Movement of the office to Washington
Document 1800Matters would have been attended to had it not been for the removal of the office to Washington.
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the removal of the Office from Trenton, to this place
prevented my acknowledging the receipt of your letter upon.
Sam'l Ex W?
John Kelly Esqr Accountants Office
Baltimore City of Washington June 9th
Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
dated the 9th Instt enclosing the receipt of Jn Fenner for
two hundred & eight dollars & five which sum has been
entered to your credit on the Books of this Office.
Sam In
S Hazen
[undecipherable]
Mr Colt Henet June 26th 1800
S Wilmington N.C?
Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
dated the 22d Ulto which the removal of the office from
Philadelphia prevented me from doing before. As early
as the Books & papers of the office are perfectly arranged
your accounts will be taken up for examination in course
& this result will be duly communicated.
Sam In
S Hazen
[undecipherable]
The Honble Jonn Dayton June 28th 1800.
Elizabethtown N. S
Sir
All Summers being absent it is my duty to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 6th Instt and but
not the removal of the Office prevented it I should have striven
to do so this — I have written to Mr Elias B Dayton
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Matters would have been attended to had it not been for the removal of the office to Washington.
Date
06/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800062621455
Page start
171
Notable persons
Jonathan Dayton
Peter Hagner
Elias Dayton
William Simmons
clerk
accountant
Notable locations
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
war office
Washington
Notable items
accounts

