Captain Hardenburgh ordered to arrest Cadwalader Colden, Jun.

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In Committee for the County of Ulster, at the Paltz,
July 4, 1776.

To Captain JOHANNES A˙ HARDENBURGH:

You are hereby requested and commanded by this Committee, on sight hereof, to take Cadwallader Golden, Jun˙, Esq˙, in your custody, as it appears to this Committee that Mr˙ Golden is inimical to the American cause, and that you, with a sufficient guard of the men under your command, convey said Cadwallader Golden, Jun˙, Esq˙, to the common jail of this county, and that you deliver him to the keeper of said jail; and the keeper of said jail is hereby strictly required and commanded to receive said Cadwallader Colden, Jun˙, Esq˙, and him to keep in safe custody, at his own expenses, until from thence discharged by the Provincial Congress or this Convention; and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.

By order of the Committee:

ROBERT BOYD, Jun˙, Chairman.