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year pay only- the Resolve of January 1 1781-<br>I think he cannot <s>therefore</s> claim under, because<br>he was not arranged by it-that resolution<br>appearing to signify, that the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]<br>that he ought to be arranged-which not being<br><s>the same</s><sup>done</sup>-he can claim no benefits from<br>it if he was deranged in 1779 and never after<br>reappointed to his Office, it appears impossible to<br>derange him again in 1781-<br>Capt Patton has lodged a certificate from the<br>Secretary of War^<sup>stating</sup>that he retired on the 1<sup>t</sup> day of<br>"January 1781 under the resolutions of Congress of<br>"the 3<sup>d</sup> 21. of October 1780/ and that he was [undecipherable]<br>"[undecipherable] to a Captain in^ <sup>the [undecipherable]</sup> Line on the 1.<sup>st</sup> of April 1778"<br>if Col Murray had produced a [undecipherable] certificate<br>I should as I have done with Capt. Patton<br>[undecipherable]^<sup>to</sup> him the commutation.<br>
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year pay only- the Resolve of January 1 1781-<br>I think he cannot <s>therefore</s> claim under, because<br>he was not arranged by it-that resolution<br>appearing to signify, that the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]<br>that he ought to be arranged-which not being<br><s>the same</s><sup>done</sup>-he can claim no benefits from<br>it if he was deranged in 1779 and never after<br>reappointed to his Office, it appears impossible to<br>derange him again in 1781-<br>Capt Patton has lodged a certificate from the<br>Secretary of War^<sup>stating</sup>that he retired on the 1<sup>t</sup> day of<br>"January 1781 under the resolutions of Congress of<br>"the 3<sup>d</sup> 21. of October 1780. and that he was [undecipherable]<br>"[undecipherable] to a Captain in^ <sup>the [undecipherable]</sup> Line on the 1.<sup>st</sup> of April 1778"<br>if Col Murray had produced a [undecipherable] certificate<br>I should as I have done with Capt. Patton<br>[undecipherable]^<sup>to</sup> him the commutation.<br>