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     On this statement the Secretary of War
 
     On this statement the Secretary of War
 
observed, that the only circumstance which
 
observed, that the only circumstance which
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is opposed to [illegible] the progress of the aforesaid petitions
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is opposed to granting the prayers of the aforesaid petitions
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would be a rigid construction of the resolved
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would be a rigid construction of the resolves
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of the late congress limiting the time for
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producing claims against the United States.
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    While the Secretary of War is deeply
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impressed with the importance of a firm
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[illegible] generally, to the Resolves of limited [illegible]
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he is inclined to the opinion, that the
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claims of the afore-mentioned widow &
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orphans, assured with justice be considered
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as involved in the before-mentioned Resolves
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of limitation.
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    The resolves of the 2nd of November 1785
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and 23rd July 1787, relate to persons leaving
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in liquidated demands for military service,
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and for [illegible] in the several staff
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departments, & in the marine. That they
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even to produce their claims to the Commission
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of the United States.
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    But the widows, or orphans claiming
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pensions were by the arrangement of Congress to
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to apply to the States to which the deceased
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Officers belonged. Had the widow or orphan
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children "of any officer, who died in the service,
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and who belonged to any individual States
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applied to Congress in consequence of that