Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Dayton that his receipts for bounties were received.
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with by sundry Officers similarly circumstanced; indeed where vouchers are defective it is a mode which has been adopted & can be dispensed with, if you have any particular objection to the deposition please to remark it —
Sam Sir &c
W Simmons
Lieut Hondie R. Clayton Accountants Office
Elizabeth Town New Jersey July 2nd 1793
Sir
I received your letter of the 30 Ulto enclosing Two Receipts for bounties paid by you which are filed with those before transmitted subject to a future examination on the settlement of your Recruiting account — Sam &c
W Simmons
Jonathan Jackson Esqr Accountants Office
Boston July 3rd 1793
Sir
I received your letter of the 26 Ulto covering receipts for payments made by you amounting to Three Thousand One forty dollars & forty eight Cents which will be entered on the Books of Office as usual — Samo
W Simmons
Sect.
The Sec of War Accountants Office
Sir July 2nd 17[undecipherable]
I beg leave once more to call to your mind & attention the request contained in my letters of 27 April 93 & 10 May following respect the compensation to be allowed to Mr Gale Agent for paying the militia
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Dayton that his receipts for bounties were received.
Date
07/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798070221355
Page start
422
Notable persons
Lieutenant Horatio R Dayton
William Simmons
Notable locations
Elizabeth Town, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
receipts
bounties
file
examination
settlement
recruiting account

