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Joseph Dexter, captain, vice Green, promoted; Joshua Horton (Stephen's son), lieutenant, vice (Jonathan) Miller, resigned; Stephen Brown, ensign, vice Dexter, promoted.
In Captain Jacob Montrose's company:
John Hyatt (Joshua's son), lieutenant, vice (Austin) Reynolds, removed; David Hyatt, ensign, vice Hyatt, promoted.
LIGHT INFANTRY-Richard Smith, captain, vice (Archer) Read, removed; Gilbert Hyatt, lieutenant, vice (Samuel T.) Curtis, removed; Bern B. Stewart, ensign, vice Hyatt, promoted.
Edward Mead, adjutant, vice (Richard) Smith, promoted; Stephen Horton, junior, quartermaster, vice (Thomas R.) Stilwell removed.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
In General (John) Williams' brigade:
In Lieutenant Colonel John Younglove's regiment:
John Gordon, captain, vice William Whiteside, refused his com- mission, to bear date March 1, 1789; Wynant Vandeburgh, lieu: tenant, vice Gordon, promoted; Elisha Waters, ensign. -
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RENSSELAER COUNTY .*
In Brigadier General Henry K. Van Rensselaer's brigade:
Samuel Shaw, lieutenant colonel commandant; Thomas Palmer, first major; Hezekiah Hull, second major.
LIGHT INFANTRY-Luke Green, captain ; Joshua Whitford, lieuten- ant: Ichabod Palmer, ensign.
Charles Green, captain; Silas Moxson, lieutenant; Joshua Sabens, ensign.
Matthew Randall, captain; Icabod Randall, lieutenant; William Tanner, ensign.
Isaac Gates, captain; Laben Jones, lieutenant; Jacob Gates. ensign.
Clark Bly, captain; Peter Hull, lieutenant; Barton Hammon, ensign.
Randall Spencer, captain; John Greene, lieutenant; Stephen Mox- son, ensign.
Benjamin Hanks, captain; Abel Lewis, lieutenant; Abraham Lewis, ensign.
John Wilkinson, captain; Zebulon Lewis, lieutenant; William Clark, ensign.
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Charles Ferry, captain; Zebulon Scribbens (Scrivens), lieutenant: Thomas West, ensign.
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1 Daniel Hull, junior, adjutant; Joshua Randall, paymaster; Job Tripp, surgeon.
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In Major Jonathan Niles' regiment, in Brigadier General Henry
/ K. Van Rensselaer's brigade:
Jonathan Niles, lieutenant colonel commandant.
Abijah Bush, captain.
Jeremiah Landon, adjutant ; Alexander Murray, quartermaster.
* Rensselaer county was erected from Albany county February 7. 1791 .- STATE HISTORIAN.
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Joseph Westcoat, lieutenant; Jonathan Denniston, ensign; Jona- than Brown, ensign; Seth King, ensign light infantry.
SARATOGA COUNTY .*
In Brigadier General (James) Gordon's brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Dickenson's regiment:
John Nelson, lieutenant of light infantry; Ebenezer Patrick, ensign, do; John Dunning, ensign.
Ezra Buell, captain; Mordicai Sayles, lieutenant; Nicholas Gardi- near, ensign; Joseph Dickenson, ensign.
Charles Moore, captain; Thomas Patterson, lieutenant; Joseph Stephens, ensign.
James Clark, captain, vice (Stephen) Benedict, resigned; Ashbell Andries, lieutenant, vice Clark, promoted; Robert Hunter, ensign; Deliverance Andries (Andrews), lieutenant; Thomas Mory, ensign.
Ephraim Fish, captain; Benjamin Browning, lieutenant; Silvanus Dunham, ensign.
In Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel Taylor's regiment, in Brigadier General James Gordon's brigade:
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(Hezekiah) Ketcham, captain of light infantry.
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In Lieutenant Colonel Peter Van Rensselaer's regiment. in Briga- dier General Henry K. Van Rensselaer's brigade:
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Thomas Sickles, first major; Henry Bruce, second major; Henry Ten Broeck, adjutant; Thomas Hartwell, surgeon's mate.
LIGHT INFANTRY -- David Brown, captain; John Bruce, lieuten- ant; Joshua Randall, ensign; Nicholas Ten Broeck, ensign.
Henry Clark, ensign.
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Nicholas Snyder, captain; Garret Van Hosin, lieutenant; Garret Williamson, ensign.
