Elizabeth Town 17^th September 1798 Sir, Thomas Thompson was a Deserter from Lieut: Marschalk and delivered himself up to Captain Frye, on the 14^th May last, from which time I have made him up in the Pay Rolls. — I received of Nicholas Fish Esquire Eighty Dollars d¹⁰⁰/₁₀₀ on or about the 17^th August last, it being for my Pay and Subsistance for the Months of June and July, which is all that I recived for those two months — I am Sir, Your Mo^st Obed^t Serv^t Horatio R Dayton Lieut^: A&C [signature] William Simmons Esquire [verso:] [Elizabeth Town] [Horatio A. Dayton] [nov^r 18^th] [Ans^d [undecipherable] by] [William Simmons Esquire] [Accountant] [Pardon] [free] [Eg: Sam^l [undecipherable]]