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Towns of Bloominggrove, Cornwall and Monroe

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Mr. Dubois was collector of the precinct of Cornwall in 1781-2, and his receipts show either the vast expense of the county at the time, or the worthless character of the currency.

BLOOMINGGROVE, 20th Jan. 1781.

Rec'd. of Zachariah Dubois, one of the Collectors for Cornwall Precinct, in the County of Orange, Thirty Two Thousand One Hundred and Thirty One Dollars and 3-4 in money and certificates, being part of the Taxes levied by law, from the first of January 1780 : also an order to Cornwel Sands for One Hundred and Eighty Dollars. Per Thos. Moffat, County Treas.

Dollars.	32,131	3-4
	180
	32,311	3-4	Dollars.

Bloominggrove, 14th March. 1782.

Rec'd. of Zachariah Dubois, one of the Collectors of Cornwall Precinct, in the County of Orange, the sum of Thirty Six Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Nine Dollars, in Old Continental and State Money: also rec'd at the same time, orders upon the Precinct Collecctor to the amount of One Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Dollars.

	Dollars.	Per Thos. Moffat, County Treas.
Money,	36,539
Order,	1,170
	37,709

At the death of Maj. Dubois, his son Nathaniel, now Gen. Nathaniel Dubois of Newburgh, was only 13 years of age, and at this distance of time, more than half century since, tho' cooled by age and hardened by the cares of the world, while reciting the story of his father's wrongs, and the forelorn and destitute condition of his mother, her fatherless and houseless infants, his utterance fails and falters, and the burning tear struggles to escape from his aged eye. Who can contemplate a transaction like this, and remain unmoved. Hardhearted and unfeeling as we are, as we write these lines, we could weep with those who weep. We believe in this instance, God was the husband of the widow, and in mercy tempered the wind to the shorn lambs of her flock. As before remarked, he was appointed 2d Major in Col. Jesse Woodhull's regiment, June 12, 1776, and taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery, 6th Oct. 1777. He was discharged 6th Aug. 1778.

Copy of British Discharge and Parole.--This is to certify that Zachariah Dubois, Major in Col. Woodhull's regiment of militia in the state of New York, and made prisoner by the enemy at the reduction of Fort Montgomery was this day regularly discharged for Maj. Mencrief, in the service of the King of Great Britain. JNO. BEATTY, Com. Gen. Pris'rs.

Elizabethtown, Aug. 6, 1778.

I, Zachariah Dubois of Goshen, in the Province of New York, having leave from General Sir Henry Clinton, to go out of this city in order to effect the exchange of myself for Major Thomas Mencrief, do hereby pledge my faith and word of honor, that I will not do or say anything contrary to the interest of his Majesty or his Government, and that if the exchange of the above person for myself cannot be effected within twenty days, I will return back to my captivity in this city. Given under my hand in New York, this fourth day of August, 1778. ZACHARIAH DUBOIS.

Witness, Thos. Clark. A true copy, JOHN WINSLOW, D. Corn. Prs.

COPY GENERAL ORDER.

Haverstraw, 16th Oct. 1776.-General Orders for the commanding officers at the place called the Hook-Guards to mount daily at -4 or 5 o'clock, with afternoon and centries fixed as the commanding officer sees expedient. No soldier to fire a gun unless a sentry after hailing a craft or person three times, or at the enemy, or on an alarm, on every alarm a trusty hand to be sent to the commanding officer with intelligence. No person to pass without a permit from some commanding officer, or the committee from whence he came. No craft to be taken without liberty from the officer of the party of the place where said craft is. No liquor to be sold after 7 o'clock at night, unless to a traveller, and none to he sold to any person in liquor. No sentry to leave his post until relieved. The commanding officer at the Hook to consult with the Major of the Reflemen at New York about the countersign. These orders to be read morning and evening to the guards until further orders. A. HAWKINS HAY, Com. Officer.

Copy Memorandum of Capture and Imprisonment.--Monday the 6th Oct. 1777, then I was taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery and kept there till the eighth day, then I was taken on board the Archer ship, a transport, there kept till the tenth, then taken to the old City Hall, there kept till the twelfth, then taken to the Provost, there kept till the first day of November, then got on parole on Long Island, Bedford, till the ---, then moved to New Utritch, and there staid till the twenty eighth, then they sent us on board the transport ship Judith, and there kept till the tenth day of December, then to our old quarters at New Utritch, &c.