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<s>[undecipherable] of the </s> Act of Congress of 26 August 17767 - and if compensation proportionals to his disability has not been made him by the State of Virginia he has in the opinion of the [??] a right to expect it from the justice of the United States.
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<s>[undecipherable] of the </s> Act of Congress of 26 August 1776 - and if compensation proportionals to his disability has not been made him by the State of Virginia he has in the opinion of the Commissioner a right to expect it from the justice of the United States.
  
And as the acts of Congress do not authorize the grant of
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And as the acts of Congress do not authorize the grant of commutation of pay requests by the PetitionerThe Comm-is of opinion the compensation proper to be made him can probably be best determined by a recurrence to the principles contained in the said resolution of 26 Aug 76
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[undecipherable] which is submitted
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Officr of Army Accounts
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23<sup>rd</sup> April 1790 }