Receipt Rolls for May Not Forwarded Due to Furlough of One Man
Document 1796Dayton encloses several receipt rolls, holding back the one for May as he needs a signature from a furloughed man.
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Governors Island June 9th 1796
Sir,
I have enclosed to you seven receipt Rolls amounting to 1112 Dollars and 94 Cents. —
I have not forwarded the one for the month of May on account of one of the men being on furlough whose signature I have not yet got to it —
I have the Honor to be Sir
Your Most Obed: Servt —
Horatio R. Dayton Lieut
[undecipherable]
Commandant
[seal/flourish]
William Simmons Esqr
[Horatio R. Dayton — recd 10 June — ansd L. 11 [undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Dayton encloses several receipt rolls, holding back the one for May as he needs a signature from a furloughed man.
Date
06/09/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Governors Island
Document number
1796060970101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Dayton 06/11/1796
Notable persons
William Simmons
Horatio Dayton
Notable locations
Governors Island
Notable items
receipt rolls
furlough
signature