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Sir
 
Sir
  
     song time last February I received a letter H from the governor of Virginia covering a H dispatch from the secretary, of war H requesting his excellency 2 illegible the public H store at illegible under his protection H and to make what arrangements he H should think best for there illegible effectual H preservation and security inconforme TH to this request I received orders from the governor age illegible illegible a guard over the Arsenal to commit H of illegible man with a promise that the soldiers H should receive their pay monthly, this order
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     Some time last February I received a letter
I have lon since obeyed but I have not yet received
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from the governor of Virginia covering a
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dispatch from the secretary, of war
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requesting his excellency 2 illegible the public
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store at illegible under his protection
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and to make what arrangements he
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should think best for there illegible effectual
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preservation and security inconforme
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this request I received orders from the governor
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illegible illegible a guard over the Arsenal to commit
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of illegible man with a promise that the soldiers
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should receive their pay monthly, this order
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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