Timothy Graves, captain; John Van Wormer, lieutenant; Thomas Powell, ensign.
Isaac Turner, captain; William Roberts, lieutenant: Henry Lansing, ensign.
Joseph Brown, captain; Edmund Haynes, lieutenant; Joseph Dorr, ensign.
Benjamin Hanks, captain; Jacob Lampman, lieutenant; Ichabod Prosser, ensign.
Rufus Johnson, captain; John Waldo, junior, lieutenant; Peter Van Ness, ensign.
In Lieutenant Colonel John W. Grooesbeck's regiment, in Briga- dier General Henry K. Van Rensselaer's brigade:
Jonathan Brown, first major; John Knickerbacker, junior, second major.
LIGHT INFANTRY-James Newcomb, captain; Gilbert Williams, lieutenant; Marvel Ellis, ensign; Silas Weeks, captain; William Groesbeck, lieutenant; Sybrant Quackenbos, ensign.
John Francisco, lieutenant; Israel Shepherd, ensign; Simeon But- ton, lieutenant; Gilbert Eddy, ensign; Aulden Gage, ensign.
Benjamin Milk, captain; Samuel Rowland, lieutenant; Jacob L. Viele, ensign.
John Jacob Fort. captain; Nicholas Marsters, lieutenant; Peter 1
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1 Alexander Comins, captain; William Jackson, lieutenant; William Perce, ensign.
Harman Van Vechten, adjutant; John De Wandelaer, paymaster; Ezekiel Baker, surgeon; John Youngs, surgeon's mate; Thaddeus S. McConnell, quartermaster.
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COLUMBIA COUNTY.
In Brigadier General Robert Van Rensselaer's brigade:
Aaron Kellog, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice (Philip) Frisbe, resigned.
Elisha Gilbert, first major. vice Kellog, promoted; Palmer Cady, second major, vice Gilbert, promoted.
LIGHT INFANTRY-Patrick Hamilton, captain, vice Cady, pro- moted; Levi Preston, lieutenant, vice Hamilton. promoted; Gershom Babcock, ensign, vice Preston, promoted.
Isaac Averill, captain, vice (Elijah) Bostwick, resigned; Elihu Phinney, lieutenant, vice Averil, promoted; Lewis Graves, ensign, vice Phinney, promoted.
Ezra Davis, captain, vice Edward Wheeler, resigned; Benjamin Pierce, lieutenant, vice Davis, promoted; Peras Drake, ensign, vice Pierce, promoted; Samuel Arnold, ensign; Jesse Torrey, ensign, vice (Seth) Doubleday, removed; Joseph Cornwell, lieutenant, vice (Isaac) Garnsey, removed; Christian Gasner, ensign, vice Cornwell, promoted; Peleg Spencer, ensign, vice Hinber, removed.
Israel Skinner, quartermaster, vice (Ashel) Cooley, removed; Ben- jamin Lovejoy, ensign, vice Skinner, promoted.
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In Brigadier General Matthew Clarkson's brigade-Lieutenant Colonel Rutger Van Brunt's regimert:
LIGHT INFANTRY-Nicholas Boeram, lieutenant, vice Michael Grant; Abraham De Bevoise, ensign, vice Boeram, promoted; John 1 N. Couwenhoven, captain, vice (John) Vandevier; Peter Cortlejo, 1 lieutenant, vice Couwenhoven; Garret Vandevier, ensign, vice Cortlejo (Cortelyou).
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DUTCHESS COUNTY.
In Brigadier General Jacobus Swartwout's brigade-Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Brinckerhoff's regiment:
John Adriance, Cornelius R. Van Wyck, majors. Rem J. Adriance, captain, vice Adriance, promoted; Theodorus Van Wyck, lieutenant, vice Adriance, promoted.
LIGHT INFANTRY --- John S. Brinkerhoff, captain, vice Van Wyck; John Storms, lieutenant, vice Brinkerhoff.
The two last preceding majors claiming rank of each other, his Excellency the Governor is requested by the Council to appoint a board of officers in order to determine the same.
ALBANY COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Van Rensselaer's regiment:
Jacob Vrooman, ensign; Evert Van Arnum, ensign; Anthony Ware, lieutenant; Jacob Burhans, ensign; Jacob Settle, ensign; James Bleecker, ensign.
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RICHMOND COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Mercereau's regiment:
John Van Dyke, lieutenant, vice Ben Micheau, removed; Mark Disosway, ensign; John Houseman, lieutenant; Richard Conner, junior, ensign.
