Receipts for Bounty Paid
Document 1798Enclosed is a receipt for five dollars bounty paid. A second receipt is enclosed which has not yet been acknowledged.
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Elizabeth Town 18. August 1798
Sir,
Enclosed is a Receipt for five Dollars Bounty paid. I enclosed you a Receipt the 11. Instant for five Dollars Bounty which I had paid, the Receipt of which has not yet been acknowledged —
I am Sir
Your most Obed.t Serv.t
Horatio R. Dayton Lieut.
A & R
[Cover: Free]
[Cover address: William Simmons Esquire / Accountant / Philadelphia]
[Docket: Elizabeth Town 18th Aug / No 2 [undecipherable] / Ans'd same day]
[Postmark notation: Eliz. Town / Aug 19]
William Simmons Esquire
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed is a receipt for five dollars bounty paid. A second receipt is enclosed which has not yet been acknowledged.
Date
08/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Elizabeth Town
Document number
1798081870101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Dayton, 08/21/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Horatio R. Dayton
Notable locations
Elizabeth Town