Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton account against the United States for attending the court martial at Trenton upon Captain Lewis
Document 1798Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton account against the United States for attending the court martial at Trenton upon Captain Lewis. After a deduction for subsistence, amount owed is $61.18.
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[Docket: Elizabeth Town Nov 1798 / Horatio R. Dayton / rec'd 10th / for letter & [undecipherable] / 13 Nov 1798]
[Free]
[Rec'd [undecipherable: probable reading "12 Nov"]]
[undecipherable] Esquire
Accountant
Trenton
William Simmons Esquire
Elizabeth Town 5. Nov. 1798
Sir,
Inclosed is my account against the United States, for attending the Court martial at Trenton upon Captn. Lewis —
I will thank you to remit me the money as I am in want of it just now —
I am Sir,
Your Most Obedt Servt
Horatio R Dayton Lieut.
A.D.C.
[signature]
William Simmons Esquire
[Enclosure]
Dr. The United States,
To Lieut. Horatio R Dayton
To attending as member of a Court martial from the 1st
to the 23d. October 1798 inclusive: —
Twenty three days at Three Dollars per day — 69 Doll[ars]
Deduct Twenty three days subsistance
at thirty four Cents per day . . . . . — 7: 82
Dollars 61: 10
Horatio R Dayton Lieut.
A.D.C.
[signature]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton account against the United States for attending the court martial at Trenton upon Captain Lewis. After a deduction for subsistence, amount owed is $61.18.
Date
11/05/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Elizabethtown
Document number
1798110570101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Dayton to Simmons, 11/12/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Horatio R Dayton
Captain Lewis
Notable locations
Trenton
Elizabethtown
New Jersey
War Office
Philadelphia
Accountant's Office

