Chapter XCIV. for the relief of the widow and children of Charles Dolph, deceased
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Chap. XCIV.— An Act for the relief of the widow and children of Charles Dolph, deceased. April 26, 1816. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he isDonation of $500. hereby directed to pay to the widow of Charles Dolph, deceased, late of Saybrook, in the state of Connecticut, the sum of five hundred dollars, for the use of herself and the children of the said Dolph, (who was killed during the late war with Great Britain, in an engagement between a party of volunteers, raised in said town of Saybrook, and the crew of a British privateer called the Rover,) in consideration of the capture of five British prisoners on that occasion, which prisoners were delivered over to the marshal of the United States for the district of Connecticut.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the money herein grantedAppropriation. be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 26, 1816.