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    The Secretary for the Deparment of War

to whom was referred the petitions of Anne Roberts, and of the orphan children of the late Major Andrew Leitch & of the late Captain William White.

    Reports,

    That it appears upon examination,

that the late Owen Roberts, was a Colonel of the South Carolina continental regiment of Artillery, and that he was mortally wounded in the service of his country on the 20th day of June 1779.

    That Andre Leitch was a major of

the first Virginia Continental regiment & that he was killed in the service of his country, the 16th day of September 1776.

    That William White was a captain in

the Massachusetts line, & that he was killed in the service of his Country in October 1781.

    That conformably to the resolve [?] of

Congress of the 24th of August 1780, the widow of the late Colonel Owen Roberts was entitled to the half pay for seven years of a Colonel of Artillery.

    That the orphan children of the Late

Major Andrew Leitch were entitled to the half pay of a major for seven years.

    That the children of the late Captain