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" of men," and WHEREAS it was then intended by the Council to appoint Bernard Hudson captain, and Daniel Paris first lieutenant, of said troop, but thro' inadvertence the entry thereof was not then made: Resolved, therefore, that the said Bernard Hudson be and he is hereby appointed captain and Daniel Paris first lieu- tenant of the said troop, and that they respectively take rank from the said 4th December, 1795.
NEW YORK COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Gerard Steddiford's (first) regiment:
John H. Hulett, captain, vice T. Schenck, removed.
Francis Arden, captain, vice A. Rutgers, deceased.
Jacob Roome, captain, vice O. Glean, removed; James Riker, captain; John Tabele, captain; John McKenzie, lieutenant, vice J. H. Hulett, promoted; John Mercereau, lieutenant, vice Fr's Arden, do; Richard Ham, lieutenant, vice J. Roome, do; Cornelius Herttell, lieutenant, vice J. Riker, do; Thomas Herttell, lieutenant, vice J. Tabele, do; John T. Duryee, lieutenant: Tobias Van Zandt, ' lieutenant; Thomas Ellison, ensign, vice J. McKenzie, do; Robert Sharp, ensign, vice J. Mercereau, do; James Beekman, ensign, vice R. Ham, do; John Watts, junior, ensign, vice C. Herttell, do.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant William Boyd's (second) regiment :
Archibald McCullum, captain, vice Walter W. Heyer, promoted; . John Kingsland, captain, vice G. Rutgers, removed; Alexander Mowatt, captain, vice W. J. Vredenburgh, promoted; John Devine, ! captain, vice Rob't Rutgers, promoted; Isaac Forbes, captain, vice (Joseph) Pitcairn, absent; David Longworth, lieutenant, vice McCullum, promoted; Leonard Kip, lieutenant, vice Kingsland, do; John Harrington, lieutenant, vice Mowatt, do; John Bush, lieuten-
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ant, vice Devine, do; William N. Kettletas, ensign, vice Harrington, do; Peter Kettletas, ensign, vice Bush, do; Teunis Dey, ensign, vice Devine, do; John B. Miller, ensign: Edward Lyde, junior, ensign.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Jacob Morton's (third) regiment:
John Beekman, captain, vice Jas Beekman, promoted; Henry J. Wyckoff, captain, vice P. Van Zandt, do; John Elting, captain, vice (David) Harriott (Harrad), resigned; William Cocks, lieutenant, vice Jno Beekman, promoted; Elbert Jones, lieutenant, vice H. J. Wyckoff, do; Peter Augustus Jay, ensign, vice Wm Cocks, do; George C. Morton, ensign, vice E. Jones, do.
Henry Sands, Henry Livingston, Henry A. Livingston, Richard M. Malcom, ensigns.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Benjamin North's (fourth) regiment:
Charles Watkins, captain, vice Js. L. Bogert, promoted; Caleb Boyle, captain, vice G. Furman, do; Ezekiel Dodge captain, vice WV. Fish, do; Elias Hicks, captain, vice A. Anthony, do; Henry Hunt, lieutenant, vice Watkins, do; Jasper Ward, lieutenant, vice Boyle, do; Jabez Pell, lieutenant, vice Dodge, do; William Hurtin, lieutenant, vice Hicks, do; Elbert Haring, ensign, vice H. Hunt, do; John Tom, ensign, vice Ward, do; Charles Adams, ensign, vice Pell, do; William Cutting, ensign, vice Hurtin, do.
John Onderdonck, surgeon.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant John Van Dyck's (fifth) regiment:
Benjamin Pomeroy, ensign, vice James Hewitt, resigned; Solo- mon (Francis) Saltus, junior, ensign; Gerard I. Bancker, first lieu- tenant of the brigade company of artillery commanded by Captain John Ten Eyck.
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RICHMOND COUNTY.
Richard Decker, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Mersereau, resigned.
Joseph Perine, first major, vice R. Decker, promoted; John Androvet, second major, vice J. Perine, do.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Phineas Herd, captain of a troop of horse in General (Henry) Wisner's brigade having (irregularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
Charles Howell, captain, vice said Phineas Herd, resigned; Thomas Welling, first lieutenant, vice Howell, promoted; David M. Westcott, second lieutenant, vice Welling, do; Andrew Jones, cor- net, vice Westcott, do.
JOHN JAY, GOVERNOR.
