The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-05
No. 4.
1osN FINK's nrpos,r,oy

a JOHN FINK'S DEPOSITION %
Dn,rH Of Yeqo- York, to evit.-J,hn Fink, OF.
the cry OF New-York, Butcher, depefes. and :,
fays, that fome time in the latter Dart Of Is,r.
airy Taft he was reqneftedsiy William s. Snirh
TO make an enft,nent of a,number of men, a
ierJeant, ana ,a,corporal for governmental fer
vice, and az he fuppofcd the feryiee of the II. 8
that accordingly he did enf twenty men. Gf.
teen or feyenteen ofwhich were tent of: that
the men were all entitled for the fervice Of A..
merlca that there being among them fome un.
40 10 Inc kInd or fervice, Col. Smith /
gave certificate that the men ihouid not 90 i.
into Enelilh or French iervice 4 that the men :
emitted were fpokep to by him, this deponeot.
and then fent to Col. Smiths that the enlit.
mentwas made by the ferjeant principally :that
1t was often repeated by Col. Smith that the
men fhould not go out of the IT. s.; that thew
were to go on board of vefftl, and finally de-.
parted on board ofthe Leander that Col. Smith
advanced months pay, fifteen doll rs ard
nifty cents, TO each entitled man that the ,1o-
ney was delivered TO this deponent by Gil.
Smith and was paid by this depooent u eacS IF
the men emitted; thai the renjezvous wa attire
houfe OF his deponent in the Bowery (; that the
men 10 entitled were TO be horfemen ronhitut
ing generals guard that Col. Smiths ION
was to be captain oftbe troop and had a COM
milton from government as this deponent was
informed by Col Smith and that this deponeut
was fbewn large bundle of papers which Col.
Smith faid he had received from, government .
that Captain Daniel R.. Durning finally took
command OF the men when on board the Lean
der; that this deponent was informed that ho-f-
es were prepared at the foutbward and f,ddie,
and brides were on board the Leandcr. and
that every other equipment and closthnc for
the men fhould be fhcwn to them on board the
Leander; that Col. Smith told this deponent,
that the expedition was fecret one Get on foot
by government; that all the men igued an ar,
tIcie OF enftment that they were feveral times
on ihore after they fra went on boird, and thi,
deponent was informed by the eslifted men thar
there were about three hundred men on
board the Lesnder; that Colonel Smith
told this deponent that like expedition
was to go from the other Rates; that the
men were entitled to ferve under CAPTAIN
Smith, fon OF Colonel Smith, but this deponeot
! afterwards uncertood that Colonel Smith's
ion was to be an aid to the General, out what
| General this deponent does. not know that
the young men after having come alhpre reflf.
ed to return on board the veffel, and that vonnv
Smith came up TO this deponeot's houfe with :,
| paper from his father which he read TO the men
and told them that they fhould be difcharesd if
they were unwilling 10 go that finally ,hey a.
greed TO go and hgned enliemenis under Gao
tain Daniel K. burning on condition Of rere;v.
! ing five dollars more of their month"; ~
when ium was paid TO them by Captain Durn.
ing, and part of which was lent him by this de.
ponent for that purpofe that Captain Dunn
Ing gave this deponent an order upon Colonel
Smith therefor, which was prefen,ed Ia Col.
smith, by this deponent and accepted by him
put referred this depouent for the payment to
samuel u. Ogden; that this deponept went
| TO MIR. Ogden nd was offered his note n lixtv
DAYS hight for the payment Of it that this de-.
Ponent at frlt rcfufed but afterwards bv the
advice Of Colonel Smith, who pronifed this de-.
poneDt diicouut upon il, accepted IL that TIE
note was for two hundred and fixty four dcl.
lars and ninety five cents, payable IN Gay d,vs
/ from the eleventh OF FEBRUARY that this d
Ponens furniihed at two feveral times .Iioe
This paper fhall he pphAbsd in its order IN -,
! eourse Of the telmony on che rial