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The secretary of war accountants office February 12th Sir when your letter of this date was handed I was preparing an answer to that of the 4th December last accompanied a list of the names of the officers and soldiers of the late Virginia line cutoff the laws thereof are entitled to bounty land. With your request to give same a careful examination, with the records of papers and papers in this office note opposite each name the period of service when the documents in this differ from the Virginia return.