Movement of office to Washington
Document 1800Accounts would have been settled had it not been for the movement of the office to Washington.
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Mr Elias B. Dayton Accountants Office
Elizabethtown N.J. June 4th 1800
Sir
The accountant being absent it is my duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 5 [undecipherable] with the accounts therein mentioned & this duty would have been earlier performed had not the removal of the Office from Philadelphia prevented it. The earliest measures will be taken for the adjustment of all accts which could not before now be attended to —
Sam [undecipherable]
S. [undecipherable]
Mr John B. Douglass June 25th 1800
care of Major Van Brumsten
New York
Sir
The accountant not having yet arrived at this place I do myself the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 27 Ult & this should have been done before had not the removal of the Office from Philadelphia prevented it. I have filed your letter with the Secretary to be considered as an application when the vacancies are to be filled —
Sam [undecipherable]
S. [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
David Henley Esqr June 26th 1800
Knoxville Tennessee
Sir
The accountant being absent I embrace the earliest opportunity which the removal of the Office from Philada to this place would afford to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 16 Ult & that of Mr [undecipherable] of the 17th of same month with their [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Accounts would have been settled had it not been for the movement of the office to Washington.
Date
06/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800062621755
Page start
173
Notable persons
Elias B Dayton
Peter Hagner
William Simmons
accountant
clerk
Notable locations
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Washington
office
Philadelphia
Notable items
accounts

