Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Dayton that his receipts for bounties paid have arrived.
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Ensn Willm k Boot
New Brunswick No Ja Accountants O[cut off]
April [cut off]
Sir
I received your letter of the [cut off] enclosing sundry receipts for bounties paid by you which a[re] in the usual manner on file subject to an Examination agreeably to your request will take place as soon as p[ossible] when you will be informed of the result
Sam W[cut off]
Captn Edward Miller
Middletown, Connt Accountants O[cut off]
April [cut off]
Sir
I received your letter of the [cut off] enclosing four Receipts for bounties paid by you & also Captn Bysell's at [undecipherable] this former will be filed with [those] already received from you subject to a future Examination the latter will be forwarded by the next Western M[ail] here
Sam H. W[cut off]
Lieutt Horatio R. Layton
Elizabethtown No Ja Accountants O[cut off]
April [cut off]
Sir
I received your letter of the [cut off] enclosing one receipt for bounty paid by you which is filed [with] those before received from you subject to a future Examination settlement of your recruiting account.
There are no printed lists of the Officers of the Army th[at can] be spared with[in] at this or the War Office I have as[certained] [cut off]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Dayton that his receipts for bounties paid have arrived.
Date
04/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798041621755
Page start
288
Notable persons
Lieutenant Horatio R Dayton
William Simmons
officers
army
Notable locations
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
settlement
recruiting account
examination
bounty
receipt
file
alterations

