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[undecipherable] Murray [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]1 Feb.78.
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Col murray [undecipherable] [undecipherable]<sup>1</sup> Feb.78.  Discharged <sup>as a Major</sup> [undecipherable]. 25. 80
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The [undecipherable] at War informs^<sup>me</sup> that he was left out of the
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arrangement of the [undecipherable] in 1779 -
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A Resolve of  JanY 1.1781 - the Col claims under, which
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says^<sup>it is the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]</sup> that [undecipherable] officers who have been exchanged^<sup>since the last arrang.</sup> or are
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in captivity ought to be arranged^<sup>that</sup> he was exchanged [undecipherable]
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this arrangement that being by this [undecipherable] liable to be arranged
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a [undecipherable] of May 22 1779 says that all officers who are or
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may be exchanged considered as supernumerary officers
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and entitled to the years pay.
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May 26. 1781- a Resolves says that the above mentioned
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year pay should be in the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]-
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Feb.Y 11 1786 Resolves that this officer who [undecipherable]
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been Prisoner, with the [undecipherable] and deranged are
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entitled to the one years pay-
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It does not appear that Col Murray has ever been
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annexed to the Line after his derangement.
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in [undecipherable] <s>or</s>[undecipherable]<s>that</s>.
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Col Murray has produced a return to the War
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Office^<sup>from [undecipherable], which he says was deliver
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in^<s>to that office</s> in 1781 - ^<s>[undecipherable]</s> of the Prisoners who were released from
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captivity after the arrangement of 1780 and which
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[undecipherable] [undecipherable] says are to be considered as [undecipherable] officers
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and instill to half [undecipherable] in which is indicated Col
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Francis Murray [undecipherable] as a Lt. Col from Apl 17 1780.
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Col Murray urges that he is in the same situ-
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ation as Capt. [undecipherable] [undecipherable], who has [undecipherable]
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his [undecipherable] [undecipherable.
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<s>he also says that</s>
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If Col Murray was actually deranged in 1779, it is
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my opinion that he comes under the Resolves of May 22<s>d</s> & May 26.1781- which entitles him to a