Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons directs Dayton to submit his account.
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Lieut Horatio B. Dayton Accountants Office
Elizabeth town New Jersey May 15 179[undecipherable]
Sir
In reply to your letter of the 10 In[undecipherable]
I have to observe that my meaning was that my mean[undecipherable]
was that you should state & transmit to this Office your ac[undecipherable]
the amount of which is intended to be remitted to the Su[undecipherable]
at New York (so soon as the Appropriations pass) and to be
him paid to you on your giving him the necessary re[undecipherable]
Sam Du [undecipherable]
Lieut Nehemiah Freeman Accountants Office
West Point, May 17 [undecipherable]
Sir
The Muster & Pay rolls of the Ga[undecipherable]
at West Point for April 93 contained in your letter of the 11 In[undecipherable]
has undergone examination and the following is the result
amount as stated by you . . . . . . . . . . Dr. 1068. 22.
To which add Subsistence of Capt. Littlefield
as p statement returned you herewith; to enable
you to obtain the necessary receipt on it when
you make the payment . . . . . . . . . . . . 87. 53.
Short added on the aggregate amount . . . . in. 10
1143.
From which deduct, Pay & Forage of Col. Rochefontaine
his pay subsistence & forage, to be Settled separately 89. 48.
Extra pay made up for Jacob Baker, indomisable — 5. —
Pay made up for John Brownson, the whole of his
pay to be withheld until the sentence of the court
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons directs Dayton to submit his account.
Date
05/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051522155
Page start
345
Notable persons
Lieutenant Horatio R Dayton
William Simmons
congress
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Notable locations
Elizabeth Town, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
account
appropriations
receipt

