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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 2 found your pay upon for the  
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cannot give a sufficient certificate to found your pay upon for the  
new here 1783 line that you are not returned in any arrangement, nor is
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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
colonel. karrington thinks that if you served in 1783 it will
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    Colo. Carrington thinks that if you served in 1783 it will
be in your power to procure a certificate of the same from your commanding
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be in your power to procure a certificate of the same from your com-
officer, which will sufficiently establish your claim, he  
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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 line
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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 obedient. servant.  
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Your obed. servt.  
John Pierce
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Jno Pierce
[illegible]. Bazil Middleton
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D [illegible]. Bazil Middleton