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John Jay, second governor of New York, was born in the city of New York December 12, 1745; educated at Kings afterward Columbia College; admitted to the bar 1768; member of the Provincial Convention; Committee of One Hundred; of the Council of Safety and of the Boundary Commission; delegate to the Con- tinental Congress and to the Provincial Congress; chief justice of the Supreme Court of New York 1777-1779; regent 1787; delegate to the convention of 1788 to ratify the Federal constitution; vice chancellor 1787-1790; chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789-1801 ; minister to England 1794-1796; governor of New York 1796-1801; chancellor of the university 1796-1801; retired from public life in May, 1801, to his home in Bedford, West- chester county, where he died May 17, 1829, in the eighty-fourth year of his age.
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NEW YORK COUNTY.
Lieutenant Colonel John Van Dyck of the fifth regiment of the city and county of New York having (irregularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
Whereas on the IIth of April last Solomon Saltus, junior, was by mistake appointed an ensign in the fifth regiment of militia in the city and county of New York, whereof John Van Dyck was lieu- tenant colonel commandant, Francis Saltus, junior, having been the person intended; THEREFORE, Resolved, that the said Francis Saltus, junior, be and he is hereby appointed an ensign in the said fifth regi- ment instead of Solomon Saltus, and that a commission issue to him accordingly.
The legislature which had convened in the city of New York November 1, 1796, for the purpose of choosing presidential electors, adjourned on the IIth, to meet in Albany January 3, 1797. Gulian Verplanck was elected Speaker of the Assembly. The new Council of Appointment was selected early in the month: Andrew Onder- donk of Queens, Ambrose Spencer of Columbia, Leonard Ganse- voort of Albany, and Thomas Morris of Ontario-all Federalists.
The legislature this session passed two important measures-one to establish the capital of the State at Albany, the other creating the office of State Comptroller, abolishing the officer of Auditor, which had in 1782 supplanted the office of Auditor-general, established by the Provincial Convention in 1776.
ALBANY COUNTY.
WHEREAS on the seventh day of December, 1795, Benjamin Brock- way was appointed thro' mistake adjutant of the regiment of militia in the county of Albany, whercof Anthony Abeel is lieutenant colonel commandant-Beman Brockway, being the person intended
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to be appointed; therefore, RESOLVED, that the commission issued, in pursuance of said appointment be, and it is hereby declared to be void, and that the said Beman Brockway be and he is hereby appointed adjutant of the said regiment, to take rank from the date of the commission aforesaid.
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The Council proceeded to take into further consideration the remonstrance and complaint of sundry officers in the regiment com- manded by Lieutenant Colonel (Thomas) Palmer in the county of Rensselaer against the said lieutenant colonel, and thereupon ' Resolved, that his Excellency the Commander-in-chief be requested to countermand the order by which (at the desire of the Council in April last) the said lieutenant colonel was suspended from the com- mand of the said regiment.
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Resolved, that the resignation (irregularly made) of Thomas Palmer, lieutenant colonel commandant of a regiment of militia in the county of Rensselaer be referred to the major general (Robert Van Rensselaer) of the (eastern) division (to which he belongs) for his opinion thereon.
WASHINGTON COUNTY. :
WHEREAS it appears to the Council, as well from the representa- tion of Lieutenant Colonel Garret Lansing of the county of Wash- 1 ington, as from that of the adjutant general who was present, that David Becker, an ensign and also appointed a lieutenant in Captain Nathaniel Gage's company of light infantry under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Lansing, being ordered by the said lieutenant colonel at the last parade of Lieutenant Colonel Lansing's regiment, to dismiss certain of the privates of the said company, who were not equipped according to law, to the battalion companies, did not only refuse to obey the said order, but did in contempt of the same march the men in a body to an adjoining tavern.
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Resolved, that said David Decker be and he is hereby cashiered and his said commissions revoked.
And whereas, it appears from the representation of Lieutenant Colonel Lansing that he did by a written order direct the before mentioned Nathaniel Gage to parade his company on Monday, the sixth day of August, 1795. And whereas, it appears from a letter from the said Nathaniel Gage to the said lieutenant colonel that he had received the said order, and in the said letter declares his refusal to obey it; and it appearing further from the evidence of the said lieutenant colonel that the said Nathaniel Gage did not parade his company on the said sixth of August,
RESOLVED, that the said captain be and is hereby cashiered and his commission revoked.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Mills Philips, inspector of Brigadier General John Smith's brigade, to serve also as brigade major with the rank of a major, vice William Nichol, deceased.
In Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Concklin's regiment:
The resignations (irregularly made) of Captain David Smith and Lieutenant Jacob Ireland; and of Captains Epinetus Smith, Joshua Smith and Ensign John Vail (regularly made) are accepted.
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Scudder Platt, captain, vice D. Smith, resigned; James P. Chi- chester, lieutenant, vice J. Ireland, do; Nathaniel Udall, ensign, vice J. Lewis, do.
Selah Wood, captain, vice T. Concklin, promoted; John Brush, lieutenant, vice Israel Titus, removed; Abiel Conckling, ensign, vice S. Wood, promoted; Platt Vail, lieutenant, vice Jno Rogers, do; Alexander Hartt, ensign, vice P. Vail, do.
William Jones, captain of light infantry, vice Israel Carll, do; Platt Rogers, lieutenant of do, vice Wm Jones, do; Solomon Carll, ensign of do.
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In Colonel Nicoll Floyd's regiment :
The resignations of Captains Joseph Dickenson and John Havens, and of Lieutenant Abraham Howell (irregularly made) are accepted. Caleb Hulse, second major, vice Jonas Hawkins, promoted.
Nathaniel Overton, captain, vice Caleb Hulse, do; Samuel Davis, lieutenant, vice N. Overton, do; Daniel Saxton, ensign, vice S. Davis, do; Stephen Sweezy, lieutenant, vice Jno Leek, removed; David Davis, ensign, vice Wm Sweazy, deceased.
Rufus Foster, captain, vice Tim'y Halsey, removed; Mitchel Howell, lieutenant, vice Ab'm Howell, resigned; Jonathan Halsey, ensign, vice R. Foster, promoted.
Joseph Brewster, captain, vice J. Dickenson, resigned; Jonathan Mills, lieutenant, vice J. Brewster, promoted; Isaac Satterly, ensign, vice J. Mills, do.
William Smith, captain, vice Jno Havens, resigned; Obadiah Reeve, lieutenant, vice Wm Smith, promoted; Josiah Smith, ensign, vice O. Reeve, do.
In Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Hunting's regiment:
Majors David Mulford and James White, Captains Jeremiah Osborn, Jonathan Barns, John Fordham and David Pierson, Lieu- tenant Abraham Corey, Adjutant Hugh Gelston, Quartermaster (John) Pelletreau and Ensign James Sayre, having (irregularly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
Zebulon Jessup, first major, vice D. Mulford, resigned; Nathaniel Dayton, second major, vice Jas White, do.
David Rose, captain, vice Z. Jessup, promoted; Annanias Halsey, lieutenant, vice D. Rose, do; Samuel Scot, ensign, vice A. Hal- sey, do.
William Pierson, captain, vice D. Pierson, resigned; David Hedges, lieutenant, vice Wm Pierson, promoted; Jesse Halsey, ensign, vice James Sayre, resigned.
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Thomas Osborne, captain, vice Jer'h Osborn, do; Abraham Sherril, junior, lieutenant, vice Thos. Osborn, promoted; David Dayton, ensign, vice Ab'm Sherril, junior, do.
David Hedges, captain, vice Jon'n Barnes, resigned; Benjamin Conkling, lieutenant, vice N. Dayton, promoted; Jonathan Fithin, i ensign, vice D. Hedges, do.
Noah Mason, captain, vice J. A. Fordham, resigned; Silas Havens, lieutenant, vice Ab'm Corey, resigned; Phineas Deval, ensign, vice N. Mason, promoted.
Elias Pelletreau, junior, quartermaster, vice J. Pelletreau, resigned; Abraham Rose, adjutant, vice Hugh Gelston, do.
QUEENS COUNTY.
Brigadier General Matthew Clarkson's brigade (Kings and Queens) :- In Captain (William) Jones' troop of horse: Parmenus Jackson, first lieutenant, vice John B. Kissam, not accepting; David Beagle, second lieutenant, vice P. Jackson, promoted; Solomon Cock, cornet, vice D. Beagle, promoted.
KINGS COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Aquila Giles' regiment: Cornelius Bergen, captain, vice A. Suydam, resigned; Garret Van- derveer, lieutenant of light infantry, vice, P. Cortelyou, sheriff; George A. Duryee, ensign of do, vice G. V'nderveer, promoted.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Delavan's regiment: 1791. March 15.
