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