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Sir | Sir | ||
| − | + | Some time last February I received a letter | |
| − | I have | + | from the governor of Virginia covering a |
| + | dispatch from the secretary, of war | ||
| + | requesting his excellency 2 illegible the public | ||
| + | store at illegible under his protection | ||
| + | and to make what arrangements he | ||
| + | should think best for there illegible effectual | ||
| + | preservation and security inconforme | ||
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| + | this request I received orders from the governor | ||
| + | illegible illegible a guard over the Arsenal to commit | ||
| + | of illegible man with a promise that the soldiers | ||
| + | should receive their pay monthly, this order | ||
| + | I have long since obeyed but I have not yet received | ||
any past of their pay. The men have become | any past of their pay. The men have become | ||
clamorous on account of it and it has been | clamorous on account of it and it has been | ||