New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

small number (only between two hundred ana
three hundred) OF men making applications Tor
locations proved that even the patriots OF those
DAYS knew the tricks of land grabbing
The list of pensioners In the printed book was
incompletc because many Of the names could
not be cassed with the regiments to which they
belonged. But the later researches have placed
nearly all Of the claimants for pensions IN their
respective regiments. Many OF the Claims are
OF unusual interest; that of Colonel FREDERICK
Fisher for example, asking for a pension De-
cause he had been scalped by the Indians
The papers noted thus far are rapidly ap-
preaching the form in which they VIII be pre-
served for reference. But there are other pa
pers. In the earlier stages OF Classifying tha'
give inside views OF the way the war was car
ried on They also show many OF the hapils
and customs of the time Several documents
relating to the Council Of Appointment inc
first Executive Council Of the State, are In
evidence. Perhaps the most interesting OF the
papers relate to the Committee of Safety and
the Council OF Safety
The Committee OF Safety, the Council OF
Safety and the Legislature had many claims or
fcred to them, Of which several hundred appear
among the documents in the Controllers once.
There are receipts for pay as members OF the
LEGISLATURE from Pierre Van Cortandt Thomas
Tredwell Peter F. Van Handt Christopher
Tappcn and many others. The head officers or
the Army were not above making cannon and
shot and pa.lturng horses. The Commissioners
for signing "the new Emitted money" charged
fo.G for signing $4,000 bills-a pound be-
ing equal to 81 % Of the early Continental
money. one pound was paid TO Jacobus Myers
for carting the monument of General Mont
gomery to St Paurs Churchyard; and another
bill shows that the brave General advanced
500 Of his own money toward his unfortunate
expedition TO Quebec
Some OF the bills class negroes with live stock
The following were the average quotations.
Negro man 80 to 100, negro wcnch, go negro
boy go horse from f6 TO 60; COW, 60; sheep,
il large looking glass, &c; barrel Of flour, IL to
r.; ton of hay. - TO IS; gun, "a; beaver hat
~ silver shoe and knee buckles, e.; bushel OF
salt. -. blue suit Of clothes" flO, "greatcoat
of blue broadcloth "A; bedcothes, 40 feather
bed IS; iron kettle aud three iron pots, fl5
waistcoat. e. The following quotations are in
shillings \ pair of leather brooches. lG; mems
shoes t.: stockings 10 to l6 handkerchicfs. .
to S, bushel Of corn or rye, 1; bushel Of pota-
toes =; barrel of apples, >. The bills often give
"a lump sum at the end for "sundres too tedious
to mention" Claims Of this sort also included
losses of houses. barns, crops and live stock.
Among the papers yet to be arranged are the
records Of the Commissioners of Sequestration
who were appointed March g. 1171, for the
counties Of Albany, Duchess, Orange, Tryon
Ulster and Westchcster- pay to be 10
shillings per day and expenses. The Commits
| sioncrs left full accounts of the price brought
by every conhscated article that was sold; and
they required, out of the proceeds, to
furnish distressed families with -four and meal
Additional material has been discovered re
lating to the privateers owned by the State.