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Joshua Wicoff, first lieutenant; Thadeus Wood, second lieutenant, and Coleman Keeler, cornet, of Captain Walter D. Nicoll's troop of horse.
COLUMBIA COUNTY-EASTERN DIVISION.
In Brigadier General Henry Livingston's brigade:
The following officers of militia in the eastern division (Major General Robert Van Rensselaer's) having (regularly) made their
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resignations, to wit: Thomas Frothingham, captain of a company of artillery; George Philip, captain of a company in the Claverack regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Mansfield's); Captain Cas- parus Schult, Captain Anthony Sneyder, Lieutenant Marcus Koon and Ensign Adam Cunn of Colonel (Samuel) Ten Broeck's regi- ment :- RESOLVED, that their resignations be accepted.
RENSSELAER COUNTY.
The Council proceeded to take into consideration the remon- strance of a number of officers in the regiment lately commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (Samuel) Shaw, in the county of Rensselaer, against Thomas Palmer, the present lieutenant colonel commandant of the same, and having heard and considered the facts and reasons on which the said remonstrance is founded, are of opinion that there is reason to apprehend that the said Thomas Palmer ought not to continue in that office; RESOLVED, that the further consideration of this subject be postponed until the twenty-ninth day of September next, and that his Excellency the Commander-in-chief be requested to suspend the said Thomas Palmer from the command of the said regiment in the meantime: ORDERED, that a copy of this resolution and of the said remonstrance be transmitted by the adjutant general to the said Thomas Palmer to the end that he may have an oppor- tunity of then appearing before the Council or of making to them any communications that he may think proper.
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The nineteenth session of the legislature began in the city of New York, January 6, 1796. General William North was reelected speaker of the Assembly. The Council of Appointment chosen were Joshua Sands of Kings, Ebenezer Russell of Washington, and Michael Myers of Herkimer, all Federalists; and Abraham Schenck of Dutchess, Republican.
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The first clash between the Governor and the Council of Appoint- ment over the exclusive and conclusive authority of making appoint- ments, the Governor or the Council, had occurred in October, 1793. The Federalists favored the appointment of Egbert Benson to the Supreme Court bench as an additional or fifth judge. Governor Clinton himself was opposed to the Republican candidate, Peter W. Yates, and naturally was supported by a large proportion of his party. The Governor manifested reluctance in his refusal to nominate Judge Yates, because of the factional quarrel that such a course might engender. He diplomatically protected him- self, by questioning the advisability of adding one more judge to the Supreme Court bench. Two of the members of the Council of Appointment, Messrs. Frey and Hasbrouck, agreed with the Governor on this proposition; their colleagues, Messrs Gelston and Woodworth, differed with them, but were unable to decide upon a candidate. It was here that the Council and the Governor estab- lished their first conflict. The members claimed the concurrent right with the Governor in the nomination of all officers and endeav- ored to exercise that right. Further consideration of the subject was deferred until the following Monday. The deadlock still con- tinued, and Governor Clinton adjourned the proceedings from the government house in New York to the city hall in Albany, the first Tuesday in January, 1794. Resenting the course of the Council in their failure to elevate Egbert Benson to the new judgeship, the Federalists, who were largely in the majority in both branches of the legislature, began a violent attack upon the Governor and Council, through Josiah Ogden Hoffman, as soon as Governor 1 Clinton and the Senate left the Assembly chamber at the opening of the session in January, 1794. Mr. Hoffman condemned the Council in unsparing terms, and made a motion that the House pro-
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ceed at once to the election of a new Council. Several members pro- tested against such a course on the ground that the old Council had not served a year, and that the appointment of a new one at this time might lead to all sorts of complications. Mr. Hoffman's proposition prevailed however, and the House accordingly elected Philip Schuy- ler, Zina Hitchcock, Selah Strong, Federalists, and Reuben Hopkins, Republican. The new council assembled in the Senate chamber, Albany on Wednesday, January 29, 1794, and, fulfilling the purpose for which they were chosen, appointed Egbert Benson a judge of the Supreme Court. Governor Clinton protested in vain against" this proceeding, insisting that under the constitution the exclusive right of appointment was vested in the Governor.
