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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · August 26, 1842 · Chapter CCXII

Chapter CCXII. *for the relief of John King.* August 26, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John King, or his legal representatives, the sum of nine hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasuryPayment for a house burnt by the British. not otherwise appropriated, the same bei

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Chap. CCXII.— An Act *for the relief of John King.* August 26, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John King, or his legal representatives, the sum of nine hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasuryPayment for a house burnt by the British. not otherwise appropriated, the same being for a dwelling-house which was burnt by the British, in Richmond county, Virginia, during the late war. Approved, August 26, 1842. Chapter CCXIII: for the relief of Phillis Patton. 6 Stat. 865 1842-08-26 Chapter CCXIII Charles C.
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*for the relief of John King.* August 26, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to John King, or his legal representatives, the sum of nine hundred dollars, out of any money in the treasuryPayment for a house burnt by the British. not otherwise appropriated, the same bei
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