Minutes, 1776 Dec. 11-1778 Sept. 23.

Platt, Zephaniah, 1735-1807

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Zephaniah Platt (May 27, 1735 – September 12, 1807) was an American politician and lawyer, and founder of the U.S. town of Plattsburgh, New York. Born in Huntington in the Province of New York, Platt received an English education. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he practiced law in Poughkeepsie, New York. He became involved in politics, serving as a a member of the New York Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1777, on the Committee of Safety in 1777, in the New York State Senat...

DeWitt, Charles, 1727-1787

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Charles DeWitt (April 27, 1727 – August 27, 1787) was an American statesman and miller from the U.S. state of New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress. Born in Kingston in the Province of New York, DeWitt attended school there and pursued classical studies. He helped his family operate a flour mill in Greenkill (in what is now Rosendale, New York). He was first elected to the New York General Assembly to represent Ulster County in 1768. He was returned to that seat in eve...

Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833

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Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746 – August 24, 1833) was a slave owner, lawyer, jurist, politician, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and the United States House of Representatives. He served as a member of the New York constitutional convention in 1788 which ratified the United States Constitution. He also served as the first attorney general of New York, chief justice of the New York Supreme Court, ...

Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810

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Leendert "Leonard" Gansevoort (July 14, 1751 – August 26, 1810) was an American political leader from New York who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1788. Born in Albany in the Province of New York, Gansevoort studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1771. After the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he became a member of the Albany Committee of Correspondence serving as treasurer until November 1775. When the 2nd New York Provincial Congress convened in New York City on D...

Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

Duer, William, 1747-1799

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William Duer (March 18, 1743 – May 7, 1799) was a British-born American lawyer, developer, and speculator from New York City. A Federalist, Duer wrote in support of ratifying the United States Constitution as "Philo-Publius". He had earlier served in the Continental Congress and the convention that framed the New York Constitution. In 1778, he signed the United States Articles of Confederation and is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the county of Devon in England, Due...

Sackett, Nathaniel

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New York (State) Committee for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies (1776 - 1777)

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Smith, Melancton, 1744-1798

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Continental Congressman, merchant, lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1789 January 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122488035 Revolutionary patriot. From the description of Envelope with free frank : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874700 Merchant, lawyer, politician. Smith was an anti-Federalist delegate to the 1788 convention to ratify the Federal Constitution held at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. From the description of Papers, ...

New York (State). Commission for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies (1777-1778)

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Commission appointed "For the express purpose of enquiring into, detecting, and defeating all conspiracies which may be formed in this State against the liberties of America." The Commission was empowered to summon and question suspects, call upon state troops to suppress local insurrections, apprehend and deport persons deemed dangerous to the security of the State, organize and finance secret service employees, etc. The Commission was preceded by the similarly empowered Committee for Detecting...

Swartwout, Jacobus.

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