Copy of the Receipt Dated 2d Aug't 1780. "Receiv'd &ca. which mony I am to Deliver to Abraham Yates, Esq. Commiss'r of the Continental Loan Office for the State aforesaid, and take his receipts for the same for which I have given Triplicate receipts of this Date.

John White, Escort."

Abstract of the Resolve of the 18th March 1780. "That the said New Bills Issue on the Funds of Individual States for that purpose Established and be signed by persons appointed by them, and that the Faith of the United States be also Pledged for the payment of the said Bills; in Case any State on whose funds they shall be Emitted should by the events of War be rendered incapable to redeem them, which undertaking of the United States and that of Drawing Bills of Exchange for payment of Interest as aforesaid shall be Indorsed on the Bills to be emitted and signed by a Commiss'r to be appointed by Congress for that purpose.

"That the said New Bills be struck under the Direction of the Board of Treasury, in due proportion for each state, according to their said Monthly Quotas, and be lodged in the Continental Loan offices in the respective states where the Commiss'r to be appointed by Congress in Conjunction with such persons as the respective States appoint, shall attend the signing of the said Bills, which shall be completed no faster then in the afore said proportion of one to twenty of the other Bills brought in to be destroyed and which shall be lodged for that purpose in the said Loan offices."

[No. 3126.]

Transferred to and consolidated with document 3128.

HISTORIAN.

STAT

[No. 3127.]

List of Prisoners Taken in Tryon County.

An Exact List of all the Persons which were taken by the

Indians Near Fort Plank the 2nd Day of August 1780.

Jacob Fehling, tacken in Palatine District about y 2d of Aug'st 1780. Conrad Lawer & Sohn, tacken the 16 of October 1780. Daughter of late Jost Davis & a Son of John Kring. Peter Casselman, the later End of July. Henry Riemenschneider, John Nicol Wohlleber, Jacob Aahring & wife, with two Sons and four Daughters. Friedrich Rasbach & wife with a Son. Samuel Ball & wife; Rudolf Furry; John Duer & wife; Jacobus & Gerhard van Sluyk; John Fahrenbos; Jost Klock; Nicolaus Fahrenbos; John Seiffert; Bartle Picker; Adam Furry; John Street with a Son of 12 years; John Garter & 1 Son; Jacob Klock; John Keyfer & two Sons (a Captain of Militia); Frederic Windecker's Son; Johannes Helmer; Henry Schafer; Daniel Lapton & 3 or 4 Sons.

[No. 3128.]

DESTRUCTION OF CANAJOHARIE.

General Ten Broeck Forwards to Governor Clinton a Report from Colonel Wemple.

Albany 3d Aug't 1780. 7 O'Clock P. M.

Sir, The inclosed Copy of a Letter just received from Collo. Wemple will inform your Excellency of the Destruction of greatest part of Canajohary. In Consequence of Major Graham's Letter to Collo. Van Schaick, of which your Excellency has had a Copy I ordered the Albany and Schenectady Regiments, with the one half of General Rensselaer's & the one half of the remainder part of my Brigade (except the four Northem Regiments to Tryon County). The Militia of this City and Schenectady have turned out with alacrity. A very small proportion of the Remainder has come forward owing in great measure to the Season the Harvest just beginning. I cant but

lament the Fate of Tryon County, the most opelent part of which (Stone Arabia excepted) is now fallen. I have ordered the Colonels of my Brigade to make the Returns your Excellency has desired immediately, which shall be transmitted as soon as they come to Hand. I remain with great Esteem your Excellency's Most Obedient humble Serv't

His Excellency George Clinton.

Ab'm Ten Broeck.

COLONEL WEMPLE'S LETTER.

Fort Plank Aug't 2d 1780. 7 O'Clock.

Sir,* Yesterday I detached two officers & thirty men of mine & Collo. Cuyler's Regt. at the Willigas to wait the arrival of a Convoy of Boats at that place & with the rest of our men we proceeded to Caughnawaga, where we arrived last Evening & at four this morning we began our march & arrived at Caugnawaga opposite to Mr. Frey's about eleven, with an Intention to halt till they arrived with the Batteaux, which we expect to morrow about noon; immediately after we had cantoned as compact as possible our men, we were alarmed with a heavy smoke between John Abeails & Fort Planck about four miles distant from where we had taken up our Quarters. This immediately was confirmed in the Eye of our whole Body & found the Enemy were bussy employed to burn & destroy.

Instantly I did order both Regiments to be formed & proceed against the Enemy, who were at that time in their full Carear and tho our Numbers were not equal, yet I can assure you I should be void of Justice if I omitted mentioning their Prudence & cool behaviour without Distinction to all Raneks. An altho they had been in full march since early in the morning they

This document is numbered 3126 in the Clinton MSS. See page 76.