With this undecided problem in mind, Governor Jay in his first address to the legislature in 1796, requested the passage of a declaratory law fixing the proper construction of the constitution in the matter of the exclusive power of appointment. Although both branches of the legislature returned respectful addresses to the Governor's speech, a significant silence was maintained on this proposition. Since the Benson episode the attitude of both parties had become reversed. So long as the Governor represented the Republicans and a majority of the Council of Appointment, the Federalists, it was to the interest of the Republicans, from the patronage standpoint, to demand that the sole authority was lodged not in the Council but in the Governor, as it was for the Federalists to claim that the Council, not the Governor, possessed equal power. But now the Governor, Jay, was a Federalist. The Federalists could not, therefore, without stultification de- mand power for the Governor of their party which they had denied to their Republican opponents, any more than the Repub- licans could attempt to deprive the Federalist Governor of authority
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which they maintained had belonged to the representative of their party, when they exercised executive control.
Under the enumeration of 1795 submitted to Secretary of State, Lewis Allaire Scott, January 20, 1796, the freeholders of the State numbered 36,338, and the voters, including those entitled to vote for members of Assembly, 66,017. Under the provisions of the first constitution, when the number of electors in any one district should increase to an amount equal to one twenty-fourth of the whole num- ber in the State, as then existing, an additional Senator should be chosen by such district, and the number of Senators might be increased until the total number of Senators numbered one hundred. Twenty additional Senators were therefore to be elected-increasing the total number of Senators to forty-four-seventeen of whom were assigned to the western district. For equalization purposes, Albany and Saratoga, by legislative enactment, were transferred to the east- ern district.
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In Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Abeel's regiment :
Captain John Schepmous having (irregularly) resigned, his resig- nation is accepted; John Freligh, captain, vice Jno Schepmous, resigned; Wm V. B. Moor, lieutenant, vice J Freligh, promoted; Justice Blanchard, ensign.
Matthew Van Loon, captain; Joseph Heath, lieutenant; John Brando, ensign, of a company in the town of Loonenburgh.
John Ellis, lieutenant, vice Ab'm Salisbury, deputy sheriff; John Rouwe, ensign, vice J. Ellis, promoted; John Done, lieutenant of light infantry, vice B. Wolcott, who refuses to equip himself; Nathan'l Bennet, ensign of light infantry, vice the said John Done, promoted.
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Brigadier General David McCarty's brigade:
In Captain Electus Backus' troop of horse: Josiah Curtis, first lieutenant; Martin H. B. Ten Eyck, second lieutenant: William McCarty, cornet.
Benjamin Moore, inspector of said brigade, to serve also as a brigade major with the rank of a major.
ONTARIO, ONONDAGA AND STEUBEN COUNTIES.
In Brigadier General Othniel Taylor's brigade:
John Cooper, inspector of brigade, to serve also as a brigade major with the rank of a major.
RENSSELAER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jonathan Niles' regiment: Reuben Delano, captain of light infantry. vice (Alexander) Cone, removed.
Nathaniel Spring, lieutenant do, vice R Delano, promoted; William Sheldon, ensign do, vice H'y Platt, do; Simon Sprague, ensign, vice D'1 Stephens, removed; Benjamin Sacket, captain, vice Jno Wylie, deceased; Jonathan Brown, lieutenant, vice Wyatt Rose, do; Joshua Kindall, ensign, vice J. Brown, promoted; Gideon Adams, lieutenant, vice Juduthan Wythy, removed; Oliver Emmans, ensign, vice G. Adams, promoted; Samuel Vary, ensign, vice Ch's Dennison, removed.
Henry Platt, adjutant, vice Jer'h Landon, promoted; Charles Beckwith, surgeon, vice Calvin Pardee, deceased.
Brigadier General Henry K. Van Rensselaer's brigade:
In Captain Jeremiah Landon's troop of horse: Winthrop Root, cornet.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John W. Groesbeck's regi- ment:
Samuel Douglass, captain, vice Wm Pierce, removed.
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COLUMBIA COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Ten Broeck's regiment:
Captain John Best, having (regularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
Frederick Meyer, captain, vice Casparus Schultz, resigned; Chris- topher Medler, lieutenant, vice Frederick Meyer, promoted; Richard Townsend, ensign, vice Christopher Medler, do.
John Wigram, captain, vice A. Snyder, resigned; Cornelius Miller, lieutenant, vice Mar's Coen, do; George P. Snyder, ensign, vice A. Coen, do.