John Jacobson, paymaster, vice (Israel) Disosway, removed.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Hunting's regiment: James White, second major, vice David Mulford, promoted. Caleb Rogers, captain, vice White, promoted; Silvanus Halsey, lieutenant, vice Rogers, promoted.
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Zebulon Jessup, captain, vice (Abraham) Sayr, resigned; Charles Cooper, lieutenant, vice Jessup, promoted; David Rose, ensign, vice Cooper, promoted; Samuel Haines Rose, surgeon to said regiment.
SARATOGA COUNTY.
RESOLVED, that Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Mitchell's resigna- tion, sent to the Council, be accepted.
QUEENS COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Samuel Carman's regiment: Abraham Bedell, adjutant; Peter Hendrickson, quartermaster; Richard Morral, surgeon.
Captains-Joseph Pettet, Richard Bedell, Joseph Skidmore, Sea- man Birdsall, James Raynor, Joseph Skilman. 1
Lieutenants-John Reshmore, Lenington Dorlon, John Burtis, Thomas Carman, Enoch Seaman.
Ensigns-David Dorland, Harmanus Lott, Michael Jackson, ' Henry Raynor, Samuel Waters.
LIGHT INFANTRY-Hezekiah Bedell, captain; George Watts, lieu- tenant; Samuel Seabury, ensign.
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SARATOGA COUNTY
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John Graham's regiment:
Elihu Billings, lieutenant, vice (Nathan) Davis, deceased; Her- man Van Vechten, ensign, vice Billings, promoted; Gerard Palmer, ensign, vice (Peter) Hilton, removed; Thomas Teft, lieutenant, vice (John) Becker, removed; John W. Teft, ensign, vice (Joseph) Pet- tis, resigned; Asa Crandle, ensign, vice (Stephen) Cuyler, removed; Peter Waldron, lieutenant, vice (Isaac) Parks, removed.
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A new company-Giles Fitch, captain; Darlin Hickoc, lieutenant; John Crawford, ensign.
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A new company-David Carr, captain; John Perry, lieutenant; Malcom Crawfoot, ensign.
John M. Berry, adjutant, vice (Enoch) Place, removed; John Craig, quartermaster, vice (Hosea) Crandle, removed.
RENSSELAER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel (Jonathan) Niles' regiment: William Douglass, first major; Hosea Moffat, second major.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel John Newkerk's regiment:
Daniel Ferguson, lieutenant; Nicholas Van Slyck, ensign.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
In Brigadier General (William) Malcom's brigade:
David R. Bogert, captain lieutenant of artillery, vice (Jacobus) Suydam, removed; John Ten Eyck, first lieutenant do, vice Bogart, promoted; John Van Gelder, second lieutenant do, vice Ten Eyck, promoted; John Broome, ensign do.
John J. Morgan, captain in second regiment; Isaac L. Kipp, do; / Robert Bruce, do.
Garret Schenk, ensign in fifth regiment; Samuel B. Waldron, do; ' John Coutant, do.
ULSTER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Moses Phillips' regiment:
Alsup (Olsob, Alsop) Veal, lieutenant; Elisha Reves the second, ensign; Jacobus Swartwout, ensign.
Alexander Patterson, quartermaster.
In Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius T. Jansen's regiment :
Matthias Milspaugh, captain; John Milspaugh, lieutenant; James Barkley, junior, ensign, on east side of Pacaminck kill.
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Isaac Roosa, captain; Daniel Bull, lieutenant; John Coulter, ensign, on the west side of said kill.
In Lieutenant Colonel Jacobus S. Bruyn's regiment:
Philip Bonestale, captain, vice John Craig, removed; Elias Has- brouck, junior, lieutenant, vice Bonestale: Peter Short, ensign, vice Hasbrouck.
William Swart, captain, vice (Moses) Yeomans; William Els- worth, lieutenant, vice Swart.
Abraham Snyder, captain, vice (Martinus) Hommel, removed; Silas Edsit, lieutenant, vice Snyder; Jeremiah Snyder, ensign, vice Edsit; Levi Van Keuren, ensign; William Meyer, lieutenant; Petrus T. Meyer, ensign.
Joseph Chipp, quartermaster, vice (Coenradt Jo) Elmendorff, removed.
RESOLVED, that his Excellency the Governor be requested to issue an order for ascertaining the ranks of the Captains Tjerck 1
Beekman and Cornelius Dubois previous to the appointment of majors for the regiment of militia in Ulster county commanded by Jacobus S. Bruyn.
