Pay for Horation Dayton
Document 1796Directs Fish to pay Horation Dayton at Elizabethtown his pay
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John Kilty Esqr
Supervisor
Baltimore
Maryland
Sir!
I received your Letter of the 26th inst. enclosing Lieut.t Jonathan Robeson's Receipts for one hundred & twenty six Dollars 6/100; which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Act.
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supervisor
New York
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Fifty two Dollars, which you will please to pay to Horatio R. Dayton at Elizabeth town; being on account of his pay, & for which you will take his duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Ass.t
Lieut Horatio R. Dayton
Elizabethtown
Sir!
You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor New York the sum of Fifty two Dollars, being an advance made on account of your pay & for which you will sign duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor.
As there is a considerable unsettled account of yours on the Books of this Office, you will be pleased to transmit your receipts & vouchers as early as possible, in order that an examination may take place & the amount thereof passed to your Credit accordingly.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Act.
N.B. Your pay for the month of August has been transmitted to West point.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Directs Fish to pay Horation Dayton at Elizabethtown his pay
Date
09/29/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796092921355
Page start
209
Notable persons
Nicholas Fish
William Simmons
Horatio R. Dayton
treasurer
supervisor New York
Notable locations
New York
Accountants Office
Elizabethtown
Notable items
pay
receipts