Tiel Rockefeller, captain, vice Jno Best, do; Thomas G. Van Steenbergh, lieutenant, vice Tiel Rockefeller, promoted; Jacob Concklin, ensign; Barent Van Deusen, lieutenant, vice R. Spoor, removed; Diedrick Groat, ensign, vice B. Van Deusen, promoted. James Smith Livingston, adjutant, vice Jno Wigram, do.
Asa Holmes, captain, vice T. Trafford, refuses to accept; Zenas Birch, lieutenant, vice Wm Elliott, do; Peter Wheeler, ensign, vice Asa Holmes, promoted.
Henry Hoffman, captain of light infantry, vice Caleb Finch, who declines; John Adam Strebell, lieutenant of do, vice H. Hoffman, ; promoted; James Calpin, ensign of do, vice Strebell, do; John B. Ten Eyck, lieutenant of do, vice Jacob Best, removed.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Palmer Cady's regiment:
Abel Bristol, captain, vice Elihu Phinney, removed; Lupton Warner, lieutenant, vice Abel Bristol, promoted; Elijah Bostwick, junior, ensign, vice Lupton Warner, do.
Levi Preston, captain of light infantry, vice P(atrick) Hamilton, removed; Gershom Babcock, lieutenant of do, vice Levi Preston, promoted; Daniel Benjamin, ensign of do, vice G. Babcock, do.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Philip Van Alstyne's regi- ment :
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John A. Van Beuren, captain, vice Ab'm Vosburgh, removed; William Bond, lieutenant, vice Jno A. V'n Beuren, promoted; Peter T. V'n Slyck, ensign, vice Wm Bond, do.
Jason Lister, surgeon, vice Jno J. Beeckman, deceased; Henry L. Van Dyck, surgeon's mate.
ALBANY COUNTY.
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In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jacob Hochstrasser's regi- ment: .
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Ariel Moredock, captain, vice Ashbel Culver, resigned; Asa Cul- vard, captain, vice M. Colkins, moved; Jonathan Crocker, lieuten- ant, vice Ariel Moredock, promoted; James Holmes, lieutenant, vice Asa Culvard, do; Jotham Curtis, lieutenant, vice Jno West, moved; Asa Abbot, lieutenant, vice Christian Knieskern, moved; Stephen Callender, ensign, vice Jonathan Crocker, promoted; Ebenezer Jackson, ensign, vice Ja's Holmes, promoted; Sanford Tracy, ensign, vice Jotham Curtis, do; David Babcock, junior, ensign, vice Asa Abbot, do.
Lieutenant Colonel (John) Mynderse of Major General (Peter) . Gansevoort's (western) division having (regularly) resigned, his resignation is 'accepted; Jellis A. Fonda, lieutenant colonel com- mandant, vice Mynderse, resigned.
Jellis Fonda, first major, vice J. A. Fonda, promoted; Andrew Van Patten, second major, vice Jellis Fonda, do.
Jacob Swits, captain, vice Jno. B. Vrooman, refusing to serve, not qualified and exempted by age.
Adam J. Vrooman, captain, vice (Cornelius Van) Santvoort, appointed coroner and refusing to serve in the regiment.
Bartholomy Clute, captain, vice J. Van Slyck, refusing to serve, qualify, and exempted by age; Henry Van Dyck, lieutenant, vice 13. Clute, promoted; Jacob Schermerhorne, lieutenant, vice A. S.
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Vrooman, do; Jacob Mabie, lieutenant, vice A. J. Vrooman, do; Simon Toll, lieutenant, vice J. Switz, do; John Starks, ensign, vice J. Dorn, removed; Alexander Vedder, ensign, vice H. Vª Dyck, promoted; John Lighthall, ensign, vice S. Toll, do; Lewis Bartright, ensign, vice J. Mabie, do; Douw Clute, ensign, vice J. Schermer- horne, do.
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His Excellency on the report and recommendation of the adju- tant general having been pleased to order that the inhabitants of' Duanesburgh in the county of Albany be formed into one battalion, RESOLVED, that William North be and he is hereby appointed major commandant thereof.
Leonard Bronck, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice Philip Conine, junior, who refuses to accept.
SARATOGA COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Rogers' regiment:
Captain John Perry having (irregularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
WHEREAS on the twelfth day of June, 1793, a commission was issued to Jesse Billings as a lieutenant in said regiment AND WHEREAS the person intended to be appointed and commissioned to that office was Elihu Billings, therefore, RESOLVED that the said Elihu Billings be a lieutenant in said regiment, vice the said Jesse Billings, to take rank from the said 12th of June, 1793.
