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Caſes ruled and adjudged &c.

1788.

But no acts for thoſe purpoſes have been paſſed by the Legiſlatures in conſequence of any ſuch recommendations. Indeed, the ample proviſion made for theſe people in England, ſeems to have been conſidered by the Government there as an act of juſtice, for not having been able to obtain a reſtitution for them by the treaty.

For theſe reaſons, we are of opinion, that Abiathar Camp is not ſuch a perſon as has a right to ſue for and recover this debt, already wiſhed by confiſcation in the State of Connecticut.

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