Elizabeth Town 12: November 1798 Sir The 2: Instant I wrote to you requesting that my Pay for the month of October might be remitted to me, together with one or two months pay in advance, and on the 5: I inclosed you my account against the United States for attending a Court Martial at Trenton, which I also requested you to remit the advance is of no consequence, but I will thank you to send the other as I am particularly in want of it just now — I am Sir Your Most Obed^t Serv^t Horatio R Dayton Lieu^t. A L R William Simmons Esquire [Free] [Addressed: Elizabeth Town / 12^th Nov^r / 1798 / Horatio R Dayton / Accounts filed / Eltropm [undecipherable]] [William Simmons Esq^re]