Received December 9. 1799 of William Simmons Account. a Warrant N^o 46[undecipherable] issued by The Secretary of War for Eight thousand Dollars, on account of supplies furnished the troops of the United States in the State of New Jersey, for which sum the within Elias B Cayton to be accountable — $ dol 8000— Jona. Dayton --- Elizabeth Town 4^th Decemb^r 1799 Sir, Be pleased to pay to Jonathan Dayton [strikethrough: Dep.] for my use, eight thousand. dollars for account of my contract for furnishing Provisions &c to the Troops of the U. States in the State of New Jersey I am Sir Your very humb^le Serv^t [strikethrough: undecipherable] — E. B. Dayton — Secretary of War — [seal]