Captains Ephraim Clark, Isaac Northrup, and Hezekiah Miller, having (irregularly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
Timothy Shay, captain, vice E. Clark, resigned; Abraham Lock- wood, lieutenant, vice T. Shay, promoted; Abner Smith, ensign, vice 4. Lockwood, do.
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Caleb Smith, captain, vice D. Purdy, removed; Joshua Purdy, lieutenant, vice C. Smith, promoted; Jonah Finch, ensign, vice J. Purdy, do; James Reynolds, ensign, vice J. Crawford, do.
Nathaniel Betts, captain, vice I. Northrup, resigned; Joseph Web- ster, lieutenant, vice N. Betts, promoted; John Slawson, ensign, vice J. Webster, do.
David Holmes, captain, vice H. Miller, resigned; Nathaniel Brown, lieutenant, vice D. Holmes, promoted; Abijah Holmes, ensign, vice N. Brown, do; Amos Canfield, lieutenant, vice R. Bost- wick, removed; James Lyon, ensign, vice A. Canfield, promoted.
Samuel Stebbins, captain, vice J. Lockwood, removed; Enoch Hoyt, lieutenant, vice S. Stebbins, promoted; Partridge Thatcher, ensign, vice E. Hoyt, do.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant David Hobby's regiment:
Joseph Hatfield, captain of light infantry, vice Corns. Oakley,! resigned; John Augustus Tredwell, lieutenant of light infantry, vice J. Hatfield, promoted; Alexander Hubbs, ensign do, vice J. A. Tred-į well, do; James Banks, lieutenant, vice S. Platt, deceased; Benjamin Smith, junior, ensign, vice J. Banks, promoted; Oliver Green, ensign, vice Steph'n Hunt, do.
David Doty, paymaster.
Captain Cornelius Oakley of said regiment, having (irregularly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
In Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Strang's regiment:
William Beadle, quartermaster, vice S. Horton, promoted; Abra- ham Beadle, ensign, vice Wm Beadle, promoted; Stephen Hortonf lieutenant, vice Jarvis Dusenbury, removed; James Mandeville ensign, vice S. Horton, promoted; Nathaniel Montross, lieutenant vice Wm Besley, removed; Andrew Purdy, ensign, vice Nath'l Merrit, do.
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Hackaliah Bailey, adjutant, vice Ed'w Mead, deceased; Stephen Brown of Cortlandt Town, paymaster, vice Jno. Garrison, removed.
Moses Ward, captain; Ezra Hunter, lieutenant; Jolin F. Sher- wood, ensign, of a new company.
In the regiment lately commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Williams:
Major Jacob Van Tassel and Captain George Briggs, having (irregularly) resigned, and Captain Caleb Tompkins, having (regu- larly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
John Odell, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice the said Daniel Williams, who has resigned.
David J. Pell, first major, vice David Hunt, removed; William Legget, second major, vice J. V'n Tassel, resigned; John Archer, adjutant, vice Jno. Honeywell, promoted.
John Honeywell. captain, vice Jno. Odell, do; Jeremiah Schure- man, captain, vice D. J. Pell, do; Elias Guion, lieutenant, vice J. Schureman, do; Edward Watson, ensign, vice And'w Bartow, removed.
Richard Ward, captain, vice Ch's Ward, do; Jolin Tredwell, lieu- tenant, vice R. Ward, promoted; Joseph Pell, ensign, vice J. Tred- ) well, do.
John Van Wart, captain, vice Thos Boyce, resigned; William Odell, lieutenant, vice J. Van Wart, promoted; Jacob Boyce, junior, ensign, vice Wm Odell, do.
Samuel Berrian, captain, vice Wm Legget, do; John Vermilya, lieutenant, vice Sam'l Berrian, do; Hezekiah Ward, ensign, vice J. Vermilya, do.
David Ferris, captain, vice Geo. Briggs, resigned.
In the brigade of militia in the said county of Westchester:
David Miller, captain of artillery, vice (Nathan) Rockwell,
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removed; Clarke Mead, first lieutenant of do, vice Miller, promoted; Thatcher Hays, second lieutenant of do, vice Mead, do.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Richard Decker's regiment: John Crocheron, captain, vice Jno. Mercereau, resigned; Richard Corsen, lieutenant, vice Jno Crocheron, promoted; Matthias Vroome, ensign, vice R. Corsen, do.
