Certification of payment; Elias B. Dayton of Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, for rations supplied and quartermaster and hospital stores for troops of United States in New Jersey
Document 1800Certification of payment; $2003.18 to Elias B. Dayton of Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, for rations supplied and quartermaster and hospital stores for troops of United States in New Jersey
100%
⇣No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
Accountant's Office
November 25th 1800
I Certify that there is due to C.
Delacé & