Receipts for Bounty Paid to Recruits, Etc.
Document 1798Enclosed are the receipts for the bounty paid the recruits under Lieutenant Dyson's command. If it is not incompatible with the rules of the War Department, Dyson wants his pay forwarded for the months of April and May.
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Port Tobacco May 22d 1798
Sir
Enclosed I transmit you receipts for bounty paid the recruits last week under my command— If it is not incompateable with the rules of the department I wice thank you to forward my pay for the months of April & May
I am Sir
With Respect
Your obedt Servt
Saml T Dyson Lieut
Artd Troops
[Port Tobacco 22d May 98]
[Addressed to: William Simmons [undecipherable] / Accountant for the department / W. D. Philadelphia]
[Docketed: Genl [undecipherable] / from [undecipherable] S. T. Dyson / Port Tobucco / Recd [undecipherable] May [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] 1798 / Ans. [undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are the receipts for the bounty paid the recruits under Lieutenant Dyson's command. If it is not incompatible with the rules of the War Department, Dyson wants his pay forwarded for the months of April and May.
Date
05/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Port Tobacco
Document number
1798052270101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Dyson, 05/26/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons, Accountant for the Department of War
Samuel Dyson
Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Port Tobacco