KINGS COUNTY. - In Lieutenant Colonel Rutger Van Brunt's regiment: Engelbert Lott, paymaster.
QUEENS COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Coles, junior's, regiment:
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James Mitchell, second major.
Burnet Snedecker, captain, vice Isaac Nostrant, resigned; Syl- vanus Smith, captain; Allen Mitchell, captain.
James Searing, lieutenant ; William Hicks, lieutenant; Jonas Den- ton, ensign; Lott Onderdonck, ensign.
1791. September 28.
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KINGS AND QUEENS COUNTIES.
In Brigadier General Matthew Clarkson's brigade:
Of a company of artillery in the brigade :- William Arison, cap- tain; John H. Smith, captain lieutenant; Thomas Lawrence, first lieutenant; Oliver Fowler, second lieutenant; Walter Burling. third lieutenant.
The resignation of Lieutenant Francis Silvester was accepted.
QUEENS COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Coles' regiment : 1791. September 23.
LIGHT INFANTRY-Samuel L. Mitchell, captain; John B. Kissam, lieutenant; Oliver Hicks, ensign; Daniel Hoogland, lieutenant; Richard Seamans, ensign.
In Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Lawrence's regiment :
Joseph Roe, captain; Cornelius Van Wyck, lieutenant; Joseph Totten, ensign; Thomas Willett, ensign.
ORANGE COUNTY.
In Major (Cornelius J.) Blauvelt's battalion: 1791. September 30.
Philip Servant, lieutenant; John Garret Blauvelt. ensign: John Van Houten, ensign.
HERKIMER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Henry Staring's late regiment :
Patrick Campbell, lieutenant colonel commandant. vice Henry Staring, first judge.
Jacob Petrie, first major; Michael Myers, second major.
Henry Frank, captain, vice John Myers, declined: Lawrence Frank. lieutenant, vice H. Frank, promoted: Michael John Myers. ensign.
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Peter F. Bellinger, captain, vice Michael Myers, promoted; Joseph Myers, lieutenant; Christopher Bellinger, ensign; Elijah Snow, ensign; Nathaniel Brown, ensign.
Aaron Scribner, captain; Oliver Standard, lieutenant; Levi But- terfield, ensign.
John Mahan, adjutant, vice James Yule, who expects promotion; Gershom Skinner, paymaster, vice Melchert Folts, declined.
His Excellency the Governor having signified to the Council his intention to divide and form the regiment in Herkimer county, lately commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (William) Colbreath, into two regiments-RESOLVED, that the following persons be and are hereby appointed officers of the said two regiments in the rank set opposite to their respective names, to wit: Daniel C. White, lieu- tenant colonel commandant, vice William Colbreath, appointed sheriff; George Doolittle, first major, vice Daniel C. White, pro- moted; Nathan Seward, second do, vice (Timothy) Tuttle.
Oliver Collins, captain; Asbald Beach, lieutenant; Jarard Chitten- den, ensign.
Seth Renney, captain of light infantry; Gamaliel Olmsted, lieu- tenant; Enoch Storey, ensign.
John Tillotson, captain; John Allen, lieutenant; Samuel Wells, ensign.
Hugh White, captain, vice G. Doolittle; Person Whitmore, lieu- tenant; Simeon Pool, ensign.
John Crandall, captain, vice N. Seward, promoted; William Stone, lieutenant; Augustus Corey, ensign.
Jedediah Philips, captain, vice Raney; Daniel McKnight, lieuten- ant; Ebenezer Wright, junior, ensign.
Hoseah Howard, captain; Stephen Cornish, lieutenant; Stephen Howard, ensign.
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Appollas Cooper, captain; Joshua Pain, lieutenant; Normond Collins, ensign.
Waitstill Dickinson, adjutant; Samuel Collins, quartermaster; Reuben Levingsworth, paymaster; Elizer Mosley, surgeon.
Timothy Tuttle, lieutenant colonel commandant of a regiment of militia in Herkimer county.
Ephraim Blackmor, first major; Andrew Blanchard, second major.
Ira Foot, captain of light infantry, vice Blackmor; Joseph Jones, lieutenant do; Amos Kellogg, ensign do.
Isaac Jones, captain; David Webster, lieutenant; Joseph Black- mor, ensign.
Joseph Cutlar, captain; Asa Wright, lieutenant; Eleazer House, ensign.
Ebenezer Butlar, captain, vice Blanchard; Barnabas Pond, lieu- tenant, vice Butlar; Joel Bristol, ensign.
Nehemiah Jones, captain; John Townsend, lieutenant: Amos Par- merly, ensign.
Caleb Merrell, captain; Rufus Blodget, lieutenant; Hannaniah Ellinwood, ensign.
Kirtland Griffen, captain; Spencer Briggs. lieutenant; Josiah Hull, ensign.
David Ostrum, captain; Amaziah Rice, lieutenant; William Clary, ensign.
Thomas Casety, adjutant; Amos Tuttle, quartermaster; Erastus Clark, paymaster; Jonathan Hall, surgeon; Sewall Hopkins, sur- geon's mate.
His Excellency the Governor having also signified to the Council his intention to form the militia of Herkimer county into a brigade,
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RESOLVED, that Jonas Platt be captain of the troop of horse in said brigade; Thomas Hooker, captain lieutenant of do; Frederick Sillick, lieutenant of do; John Young, cornet of do.
John Franks, captain of the artillery company in said brigade; James Yule, captain lieutenant of do; Andrew Clapsaddle, first lieu- tenant; Peter Smith, second lieutenant; John G. Weaber, third lieu- tenant.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Killian K. Van Rensselaer's resignation of the office of brigade inspector to Brigadier General Robert Van Rensselaer's brigade of militia in Columbia county was read and accepted.
John P. Van Ness is hereby appointed inspector of said brigade.
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RESOLVED, that Killian K. Van Rensselaer be and he is hereby appointed brigade inspector of the brigade of militia in the county of Albany, lately commanded by Brigadier General (Peter) Ganse- voort.
ULSTER COUNTY.
1792. January 13.
His Excellency the Governor having communicated to the Coun- cil that he had thought proper to form a distinct battalion of the militia in Ulster county residing westerly of the towns of Woodstock, Hurley, Marble Town and Rochester, thereupon RESOLVED, that . Frederick Augustus Dezeng be and he is hereby appointed major commandant of the said battalion.
The State election of 1792 was the most spirited since the adop- tion of the State Constitution. The Federalists had strengthened their party organization under the skillful leadership of their resourceful leaders. Every advantage had been taken of the mis- takes committed by the anti-Federalists. who were in power; no'
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effort had been spared to weaken and destroy Governor Clin- ton's influence. As a preliminary to the opening of the campaign, a savage attack was made upon Governor Clinton by the Federal- ists in the Legislature for his agency and partiality in the sale of the public lands. The war was carried into every county, and the general result unquestionably proved injurious to the Governor. At the same time, the Federalists suffered for the want of an acceptable candidate. Judge Yates declined a renomination; the patroon, Stephen Van Rensselaer, would listen to no argument; Chancellor Livingston's name was mentioned now and then, more or less favor- ably, and Chief Justice John Jay, though regarded as the best equipped and strongest candidate in the estimation of the politicians, refused his consent. Aaron Burr had begun to marplot against friend and enemy in the game of national politics. His ambition was unbounded. The governorship of New York was to be used as a stepping stone to that loftier office which he all but succeeded in grasping, a few years later.
