Receipts for Bounty
Document 1798Enclosed are receipts for bounty amounting to $18. Also included is Michael La Plache's receipt for $32, being his pay for July 1797 through February 1798.
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[from Horatio R. Dayton
Dated July 21
Recd — Aug 29 [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]]
[Tea]
William Simmons Esqr
Accountant
Philada
Elizabeth Town 21 July 1798
Sir
I enclose you four Receipts for Bounty paid since my last, amounting to eighteen Dollars, I also enclose you Michael La flache's Receipt for Thirty two Dollars, being his Pay from the 1: July 1797 to the 20. [undecipherable: probable reading March] 1798 inclusive —
I have the Honor to Be Sir
your Most Obedt Servt
Horatio R Dayton Lieut
A[undecipherable]
[seal]
William Simmons Esquire
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed are receipts for bounty amounting to $18. Also included is Michael La Plache's receipt for $32, being his pay for July 1797 through February 1798.
Date
07/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Elizabeth Town
Document number
1798072170201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Dayton, 07/23/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Horatio R. Dayton
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Town

