Pay of Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton & His Men
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $178 is due Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton and the men under his command at Governors Island New York, being his and their pay through April 1796.
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Hugh now under the Command of Capt James Bruff the Sum of Three hundred seven Dollars and six Cents for their pay to 1st April 1796 which Sum is payable to the said Capt Bruff who is accountable for the due application thereof.
William Simmons
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
20th May 1796
I Certify that from a letter of the Contractor Dated May 7. 1794 covering a receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia Dated April 13. 1796 and Indorsation; has appears to be necessarily advanced on general expenses of the War Department the Sum of four Dollars and ninety five Cents which is now chargeable out of the Monies accruing from Duties on Imports and Tonnage and forwarded he is accountable in Pursuance of a Warrant to be Issued in his favor by the Secretary of War, to which said receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the Communication of the Comptroller.
Drs 5.00
William Simmons
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office,
20th May 1796
I Certify that there is due to Lieut Wm Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers the Sum of twenty six Dollars and eighty Cents for his pay for the Month of April 1796, & Subsistance from 1st April to 2d April 1796 & for his passage from Savannah in Georgia to New York.
William Simmons
Drs 76. 80
Accountants Office
20th May 1796
I Certify that there is due to Lieut Horatio R. Dayton and the men under his Command at [undecipherable] near Federal. New York
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $178 is due Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton and the men under his command at Governors Island New York, being his and their pay through April 1796.
Date
05/20/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796052021555
Page start
247
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Horatio Dayton
Horatio R Dayton
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Governors Island
New York
Notable items
pay

