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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · Jan. 20, 1798 · Chapter VII

Chapter VII. for the relief of John Frank

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Chap. VII.— An Act for the relief of John Frank. Jan. 20, 1798. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Accountant for the department of war, Accounts of John Frank to be settled.be, and he is hereby directed to settle the accounts of John Frank, late a private in the second sub-legion of the army of the United States, and to allow him the same pay and emoluments as a soldier, from the nineteenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, during the time of his captivity, as he would have been entitled to, had he not been discharged from the public service before he was made prisoner by the Indians. Approved, January 20, 1798.
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