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Allow’d her to retain more.
This is not a gift to be resumed for want of consideration, it had a valuable consideration, the hazard of their Lives.
Major Palmer’s Letters says it is a Loan the Gov. would request, but not enforce.
The Company have mistaken the object of responsibility: If Major Popham had not authority to give he is responsible for having done so.
[Note. Major Palmer’s Letter is not in Evidence]