Request for pay and advance
Document 1798Dayton requests advance in pay. Asks how the court martial goes on and gives his compliments to Simmons' sister and daughter.
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[Docket, upper right: Elizb. Town / 2d November 1790 / Horatio G. Dayton / No 2 H[undecipherable] / Acc[undecipherable]]
William Simmons Esquire
Accountant
Trenton
Elizabeth Town 2: November 1790
Sir,
I will thank you to remit my Pay for October, together with an advance of one or two months Pay if you think proper.
Can you inform me how The Court Martial goes on.
Be kind enough to give my Compliments to your Sisters and Daughters — I am Sir
Your Most Obed: Serv:
Horatio G. Dayton Lieut.
[undecipherable]
William Simmons Esquire
Type
Document Signed
Description
Dayton requests advance in pay. Asks how the court martial goes on and gives his compliments to Simmons' sister and daughter.
Date
11/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Elizabeth Town
Document number
1798110270201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Dayton to Simmons, 11/12/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Lieutenant Horatio R Dayton
sister
daughter
Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
New Jersey
Elizabeth Town
Trenton
Notable items
epidemic
yellow fever
advance
pay
court martial
compliments