Elizabeth Town 3^d Dec^r 1798 Sir, I send you enclosed an account of subsistence Due me, commencing the 1^st Aug^t 1797 & ending the 31^st Jan^y 1798 for which I will thank you to send me the money, together with my Pay from the 1^st Sep^t 1797 to the 31^st Jan^y 1798, being five months —— I have wood due me from the 1^st of August last, which I suppose I can draw at this place ——— I will thank you to send me the Articles of War as I left mine at Niagara. — I am Sir, Your Most Obed^t Serv^t Horatio R Dayton Lieu^t A D C [signature flourish] P.S. I have charged all my rations as due at Eliz^th Town but those in the month of August became due when I was travelling from Niagara to this place, which I have not taken notice of in the account. William Simmons Esq^r [Pay 1 Sep Sub^ce 1 July] [cover notation: Elizabeth Town Jan^y 3^d 1798 / Rec^d Feb^y 5^th / Ans^d Horatio R. Dayton] [docket: Elizabeth Town Feb. 9^th]