LIGHT INFANTRY-Jared Palmer, captain, vice D. Guile, resigned; Darius Hand, lieutenant, vice J. Palmer, promoted: Sherman Pat- terson, ensign, vice D. Hand, do.
Grover Buell, captain, vice Solomon Wheeler, removed; John Thompson, lieutenant, vice G. Buell, promoted; James Vander- werker, ensign, vice J. Thompson, do.
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Daniel Ketcham, captain, vice Alex'r Baldwin, moved; Esseck Mathewson, lieutenant, vice Seth Ketchum, do; David Tillotson, ensign, vice D. Ketcham, promoted.
Malcom Crofoot, captain, vice J. Perry, resigned; Malachi Cox, lieutenant, vice M. Crofoot, promoted; Samuel Bailey, captain, vice Darlin Hickok, removed; Daniel Boardman, lieutenant, vice S. Bailey, promoted; George Taylor, ensign, vice D. Boardman, do; Silas Holmes, lieutenant, vice J. Holmes, removed; Josiah Mead, ensign, vice S. Holmes, promoted.
Daniel Morgan, captain of light infantry, vice A. Low, do; Killian Winne, lieutenant of do, vice D. Morgan, do; James Milligan, ensign of do, vice K. Winne, do.
Isaac Perry, adjutant of said regiment, having (irregularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
Asahel Porter, adjutant; Samuel Scovel, first major, vice (David) Kerr, who has removed; Abraham Low, second major, vice Scovel, promoted.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Samuel Clark's regiment:
Ebenezer Davis, captain, vice Jesse Toll, who refuses to accept; John Ward, lieutenant, vice E Davis, promoted; John Toll, ensign, vice J. Ward, do.
Robert Hunter, captain, vice (Ashbell) Andrews (junior), moved; Josiah Richmond, lieutenant, vice R. Hunter, promoted; David Bidwell, ensign, vice J. Richmond, promoted.
Joseph Dickenson, captain, vice (Seth) Burges, moved; Reuben Woodworth, lieutenant, vice J. Dickenson, promoted; Jacob Rogers, ensign, vice R. Woodworth, do.
Cornelius Vandenbergh, captain of light infantry; David More- house, lieutenant of do; Richard Dunning, ensign of do.
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Ira Johnson, adjutant, vice (Eli) Stone, promoted.
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John Vandenbergh having (regularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted; Aaron Comstock, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice Vandenbergh, resigned.
Hezekiah Ketchum, first major, vice Comstock, promoted; Guert Van Schoonhoven, second major, vice (Benjamin) Rosecrantz, resigned, and whose resignation being regularly made is hereby accepted.
Ephraim Schouten, captain, vice (Henry) V'n Hening, refuses to. qualify; James Rosekrans, lieutenant, vice (Jacob) Miller, do; John J. Vincent, ensign, vice E. Schouten, promoted.
John Smith, captain, vice G. V'n Schoonhoven, do; John Hazard, lieutenant, vice Jno Smith, do.
Gerardus G. Clute, captain light infantry, vice Ketchum, do; Seth Baker, lieutenant of light infantry, vice Clute, promoted; William Wattles, ensign of do, vice (Ziah) Barnes, moved.
In Lieutenant Colonel John Ball's regiment:
John Prior, captain, vice E. Fillimore, removed; Elisha Cham- berlain, lieutenant, vice Jno Prior, promoted; Thaddeus Curtis, ensign, vice E. Chamberlain, do; Martin Kellogg, lieutenant, vice ; (Elias) Stilwell, removed; Silas Foster, ensign, vice M. Kellogg, pro- moted; John Fitch, lieutenant, vice L. Stewart (Silas Sewart), removed; Richard Hopkins, ensign, vice J. Fitch, promoted; Aaron Jeroms, lieutenant, vice Williams, removed; Rowland Green, ensign, vice Z. Burnet, do.
William Baker, captain of grenadiers, vice T. Hewit, do; Ben- jamin Gregory, lieutenant of do, vice Baker, promoted; Daniel I Lyon, ensign.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
David Beverley, captain in Lieutenant Colonel Robert Yates' regiment, and George Condreman, captain in Lieutenant Colonel
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Christopher P. Yates' regiment, having respectively (regularly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Robert Yates' regiment:
John Herrick, junior, captain; Silvanus Willcox, lieutenant; Stephen Burton, ensign, of a new company in Charleston.
