Capt. Zebulon Pike' Pay Transmitted to Mrs. Pike
Document 1794One hundred sixty dollars have so far been transmitted to Mrs. Pike, in accordance with the wishes of Capt. Pike to provide for his family.
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WD Accountants Office
June 19th 1794
Madam,
I have received your letter of 17th Instant — On the 9th June I remitted to you by the Honorable Mr J Dayton forty dollars in addition to Eighty dollars previously remitted on the 21st May through the hands of Avrom Dunham Esqr and forty dollars on the 17th Inst by Mr Dayton making in the whole One hundred and sixty dollars being for the pay of Captain Pike for the Months of August, Septemr Octr and November last — I have been prompt in furnishing you this supply not having Captain Pikes regular order for the same, but I was induced to it from your representations and from my knowledge of his disposition to provide for his family, added to the uprightness of Capt Pikes conduct in his public accounts —
I presume that the supply of the 9th June which it appears you had not received at the
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
One hundred sixty dollars have so far been transmitted to Mrs. Pike, in accordance with the wishes of Capt. Pike to provide for his family.
Date
06/19/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1794061921055
Page start
152
Note
Cited in Howell to Dayton 06/19/1794, the next entry in the letterbook. Cited in Howell to Pike 08/20/1794.
Notable persons
Isabel Pike
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Accountant's Office