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Richard Conner, captain, vice Jno Houseman, resigned; Tunis Egbert, lieutenant, vice R. Conner, promoted; John Barnes, ensign, vice T. Egbert, promoted.
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John Van Dyke, captain, vice Jno. Androvet, do; Isaac Prey, i lieutenant, vice Jno. Van Dyke, do; Jacob Slaught, ensign, vice Isaac Prey, do.
George W. Barnes, quartermaster, vice Lewis Ryerse, resigned; William Young, surgeon, vice Thos. Frost, removed; John Mackay, surgeon's mate.
The resignations (irregularly made) of Captains John Mercereau and John Houseman are accepted.
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NEW YORK COUNTY.
In Lieutenant Colonel (Sebastian) Bauman's regiment of artillery: ! The resignations of Captain Christian Hoffman and Lieutenant Nathaniel Olcott are accepted.
In the first regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Gerard Steddiford):
Captains Jacob Roome and James Riker and Ensign Robert Sharp, having (irregularly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
John L. Broome, captain, vice Jacob Broome, resigned; John Mercereau, captain, vice James Riker, do; Henry G. Stoutenburgh, lieutenant, vice Jno Mercereau, promoted; John Watts, junior, lieu-
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tenant, vice Jno. L. Broome, promoted; Peter Utt, lieutenant, vice Wessel Wessels, deceased; Daniel R. Durning, ensign, vice H. G. Stoutenburgh, promoted; John Marschalk, ensign, vice Thos Ellison, not accepting ; Oliver L. Cozine, ensign, vice Rob't Sharp, resigned; Richard M. Laurence, ensign, vice Jno Watts, promoted. Ensigns-William Deforest, vice Jas Beekman, not accepting ; Cornelius Sebring, Peter C. Schuyler, Thomas Phanix.
Thomas Gaston, ensign and adjutant.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant William Boyd's, second - regiment:
David Longworth, captain, vice Isaac L. Kip, resigned; Leonard Kip, junior, captain, vice Rudolphus Bogert, do; John Harrington, captain, vice Jabez Halsey, do; John Bush, captain; Theunis Dey, lieutenant, vice David Longworth, promoted; John B. Miller, lieu- tenant, vice Leonard Kip, junior, do; Peter Kettletas, lieutenant, vice Jno Harrington, do; William N. Kettletas, vice John Bush, do; Charles Smith, ensign, vice Theu's Dey, do; Abraham R. Brasher, ensign, vice Jno B. Miller, do; Leffert Lefferts, junior, ensign, vice Peter Kettletas, do; Nathan Furman, ensign, vice Wm N. Kettletas, do; George E. Eacker, ensign.
Charles Buxton, surgeon, vice Matthias B. Miller, removed.
John B. Jones, surgeon's mate.
The resignations of Captains Isaac L. Kip and Rudolphus Bogert (regularly made) and of Captain Jabez Halsey (irregularly made) are accepted.
In the third, or Lieutenant Colonel (Jacob) Morton's regiment:
Captains Peter Bonnett and Isaac Steymets and Lieutenant Gil- bert Aspinwall, having (regularly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
John Wells, captain, vice James Morris, promoted; Samuel Suy-
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dam, captain, vice Geo. H. Remsen, removed from city; William Richardson, captain, vice Rob't Cocks, resigned; William Johnson, captain, vice Peter Bonnett, do; John Crawford, captain, vice I. Steymets, do; William Cocks, captain, vice P. Masterton, removed from ye city; Elbert Jones, captain, vice John Beekman, resigned; John Childs, lieutenant, vice Jno. Wells, promoted; Nathaniel Bloodgood, lieutenant, vice Sam'l Suydam, do; John Graham, lieu- tenant, vice Wm Richardson, do; William Hosack, lieutenant, vice Gilbert Aspinwall, resigned; Peter Hawes, lieutenant, vice Wm Johnson, promoted; Andrew Anderson, lieutenant, vice Jno Craw- ford, do; Henry Sickles, lieutenant, vice Maltby Gelston, absent in Europe; Edward Laight, lieutenant, vice And'w Lispenard, deceased; Henry Sands, lieutenant, vice Wm Cocks, promoted; Richard M. Malcom, lieutenant, vice Elbert Jones, do; Benjamin R. ) Seaman, ensign, vice John Childs, do; George F. . Harison, ensign, į vice Nath'l Bloodgood, do; John R. Cozine, ensign, vice Jno Gra- ham, do; William Paulding, ensign, vice Wm Hosack, do; Henry Cruger, junior, ensign, vice Jno. Bohlen, removed; Jacob Mackie, ensign, vice Peter Hawes, promoted; Joseph Blackwell, junior, ensign, vice And'w Anderson, do; Gerard De Peyster, ensign, vice Henry Sickles, do.
