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Sir | Sir | ||
My deputy has informed me that Colo. Carrington | My deputy has informed me that Colo. Carrington | ||
| − | cannot give a sufficient certificate | + | cannot give a sufficient certificate to found your pay upon for the |
| − | + | year 1783-- that you are not returned in any arrangement, nor is | |
there any account of your services for that year in the office | there any account of your services for that year in the office | ||
| − | + | Colo. Carrington thinks that if you served in 1783 it will | |
| − | be in your power to procure a certificate of the same from your | + | be in your power to procure a certificate of the same from your com- |
| − | officer, which will sufficiently establish your claim, he | + | manding officer, which will sufficiently establish your claim, he |
says he saw you in South Carolina in 1783, but that is all he | says he saw you in South Carolina in 1783, but that is all he | ||
| − | recollects of your services or terms of absence | + | recollects of your services or terms of absence-- |
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I am Sir with regard and esteem | I am Sir with regard and esteem | ||
| − | Your | + | Your obed. servt. |
| − | + | Jno Pierce | |
| − | [illegible]. Bazil Middleton | + | D [illegible]. Bazil Middleton |