Cooper, captain, vice Elias Freer, moved away; Simeon I. Frear, captain, vice Martin Hoffman, moved away; James J. Stoutenburgh, captain, vice Jesse Ball, resigned; William Van- derbergh, lieutenant, vice James Cooper, promoted; Aaron Low, lieutenant, vice Simon I. Frear, promoted; Frederick Uhl, lieu- tenant, vice James J. Stoutenburgh, promoted; William Pitt Platt, ensign, vice Henry Kip, declined; Isaac Hoffman, ensign, vice Aaron Low, promoted; Tobias Stoutenburgh, ensign, vice Fred- erick Uhl, promoted; Samuel Matthis, ensign, vice Richard Wes- terfelt, declined; Anthony A. Hoffman, quartermaster, vice The- odorus Platt, moved out of the regiment.
ULSTER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius T. Jansen's regiment: Nathaniel Webb, adjutant; Johannes T. Jansen, paymaster; James G. Graham, surgeon; Elias Winfield, surgeon's mate.
In Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hasbrouck's regiment:
Peter Cantine, junior, adjutant, vice David Bevier, declined; Ben- jamin Bevier, junior, lieutenant, vice John A. De Witt, declined; Samuel Bevier, ensign; Wessell Brodhead, lieutenant, vice Abraham Salm, refused; Isaac C. Davis, ensign.
Gerardus Hardenbergh, captain; John M. Cantine, lieutenant; Richard Lounsberry, junior, ensign.
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ORANGE COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel John Robart's regiment:
Samuel Brewster, captain; John De Noyelles, lieutenant; James Gardner, ensign; John Blauvelt, captain; Peter Vannorder, lieu- tenant; Jacob Vannorder, ensign-all of light infantry.
Tobias De Ronder, captain, vice Samuel Brewster, transferred; Jacob Waldron, lieutenant, vice T. D Ronder, promoted; Jones Brewster, ensign, vice Jacob Waldron, promoted; Michael Hay, ensign, vice Janes Gardner, transferred; Cornelius Blauvelt, ensign, vice John Coe, declined; Samuel Coe, quartermaster, vice John De Noyelles.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
In Brigadier General (Lewis) Morris' brigade:
William N. Dyckman, second lieutenant in Captain John Man- deville's troop of horse.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
Robert Bruce, William Debrosses, Robert Le Roy, George Barn- well, Isaac Heyer, Zebulon Barton and Thomas Campbell, ensigns.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Simon Spalding, captain; John Bruze, lieutenant; William Wyn- koop, ensign-of a company in the town of Chemung.
ULSTER COUNTY.
In Colonel Jacobus S. Bruyn's regiment :
Abraham De Witt, lieutenant of light infantry; Roeloef Kiersted, ensign do.
Philip Bonestele, captain, vice (Peter) Hager, moved away; Peter Short, junior, lieutenant; Elias Hasbrouck, junior, ensign; Silas Adsit, ensign; Hendrick Freligh, lieutenant; Henry Becker, lieutenant; Martinus Larway, ensign.
1783. March 22.
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ORANGE COUNTY.
It being represented to the Council that the appointment of Oliver Kerr, inspector of the Orange county brigade, would super- sede several officers in rank and give them just cause of dissatisfac- tion and discontent-RESOLVED, therefore, that the said appoint- ment be suspended for the present, and that no commission be issued in consequence thereof until inquiry shall be made in the premises.
ALBANY COUNTY.
Peter Van Rensselaer, first major; Samuel Shaw, second major. Of light infantry: Zacharias W. Sickels, captain; Henry Brown, lieutenant; Samuel Latham, ensign; Thomas Palmer, captain; Luke Green, lieutenant; Joshua Whiteford, ensign.
Of a company: Jacob Van Valkenburgh, captain; Isaac Turner, lieutenant; Henry Lansing, ensign.
David Brown, captain; John Van Wormer, lieutenant; Thomas Powell, ensign.
Jacob Van Ness, captain; Zaccharias G. Sickels, lieutenant; John Waldo, junior, ensign.
Charles Green, captain; Randall Spencer, lieutenant; John Green, ensign.
