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for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies The Commiissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies succeeded the Committee of Correspondence as the enforcement arm of the political revolution. The Albany County board of this organization functioned from 1778 to 1781. The commissioners met for the last time on August 30, 1781. Although most of the commissioners were residents of the city of Albany, much of their business was related to the greater Albany County countryside as the so-called "enemies of liberty" had been, for the most part, "neutralized" within the city limits.The organization and its operations are the subjects of a seminar paper by University at Albany graduate and project intern Sean O'Mara. 
Two volumes of printed minutes and a one-volume analytical index are available for the life of the organization. Other counties had CDDC Boards. Extant records for Albany have made it more often studied than some of the other localities!' Fascimilie transcriptions of the three volumes are available online. John M. Beeckman Isaac D. Fonda Mathew Visscher Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Jacob Kidney - doorkeeper first posted: 1/10/04; last revised 12/10/07 |