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     On this statement the Secretary of War
 
     On this statement the Secretary of War
 
observed, that the only circumstance which
 
observed, that the only circumstance which
is opposed to [illegible] the progress of the aforesaid petitions
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is opposed to granting the prayers of the aforesaid petitions
 
would be a rigid construction of the resolves
 
would be a rigid construction of the resolves
 
of the late congress limiting the time for
 
of the late congress limiting the time for