Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons confirms that Dayton's receipts for bounties paid have come to hand.
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Lieut. Horatio Dayton Accountants Office
Elizabeth Town N. J. March 27
Sir
I received your letter of the 22d enclosing Receipts for Bounties paid by you which will remain in the usual way subject to a future examination & Settlement
As respects the claim of Micho for Pay & subsistence I beg reference to my letter to you in that of the 21 Inst: which accompanies this
I am &c
McR
Ensign William B. Boot Accountants Office
New Brunswick N.J. March
Sir
I received your letter of the 24 Inst and three Receipts for Bounties paid by you which will be filed with heretofore transmitted subject to a future examination & Settlement —
Whenever Congress shall pass the appropriations for the current Year (which I have reason to believe will be in the course of two or three Days) the amount found due the different Pay Rolls transmitted by you will be remitted with the smallest delay on my part.
I am &c McR
James Read Esqr Accountants Office
Collector of the Customs, Wilmington 1st
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States remit you the Sum of Two hundred & fifty Dollars and seventy which you will be pleased to pay to Captn Griffith J McRee taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable being for pay of the Detachment under his command from the time they were paid to the 25 February last inclusive
I am &c &c
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons confirms that Dayton's receipts for bounties paid have come to hand.
Date
03/27/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798032721555
Page start
252
Note
Cited in Dayton to Simmons, 03/31/1798
Notable persons
Lieutenant Horatio Dayton
William Simmons
Notable locations
Elizabeth Town, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
receipts
bounties
examination
settlement
pay
claim
subsistence

