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they have made out a statement therefrom, and concluded to propose to the Committee, that in consideration of Absalom and Ruth Hatfield's having been under the necessity of affording very considerable relief to the Indians in their sufferings for want during the late scarcity of grain produced by the general failure of their crops, the sum of One hundred Dollars be allowed them in addition to their salary, which in the peculiar circumstances of the cases is approved of, and the Treasurer, is directed to pay to Ruth Hatfield the balance of the said Account being $280 1/100 which includes their salary of Two hundred &; fifty Dollars, and their expences in removing to Oneida The Committee thinking it some proper that