Bernard Hart, quartermaster.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Benjamin North's, fourth regiment:
Theodorus Polhemus, captain, vice Thos J. Campbell, promoted; Beekman Van Beuren, lieutenant, vice Theod's Polhemus, do.
Ensigns-Abraham Bourdett, Isaac Houseman, Peter Brincker- hoff, John Blair Linn.
Lieutenants Teunis Wortman and Charles Ramsay, having (irregu- larly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
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In the fifth regiment-Washington Morton, captain, vice Jno Morton, promoted; Robert Petit, lieutenant, vice W. Morton, do; Anthony Ernest, lieutenant, vice T. Wortman, resigned; Thomas Salter, lieutenant. vice Ch's Ramsay, do; Robert J. Thurston, ensign, vice Rob't Petit, promoted; John G. Bogert. ensign, Anth'y Ernest, do; Samuel S. Brush, ensign, vice Thos Salter, do.
In Brigadier General (James Miles) Hughes' brigade:
Major Allard Anthony of the fourth regiment having (regularly) resigned, and Major James Beekman of the fifth regiment having (regularly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
In the said brigade the following field officers are appointed:
In the first regiment-William J. Vreedenburgh, first major, vice Bernardus Swartwout, promoted; James Morris, second major, vice William J. Vredenburgh, promoted.
In the fourth regiment-Thomas Campbell, second major, vice Allard Anthony, resigned.
In the fifth regiment-Bernardus Swartwout, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice John Van Dyk, resigned;
Whitehead Fish, first major, vice James Beekman, junior, resigned; John Morton, second major, vice Whitehead Fish, promoted.
ULSTER COUNTY.
Joseph Hasbrouck, brigadier general, vice John Cantine, resigned.
In the regiment in said brigade lately commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (Cornelius T.) Jansen :
Captains Joseph Clarewater and Alexander Kidd, having (irregu- larly) resigned, their resignations are accepted.
Siah Robinson, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice Corn's T. Jansen, deceased :
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Nicholas Hardenbergh, first major, vice Siah Robinson, pro- moted; Cornelius Bruyn, second major, vice N's Hardenbergh, do.
Aldert Roosa, captain, vice Cornelius Bruyn, do; Jacob Schoon- maker, lieutenant, vice Aldert Roosa, do; Joseph Hasbrouck, ensign, vice J. Schoonmaker, do.
John Jansen, captain, vice N. Hardenbergh, do; Johannes C. Decker, lieutenant, vice Jno Jansen, do; Joseph Gasherie, ensign.
Hugh Scutt, captain, vice Clarewater, resigned; Josiah Brown, captain, vice Alex'r Kidd, do; William Milleken, lieutenant, vice Josiah Brown, promoted: Alexander Kidd, ensign; Alexander Ross, ensign.
James W. Barkley, captain, vice C. Milspaugh, deceased; Adam Crist, lieutenant; Thomas Crawford, ensign.
WHEREAS on the 22d day of March last Abraham Hasbrouck was by mistake appointed first lieutenant of Captain John Mils- paugh's troop of horse in the brigade of militia in the said county of Ulster, whereof John Cantine was then brigadier general, instead of Abraham J. Hasbrouck, who was intended to be appointed- therefore, RESOLVED, that the said Abraham J. Hasbrouck, be and : he is hereby appointed first lieutenant of said troop and that he take rank from the said 22d day of March last.
In the regiment lately commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (Joseph) Hasbrouck :
Jacobus Bruyn, quartermaster of the regiment, having (irregu- larly) resigned, his resignation is accepted.
Philip D. Bevier, lieutenant colonel commandant, vice the said Lieutenant Colonel Hasbrouck, promoted;
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Edward Lounsberry, first major, vice Philip D. Bevier, promoted.
In Lieutenant Colonel Commandant William Faulkner's regi- ment :
Thomas Beaty, junior, lieutenant (vice Henry Neily, removed).
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ORANGE COUNTY.
In Brigadier General Henry Wisner's brigade:
James Tustin, inspector of the brigade, vice Henry Brewster, refusing to do duty; to serve also as brigade major with the rank of a major.
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