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 35th Congress, ? HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES ( Report 
 1.^ Se8.^on. \ 'Wo. 281. 
 
 
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 DR. WILLIAM RICKMAN— HEIRS OF. 
 
 April 17, 1858. 
 
 Mr. Curry, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made the 
 
 following 
 
 REPORT. 
 
 The Committee on RevoluHonary Claims, to ivhom was referred the m- 
 pZ%tor7: "^ ^'- ^^VZ^a^ i?^c^^ma., asking for com.lutatTon 
 
 That in relation to the claim, it appears from a letter from the 
 Treasury Department that Dr. Rickman was not returned as^ein ' 
 entitled to compensation, and that, on the 20th of Octoher & 
 
 auesf be' rJrf'''^^ ""'' ^^^'"^^^' ^^ I---ance of hfst^.er^'e: 
 quest be left out m the new arrangement of the hospital department 
 
 of Dr RtknfP^'T'.?'"*/ ^" ?^^^' application was made hy\e ^oido^o 
 ot Dr. Rickman to the legislature of Virginia for denreciation nav 
 and bounty land, and the report to the house of 5 ele^X Assumed 
 
 ^Dr Rid^t'^^'f T>T^;- ^^"^ -i^temporaneoufconstrSon 
 ot Dv. Rickman s act and intention, sustained by the letter from the 
 
 Sr Pio^J?'^'''^'"'^ ^-^"^^'i^^ ''"^"^^''^ '"'^'^ conclusion tha? 
 Dr. Rickman resigned his position in the army ; and his representa- 
 tives are therefore, not entitled to commutation pay ^^P^^senta 
 Iwo adverse reports have been previously made on this application 
 tuLn: ''°'^'"'' recommend the adoption of the folloZr^^^^^^ 
 
 Resolved, That the prayer of the petition of the heirs of Dr Wil- 
 liam Rickman be rejected. ^^" 
 

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