Matthew Ranall, captain; Jacob Lampman, lieutenant; Abel Lewis, ensign.
Eldred Fonda, captain; Joseph Brown, lieutenant; Gideon Olm- stead, ensign.
Hezekiah Hull, captain; Clark Bly, lieutenant; Jonathan Green, ensign.
Isaac Gates, captain; John Wilkinson, lieutenant; William Jones, ensign.
James Sickels, adjutant; Oliver Hull, quartermaster; David Van Rensselaer, paymaster; Joseph Spencer, surgeon; Job Tripp, sur- geon's mate.
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DUTCHESS COUNTY.
1789. February 7.
In Brigadier General (Jacobus) Swartwout's brigade:
William B. Alger, brigade inspector.
In Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Brinckerhoff's regiment:
Albert Willett, captain, vice Theodorus Brett, removed out of the beat; Zacharias Van Voorheis, captain, vice Christian Dubois; John Furbush, captain, vice Jacobus S. Swartwout, removed away.
John B. Van Wyck, captain of light infantry, vice (William B.) Alger; Richard Bogardus, lieutenant; John Myers, lieutenant, vice (Daniel) Schenck; Selah Brush, lieutenant: Benjamin Hasbrouck, lieutenant; Jacob Griffen, junior, lieutenant light infantry, vice (John B.) Van Wyck, promoted; Benjamin Row, ensign; James Vanderburgh. ensign; George Brinckerhoff, ensign; John Haff, ensign light infantry, vice (Jacob) Griffen (junior), promoted.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Philip Frisbee's regiment:
William Spire, captain, vice Samuel Rexford, resigned; Isaac Garnsey, lieutenant; Seba Thompson, ensign; Joseph Law, lieuten- ant of light infantry, vice Samuel Carpenter, resigned; Daniel Warner, ensign of light infantry, vice Joseph Law, promoted; Seth Doubleday, ensign, vice Ezekiel Hackley, deceased; Jonathan Olmsted, captain, vice William Warner, resigned; Luther Hunt, lieutenant, vice Jonathan Olmsted, promoted; Nehemiah Olmsted, ensign, vice Luther Hunt, promoted.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Albert Veeder's regiment: Henry Kennedy, captain; James Kennedy, lieutenant: Evert Pelse, ensign.
Douw Fonda, captain of a troop in Brigadier General (Volkert)
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Veeder's brigade; John Brower, lieutenant do: Abraham Conyne, second lieutenant do; Daniel Visscher, cornet do.
Josiah Crane, junior, captain; John Frank, captain lieutenant; Aaron Brower, lieutenant; Myndert B. Wemple, second lieuten- ant; George Aker, lientenant-of a company of artillery in the said brigade.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Henry Staring's regiment: William Colbreath, major, vice Peter Weaver, resigned.
Jacob Petry, captain; Dederick Petry, lieutenant; William Veeder, ensign; Daniel C. White, captain, vice William Colbreath, pro- moted; George J. Weaver, lieutenant, vice Daniel C. White, pro- moted; George Dodlittle, ensign-all of light infantry.
George Widrick, captain; George Michael Weaver, lieutenant; Nicholas Staring, junior, ensign.
Timothy Tuttle, captain; Ephraim Blackamore, lieutenant; Andrew Blanchard, ensign; Joseph Myers, ensign.
ALBANY COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Johannes Dietz's regiment :
Lawrence Schoolcraft, captain, vice Jacob Snyder, deceased; Peter Zieley, captain, vice Martyn Vrooman, non-resident.
George Wasson, captain; Ashbill Culver, captain: Albertus Becker, lieutenant. vice Peter Rightmyer. declined: Peter Vrooman, junior, lieutenant, vice John Enders, do; Johannes J. Becker, lieu- tenant. vice Peter Ziely, promoted: Alexander Crawford, lieuten- ant; Thomas Farrington, lieutenant; William Brown, ensign, vice James Humphrey, declined; Joost Heager, ensign, vice Albertus Becker, promoted; Peter Sitney, ensign, vice Peter Vrooman, do; Bartholomew Vrooman, ensign, vice Johannes Becker, do; Timothy Hatch, ensign; Justus Pierce, ensign.
Sterm Abraham Becker, adjutant; Daniel Budd, surgeon.
1739. February 24.
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DUTCHESS COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel David Van Ness' regiment:
Cornelius I. Elmendorph, major, vice Andrew White, resigned. Gotlip Martin, captain, vice Cornelius I. Elmendorph, promoted; Jacob Cole, lieutenant, vice Gotlip Martin, do; Cornelius C. Elmen- dorph, captain, vice John Smith, resigned; Jacob Hagadorn, lieu- tenant, vice Benjamin Wells, refused; Peter Knickerbacker, lieuten- ant, vice Frederick Pister, refused; Samuel Wilson, lieutenant, vice Josiah Fisher Deane, resigned; Jacob Couse, ensign, vice Peter Knickerbacker, promoted; William Huddlestone, ensign, vice Samuel Wilson, promoted; Jacob Van Benthuysen, ensign, vice James I. White, resigned; Solomon Van Steenbergh, ensign; Abra- ham Elmendorph, ensign, vice Wilhelmus Becker, refused; Ben- jamin Wells, ensign, vice Benjamin Westfal, junior, resigned; Sey- mour Winans, ensign, vice Peter Husted, resigned; Jacob Van Bram, junior, ensign.
James Scott Smith, adjutant, vice Abraham Van Benthuysen, deceased; Samuel Elmendorph, paymaster, vice Benjamin Van Steenbergh, absent.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
1789. February 26.
In Lieutenant Colonel Adiel Sherwood's regiment :
Alexander Baldwin, junior, adjutant; Hugh Peebles, paymaster, vice William Dunwiddie, deceased.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel (Adam) Martin's regiment:
James Stewart, captain, vice Alexander Turner, senior, resigned; John Steel, lieutenant, vice James Stewart, promoted; Samuel Lyon, ensign, vice Elijah Fitch, removed.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
For the town of Chemung-Captains: William Wynkoop, Thomas Baldwin, John Handy.
1789. February 28.
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Lieutenants-Daniel McDowell. Libeus Hammond, David McCormick.
Ensigns-Samuel Ransom, Solomon Lane, Joshua Carpenter.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
In the city of New York brigade:
James Alner, Hendrick Wyckoff, lieutenant colonels com- mandant.
David Wolfe, Edward Meeks, Walter Becker, James Black, Michael Connolly, Ephraim Brasher, Charles T. Weissenfels, John Stagg, junior, Anthony Post, majors.
John Sickles of Haerlem, captain, to take rank as the following captains-all to rank from March 17 last:
Daniel Le Roy, Bernardus Swartwout. James L. Bogert, Thomas Drurie, Walter W. Hyer, Theodorus Van Wyck, John Johnson, Walter Hyer, junior, Staats Morris, Edward Livingston, Gerard Rutgers, Joseph Pitcairn, James N. Roosevelt, Frederick Prevoost, Leonard M. Cutting, James Beeckman, junior, Gabriel Furman, Peter Vanzandt, Isaac Stoutenburgh, junior, William I. Vreden- burgh, Daniel H. Remsen.
Lieutenants, to take rank from March 17th last:
Robert Rutgers, John Bogert, Adrian Kissam, John B. Prevoost, Abraham Depeyster, Whitehead Fish, Allard Anthony, John L. Morgan, James Smith, James Morrice, George H. Remsen, Mar- tin Hoffman, James Cochran, John Dewitt of Harlem, Robert Cocks, David Harriot, Cornelius N. Bogert, Peter Bonnet, Samuel Dereimer, Jesse Weeks, Isaac A. Kipp, John Morton, Nicholas I. Roosevelt, Isaac L. Kipp, Robert Bruce, George Barnwell, Jacob De La Montanye, John Hone, John William De Peyster, Isaac Heyer, Thomas Campbell, George Scriba, Robert Gilchrist, John Myer, John Marsden Pintard.
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Ensigns of the same brigade:
Isaac Stymes, Thomas Allen, David Cation, William Wilmerding, Thomas Wilson, David Ritzema Bogert, Rudolphus Bogert, John A. Wolfe, Robert Nicholls, Nicholas Brevoort, Teunis Schenck, Jacob Duryee, Gerrit N. Bleecker, Joseph Sands, John Peirse, John C. Stockholm, John J. Staples, Augustin H. Lawrence, James Shut- ter, Jonathan Lawrence, David Lydeck, Henry J. Wyckoff, John P. Waldron, Augustus H. Lawrence, Ab'm Ricker, Anthony J. Blanchard, Cornelius Van Allen, Peter Masterton.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel (Sebastian) Beauman's artillery regiment: Peter Anspatch and Charles Tillinghast, captains; Matthew Lasher, John P. Van Ness, Christian Hoffman, George Snowden, junior, Robert Nichols and Nicholas Everson, lieutenants.
DUTCHESS COUNTY.
1789.
May
5.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Brinton Paine's regiment:
Elijah Park, captain, vice Isaac Darrow, moved away; William Youngs, do John Boyd, unable to serve; Platt Smith, do of light infantry, vice Jesse Thompson, do; Robert Hibbard, do vice Daniel Shepherd, moved away; John Freeman, lieutenant, vice Elijah Park, promoted; Amariah Winchester, do William Youngs, do; Stephen Paine, junior, do Solomon Sutherland, out of the beat; Jonas Myers, do Thomas Frost, moved away; Elijah Holms, do Robert Hibbard, promoted; Eli Mills, do of artillery, vice Solomon Brown, moved away; Elihu Paine, ensign, vice John Freeman, promoted; Reuben Rogers, do Amariah Winchester, do; Obadiah German, do Oliver Teal, moved away; John Lloyd, junior, do James Winchell, do; Solomon Cook, do Elijah Holms, promoted; Philip Spencer, junior, paymaster, vice John Barr, moved away.
1789. March 3.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.
His Excellency the Governor having signified to the Council that he had thought proper to divide the two regiments in Washington county into three regiments, the first, commanded by Colonel (Adam) Martin, to consist of the towns of Salem, Hebron, the east- ermost beat of Argyle and the two southern beats of Granville. The second, commanded by Colonel (Adiel) Sherwood, to consist of the towns of Kingsbury and Queensbury, the three westermost beats of Argyle and the southermost beat of Westfield, and the third to consist of the towns of Whitehall and Hampton, the two northern beats of Granville and the two northern beats of Westfield.
In Lieutenant Colonel Adam Martin's regiment:
Stephen Clap, first major, vice Thomas Converse, promoted; David Thomas, second major.
Alexander Turner, junior, captain; James Stewart, do; Ebenezer Gould, do, vice John McWhorter, promoted; Scottoway White- comb, do; John Reed, captain; William Smith, do of light infantry, vice Stephen Clap; Thomas Bellows, do of light infantry; David McCracken, lieutenant; Jolin Steel, do; Samuel Harnden, do, vice Ebenezer Gould, promoted; John Law, do; Alexander McNagh- ten, do; Abner Dwelly, do of light infantry, vice William Smith; Robert Hawley, do of light infantry; Nathan Wilson, ensign; Sam- uel Lyon, do; Abel Davis, do, vice Samuel Harnden, promoted; Israel Johnson, do; Casparus Bain, do; Abner Stone, do of light infantry; Jabez Rockwell, do of light infantry.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Adiel Sherwood's regiment: Thaddeus Dewey, captain; Joseph Henigan, lieutenant; Isaiah Mead, do, vice Thomas McGee, transferred; Nathaniel Pitcher, do do Isaiah Mead, transferred; David Tift, do do Vandeworker, moved away; Warren Ferris, do; John Watson, ensign; Oliver Bis-
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sell, do; John Eddy, do do Ebenezer Buck, resigned; Elijah Rus- sell, do; John Wray, do.
Thomas McGee, captain of light infantry, vice John Hunsden, moved away; Albert Baker, lieutenant do, promoted; Noah Paine, do do, vice Moses Penel; Nathaniel Gage, ensign do, promoted; David Buck, do.
In Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Converse's regiment:
Lemuel Hyde, first major; John McWhorter, second major.
John How, captain, vice Lemuel Hyde, promoted; Jason Kel- logg, lieutenant, vice John How, promoted; Daniel Johnson, do do Isaac Hopkins, moved away.
Benjamin Richardson, captain; Joseph Beckers, ensign, vice Hawley, moved away.
Jason Gleson, captain of light infantry; Daniel Brown, lieutenant, do; Elkannah Day, do, vice Samuel Hoskins (Hotskinks), moved away; Elijah White, ensign do, vice (Asa) Tyler; Josiah Clark, do.
ORANGE COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Moses Hetfield's regiment: Theophilus Howell, captain, vice Samuel Moffat, resigned; Stephen Allison, lieutenant, vice Theophilus Howell; Joseph Vail, ensign, vice Stephen Allison; James Dolson, paymaster; William W. Gale, quartermaster; Daniel Seward, surgeon's mate.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
In (Lieutenant) Colonel (Thomas) Converse's regiment:
Nathan Law, adjutant; Peter French, paymaster; Joel Norton, quartermaster; Samuel Frisbee, surgeon.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Scott's regiment:
Ephraim Pixley, captain of light infantry; Thomas Trusdell, lieu-
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tenant of do; Joseph Shaw, ensign of do; Joshua Lanfear, lieuten- ant; John Hageman, do; Majer Tyler, lieutenant; Peter Bartle, ensign; Jonathan Trip, ensign; Peter McGee, adjutant.
CLINTON COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Melancton Lloyd Woolsey's regiment:
George Trimble, second major, vice Peter Sailly, resigned; Isaac Kellogg, captain; Jaques Rouse, do; Elnathan Rogers, lieutenant; John Hoffnagle, do; Stephen Cuyler, lieutenant and adjutant; Louis Marnay, ensign; John Morehouse, do.
ULSTER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant George Denniston's regi- ment:
Isaac .Fowler, captain; Reuben Tucker, lieutenant; Francis Smith, ensign.
William Palmer, captain; Eleazer Gidney, lieutenant; Daniel Smith, ensign. ยท
William Sly, captain; William Beaty, lieutenant; John Buchan- nan, ensign.
Justin Foot, captain of light infantry; Nathan Smith, lieutenant of do; Isaac Belknap, ensign of do.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel (Adam) Martin's regiment:
Major James Wilson's resignation is accepted.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Sebastian Bauman's regiment:
His Excellency the Governor laid before the Council the proceed- ings of a General Court Martial whereof Colonel Isaac Stouten-
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burgh was president, for the trial of Lieutenant (Samuel) Boyd of the regiment of artillery commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (Sebas- tian) Bauman, whereby it appears that the said Lieutenant Boyd is found guilty of two of the charges exhibited against him and sentenced to be removed from his office, and the said sentence being approved by his Excellency the Governor-RESOLVED, that the said Lieutenant Boyd be and he is hereby removed from his said office of lieutenant in the said regiment and that John I. Sleght be and he is hereby appointed a lieutenant in the said regiment in his room.
Henry C. Sleght, Thomas Grinel, John Manley and John Lef- ferts, captain lieutenants in the said regiment.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Samuel Tubbs, major, and William Baldwin, adjutant, of the three companies of militia in the town of Chemung.
ORANGE COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Seth Marvin's regiment:
William Spencer Smith, ensign of light infantry.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
In General (William) Malcom's brigade:
John Stake, captain; Abraham Brevoort, captain lieutenant; John Lovell, lieutenant; Edward Patton, cornet; William Post, quarter- master of a troop of horse, their commissions to bear date the twenty-eighth of February last.
Sebastian Bauman, commissary of military stores for the State of New York.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
1789.
May
11.
In Lieutenant Colonel Philip Van Alstyne's regiment : James Palmer, junior, lieutenant, and John I. Van Slyck, ensign.
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NEW YORK COUNTY.
His Excellency the Governor having signified to the Council that he had thought proper to divide the four regiments of militia of the city and county of New York into five regiments-RESOLVED, that David Van Horne, Henry Rutgers, James Miles Hughes, James Christie be appointed lieutenant colonels, it being suggested that the above gentlemen are entitled as well on account of former offices as in the ordinary course of promotion to that rank, and that the said David Van Horne will soon retire from the city into a neigh- bouring county, and the said James Christie, notwithstanding his appointment as lieutenant colonel, consents to do the duty of bri- gade inspector so as to prevent an increase of appointments, whereby with the former appointments there will remain but one lieutenant colonel for each regiment.
RESOLVED, That Doctor John Rogers, junior, be and he is hereby appointed a surgeon to one of the regiments of militia in the city and county of New York and that Doctor William Pitt Smith be appointed surgeon to another of the said regiments.
In General (William) Malcom's brigade:
John Van Dyke, major of one of the regiments in said brigade.
John Van Cortlandt, captain; John Stoutenburgh, captain lieu- tenant; Jacobus Suydam, first lieutenant; Richard Lawrence, second lieutenant of artillery in do.
The above five officers to take rank from the twenty-eighth day of February last.
Jacob Harsen, Samuel Meyer, Peter Meyer, James Stricker, William G. Forbes, John Elting, Jacob Bradford, Henry Post, Lemuel Wells, Charles Watkins, John Ledyard, and Elbert Roose- velt, ensigns in the said regiments; and Andrew Thompson, captain of a company in one of the said regiments.
James Cogswell, surgeon to one of the said regiments.
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QUEENS COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel David Lawrence's regiment :
Lewis Cornwell, first major, and Isaac Lefferts, junior, second major; Jonah Hallett, the late first major, being appointed sheriff.
KINGS AND QUEENS COUNTIES.
In Brigadier General Matthew Clarkson's brigade: James Lefferts, brigade inspector.
ALBANY COUNTY.
In General Henry K. Van Rensselaer's brigade:
The Governor laid before the Council a return of the officers for a regiment at Stephen-town in Henry K. Van Rensselaer's brigade. RESOLVED, That the same be delivered to the member of the Coun- cil from that district, that he may acquire the necessary information on that subject to be laid before the Council at their next meeting.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
In Brigadier General Robert Van Rensselaer's brigade: John Whiting, cornet of a troop of horse.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Mersereau's regiment: John Mersereau, captain, vice Bosteyon (Bastian) Ellis, resigned. Edward De Hart, lieutenant in said regiment.
Whereas, through mistake, John Houseman was appointed here- tofore ensign and Richard Conner, junior, lieutenant, and whereas the said Houseman should have been the lieutenant and the said Conner the ensign-RESOLVED, that the said John Houseman be and he is hereby appointed lieutenant and the said Richard Conner, junior, ensign in the said regiment, and that their commissions bear the same date with those issued through mistake as aforesaid.
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The first of the great struggles between the Federalists-those who believed in the centralization of power-and the Republicans, or anti-Federalists-those who advocated a simple confederation of the States-occurred in 1789. In New York State Alexander Ham- ilton was generally regarded as the leader of the former and Gov- ernor George Clinton of the latter. To counteract the powerful influence exercised by Governor Clinton, the national administra- tion placed into the hands of Hamilton all its patronage. The pur- pose of this was twofold: to destroy Governor Clinton's useful- mess as a factor in politics and to lift the Federals into the control of the politics of the State. Up to this time Governor Clinton had encountered no opposition to speak of. The enmities he had naturally created, the jealousies aroused and the factions started had not crystallized into open opposition until the Governor's pro- hounced hostility to the Federal constitution gave to his political enemies the very opportunity they had long been looking for. His fourth term as Governor was to expire in July, 1789. It was a dif- ficult matter to find an available candidate to run against him. In spite of the popularity of the Federal administration and the far- reaching power of its patronage, it was conceded that a break must be made in Governor Clinton's own ranks if his defeat were to be encompassed. The Federalists admitted they could succeed only by making a coalition with certain anti-Federalists. Accord- ngly, on February II, 1789, the Federalists held a meeting in the city of New York and selected as their standard bearer Robert Yates of Albany, one of the judges of the Supreme Court, who had been appointed through Governor Clinton's friendship, who had been recognized as a leading anti-Federalist, who had withdrawn rom the Philadelphia National Convention, and who had, as delegate o the State convention that was called to ratify the Philadelphia
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