/ Peter Voorheis, captain; John Cockley, lieutenant; John Willcox, ensign, of a new company in said Charleston.
Ichabod Palmer, captain; Hezekiah Matterson, lieutenant; John Spore, ensign, of a new company in said Charleston.
Jonathan Ruff, captain, vice Daniel Cady, removed; Asa Water- man, junior, lieutenant, vice G. Serviss, resigned; Andrew Johnson, ensign, vice Jno. Cain, removed.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Christopher P. Yates' regi- ment:
John Meyer, lieutenant, vice Abraham Mabee, resigned; Abraham Burr, ensign, vice Jno. Meyer, promoted; Nicholas Van Everen, ensign of light infantry.
OTSEGO COUNTY.
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Alexander Harper, Captain Samuel Johnston, and Lieutenant Michael Goodrich having (irregu- larly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
Witter Johnston, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice Harper, resigned.
Benjamin Morse, first major, vice Johnston, promoted.
James Harper, captain of light infantry, vice B. Morse, do; William Harper, lieutenant of do, vice J. Harper, do; Reuben Branard, ensign of do, vice Wm Harper, do.
Asa Turner, captain of light infantry, vice Benjamin Ray, removed; Moses Clark, lieutenant of do, vice Asa Turner, promoted; Oliver Burk, ensign of do, vice Moses Clark, do.
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Peter Bunda, captain, vice Jno Spring, removed; Aaron Cham- berlain, lieutenant, vice Peter Bunda, promoted; Solomon Hasel- den, ensign, vice A. Chamberlain, do.
David Henry, captain, vice Jno Brown, disabled by infirmity; Isaac Patchin, lieutenant, vice David Henry, promoted; Levi Galord, ensign, vice Isaac Patchin, do.
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Robert North, captain; John Ellis, lieutenant, vice Rob't North, promoted; Thadeus Hoyt, ensign.
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Hugh Johnson, captain, vice Sol'n Martin, removed; Charles Wattles, lieutenant, vice H. Johnson, promoted; Luther Bush, ensign, vice Ch's Wattles, do.
Hugh Sloan, captain, vice Pelatiah Whitmore, removed; John Denniston, lieutenant, vice John French, deceased; Jonathan Shel- don, ensign, vice Caleb Ferris, do.
Ephraim Barret, captain, vice Gideon Frisby, resigned; Putnam Farrington, lieutenant, vice Eph'm Barret, promoted; Philip Frisby, ensign, vice P. Farrington, do.
Archibald Harper, captain; Henry Burgardt, lieutenant; Abraham Hoghtaling, ensign, of a new company in the town of Kortright, south side of Charlotte river.
Samuel Frisby, captain; Samuel Handford, lieutenant; Jonathan Skinner, ensign, of a new company in the town of Franklin, on the Delaware river.
Major James Butterfield, of Lieutenant Colonel David Baits' regi- ment, having (irregularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
HERKIMER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jocob Petrie's regiment :
Richard Petrie, first major, vice Peter P. Bellinger, moved; William Feeter, second major, vice Rich'd Petrie, promoted.
Laurence Harter, captain of light infantry, vice Jost Hess, moved;
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Daniel J. Petrie, lieutenant of do, vice Laurence Harter, promoted; Frederick Eddig, ensign of do, vice Dan'l J. Petrie, do.
John J. Petrie, captain of do, vice W'm. Feeter, do; Christopher P. Bellinger, lieutenant of do, vice Jno J. Petrie, do; Eli Ball, ensign of do, vice C. P. Bellinger, do; Elijalı Goodell, lieutenant, vice D. Bentsley, do; Levi Cole, ensign, vice Jacob Hoover, refuses to accept; Caleb Braton, lieutenant, vice Mark Petrie, disabled and past 45 years of age; Rudolph Davendorf, ensign, vice Caleb Bra- ton, promoted.
Abijah Mann, captain, vice Nath'l Brown, who refuses to accept; Isaac Robinson, lieutenant, vice Abijah Mann, promoted.
Jonathan Burch, captain, vice Laurence Harter, transferred to light infantry; Eli Warner, lieutenant, vice Jonathan Burch, pro- moted; Shem Trueman, ensign, vice Rob't Linsey, promoted to paymaster.
Carpenter Cole, captain, vice Aaron Scribner, moved away.
