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       That conformably to the said resolve
 
       That conformably to the said resolve
 
the widow & children aforesaid, ought to
 
the widow & children aforesaid, ought to
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have had the said half pay advanced
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to them on behalf of the United States, by
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the States to which the aforesaid officers
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respectively belonged.
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      That it appears from the returns and
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examination of the accounts of Virginia the
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States of Virginia & Massachusetts that the
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said half pay had not been advanced the
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orphans of the beforementioned deceased
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affirmed, Major Andrew Leitch & Captain
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William White. That the accounts of South
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Carolina for the deceased advanced the widows
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& orphans of that State, have not yet been
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produced [?], but it is highly probable there
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will not be any charge for the object of the
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present petition. But it will be proper to
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take all due precautions on this subject, as
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hereinafter mentioned.
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    That it is most probable from the
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information received that the nonpayment
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of the said half pay has not been owing to
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any disinclination of the said states, but
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to the want of proper application.