John Jay had held a greater variety of public offices than any other man in New York State. As a member of the Provincial Con- gress; of the Committee of One Hundred; of the Continental Con- gress; as president of Congress; as regent of the University; as a boundary commissioner, and as minister to Spain, he had acquired a vast fund of knowledge of public affairs and of human nature, which, properly applied, would prove of incalculable advantage to his State. Upon his return from Madrid, he was trebly honored. The city of New York presented him with the freedom of the city in a gold box; the State of New York with the appointment of dele- gate to Congress; the Congress with the responsible position of secretary for foreign affairs. As secretary he had opened up to him all the weaknesses and deficiencies of the articles of
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confederation. Thus he was enabled to join Hamilton and Madi- son as a powerful contributor to the Federalists in the plan to form a strong central government. His popularity had been tested in 1788, when he received all but 98 out of 2,833 votes, in running as a delegate from the city of New York to the State convention called to ratify the Federal constitution. With Wash- ington, Jay had always been a great favorite. It was not surpris- ing, therefore, that the first President, upon the organization of the national government, should have offered to Jay any office within his gift. Jay selected that of chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, but acted as Secretary of State, at the request of Washington, until Thomas Jefferson reported for duty at the seat of government. In 1785 he had declined to take the nomination for Governor of New York, although warmly importuned by his most intimate friends; but in 1792, though preferring the more con- genial life of a jurist, he finally yielded to the solicitations of his friends, who had been reinforced in the movement by Washington. The State canvassers, consisting of a joint committee of both branches of the Legislature, six from each house, convened on the second Tuesday in June, 1792. A dispute arose among the canvassers over the right of canvassing and accepting the returns from the counties of Clinton, Otsego and Tioga. Under the law the sheriff of each county was required to transmit the ballot boxes to the Secretary of State. The votes of Clinton county were delivered to the Secretary of State by a person not legally qualified, although he had received them from the sheriff of the county; those from Otsego were forwarded by a hold-over sheriff; and those from Tioga were received by the Secretary from a clerk of the special deputy appointed by the sheriff. Unable to reach an agreement, the State canvassers submitted the questions
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in dispute to the two United States Senators, Rufus King and Colonel Aaron Burr. The former expressed the opinion that the votes of all three counties should be accepted. Colonel Burr favored the canvassing of the votes in Clinton county, but believed that the votes in Otsego and Tioga counties should be rejected. A majority of the canvassers concluded to reject the votes from the three coun- ties, and under the law their decision was final. This decision defeated John Jay; for, had the votes in Otsego county been counted, his election would have been assured. Clinton's majority was one hundred and eight.
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The Assembly this year selected as members of the Council of Appointment David Pye of Orange, Philip Van Cortlandt of West- chester, Stephen Van Rensselaer of Albany, and William Powers of Columbia. The first two were Republicans and the last two Federalists.
ORANGE COUNTY.
In Brigadier General John Hathorn's brigade:
James W. Wilkin, captain of the artillery company; Zebulon Wheeler, captain lieutenant; William Morris Thompson, first lieu- tenant; David Mandeville, second lieutenant; Hezekiah Howell, junior, third lieutenant.
1792. February 21.
QUEENS COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Lawrence's regiment:
William Carpenter, captain, vice Daniel Higby, resigned; Aures Remsen, lieutenant, vice Waters Lamberson, do; Rem Noostrandt, ensign; David Roe, ensign.
In Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Coles, junior's, regiment:
Charles Weeks, captain; James Thorn. lieutenant: Stephen Craft, ensign.
Tredwell Kissam, quartermaster.
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SUFFOLK COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel John Smith's regiment:
Jonathan Dickenson, captain, vice Austin Roe, resigned; Joseph Brewster, junior, lieutenant, vice Jonathan Dickenson, promoted; Jonathan Mills, junior, ensign, vice Joseph Brewster, promoted; William Smith, junior, lieutenant, vice Doxey Lane, resigned; Oba- diah Reeve, ensign, vice William Smith, promoted; Joseph B. Roe, ensign of light infantry, vice Daniel Roe, resigned.
Daniel Comstock, surgeon; William Bartlett, surgeon's mate.
In Lieutenant Colonel Benajah Strong's regiment:
William Nicoll, captain, vice Jeremiah Terry, resigned; William Wheeler, lieutenant, vice Jacob Wheeler, resigned.
Jonas Mills, junior, captain, vice Samuel Smith, deceased Epinetus Smith, lieutenant, vice Jonas Mills, promoted; Jacot Smith, ensign, vice Epinetus Smith, promoted.
In Colonel Benjamin Hunting's regiment:
Abraham Person, ensign, vice Henry More, moved away; Noal Mason, ensign, vice Abraham Corey, promoted.
In General (William) Floyd's brigade:
Nathaniel Concklin, captain lieutenant of the troop of horse, viq William Mills, resigned; Gilbert Platt, lieutenant of said troop, vic Oliver Smith, declined; Solomon Smith, cornet of do, vice Brewste Blydenburgh, moved away.
ULSTER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel George Denniston's regiment:
Leonard Smith, second major, vice Samuel Cooper, moved away
David Denniston, captain; Alexander Falls, lieutenant; Josep Belknap, ensign.
John Bond, captain; Michael Wigant, lieutenant; Joseph More ensign.
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Derick Amerman, captain; Chancey Belknap, lieutenant: Jona- than Belknap, junior, ensign.
Reuben Tooker, captain; Francis Smith, lieutenant : John Kniffen, ensign.
Eleazer Gidney, captain; Daniel Smith, lieutenant; Thomas Cars- caden, ensign; James McKee, ensign.
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