George Rosecrantz, adjutant, vice Oliver Standard, do; Robert Linsey, paymaster, vice Geo: Rosecrantz, promoted.
David Bentsley, captain; Wyman Eaton, lieutenant; Abiezar | Richman, ensign, of a new company at Norway.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant George Doolittle's regiment: 1 Captain Hugh White having (regularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
Nathan Seward, first major, vice Geo: Doolittle, promoted; Oliver Collins, second major, vice Nathan Seward, do.
Jared Chittenden, captain, vice Oliver Collins, do; Cana Mills, lieutenant, vice Ashbell Beach, resigned; Amok Miller, ensign.
John Townsend, captain, vice J. Jones, past the age of 45 years and resigned; Benjamin Blackmore, lieutenant, vice Jno Townsend, promoted; Walter Cone, ensign, vice (Amos) Pamersly, moved. 23
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Parsons Wetmore, captain, vice Hugh White, resigned; Reuben Willcox, lieutenant, vice P. Wetmore, promoted; Jacob Partreck, ensign, vice R. Willcox, do.
In Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Tuttle's regiment:
Nathaniel Austin, captain; Joseph Guthrie, lieutenant; George Anderson, ensign, of a new company on the 8th and 9th of the townships commonly called the Twenty townships.
James Benham, captain; Aaron Morse, lieutenant; Anthony Rhodes, ensign, of a new company on part of the Free-Mason and . a part of Coxe's patent.
John Noyce, captain; Benedict Babcock, lieutenant; John York, ensign, of a new company on the 18th and 19th of said townships.
Samuel Payne, captain; Thomas Hart, lieutenant; Nathaniel Col- lins, ensign, of a new company on the 4th and 5th of said townships.
Samuel St. Clair, captain; Benjamin Morriss, lieutenant; Theo- dore Harding, ensign, of a new company on the 2d of said townships.
Nathaniel Hasket, captain; Roswell Horskims, lieutenant; Isaac Horskims, ensign, of a new company on the 19th of the said townships.
Amaziah Royce, captain, vice David Ostrum, moved; Sebe Brain- ard, lieutenant, vice Amaziah Royce, promoted; Ephraim Walker, ensign, vice Sebe Brainard, do; Richard Whitney, lieutenant, vice Jno Hennoston, moved; Eleazer House, lieutenant, vice Asa Wright, do; Selah Seymour, ensign, vice Eleazer House, promoted; Amos Kellog, lieutenant of light infantry, vice Joseph Jones, moved; Jesse Curtiss, ensign of do, vice Amos Kellog, promoted; Roger W. Steel, , ensign, vice James Benham, promoted; George Brown, ensign, vice : Samuel St Clair, do.
Sewall Hopkins, surgeon, vice Jonathan Hall, moved; Caleb
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Sampson, surgeon's mate, vice Sewall Hopkins, promoted; Josiah A. Whitney, adjutant, vice Thos Casety, do.
TIOGA COUNTY.
In Major Commandant William Whitney's battalion:
Isaac Garnsey, major, to take rank from the 5th of October, 1793. John Judd, lieutenant, vice Edmund Badger, moved; Jesse Will- mit, ensign, vice Eli Osborn, do.
William Rose, captain, vice Ebenezer Green, do; Roger Delano, lieutenant, vice Wm Rose, promoted; Joseph Leonard, ensign, vice Roger Delano, do.
Nathaniel Taggard, captain, vice Caleb Piper, refuses to accept; John Cunningham, lieutenant, vice Nath'l Taggard, promoted; Asa Squires, ensign.
Jotham Parker, captain of light infantry in said battalion; Thomas Ingersol, lieutenant of do; Jonathan Andrews, ensign of do.
Onias Crampton, surgeon.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
WHEREAS the following entry appears in the Minutes of Coun- cil of the 4th December, 1795. " His Excellency the Commander- " in-chief having on the report and recommendation of the adjutant " general thought proper to form a troop of horse at present : "to consist of one captain, one lieutenant, two sergeants, two i " corporals, one sadler, one farrier, one trumpeter and twenty four " privates to be raised from the regiment commanded by Lieutenant "Colonel Peter Yates in Brigadier General (Volkert) Veeder's " brigade in the county of Montgomery, the troop to be compleated "out of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newkerk's regiment when "Lieutenant Colonel Newkerk or the commandant of said regiment ' shall report the regiment prepared to furnish its proper proportion
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