Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Gordon that his inquiry into the men of the New Hampshire line has yielded two soldiers named Adams.
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Lieut Horatio R. Dayton
Elizabethtown New Jersey Accountants Office
June 27. 1798
Sir
I received your letter of the 25 Inst: enclosing receipts for Bounties paid by you which are filed in the usual way to await the settlement of your recruiting account
Agreeably to your request I have repo[rted] on the pay of Michael LaBlache and the Treasurer of the United St[ates] will remit the amount thereof being thirty two dollars to Nicholas Fish. Eq. Supervisor New York from whom you will receive the sa[me] on your giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountab[le]
Saml W[undecipherable]
I have rec'd from Mr Gumps this | You will also receive from Nick. Fish Eq.
12 [undecipherable] drs due to you which I will | Two hundred dollars on account of the
pay to your order — W.S. | Recruiting service on your giving
| him the necessary receipts holding
| yourself accountable Saml W.S.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Gordon that his inquiry into the men of the New Hampshire line has yielded two soldiers named Adams.
Date
06/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798062621055
Page start
412
Notable persons
William Gordon
William Simmons
congress
New Hampshire Line
1st Regiment
Lieutenant Adams
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Notable locations
Accountant's Office

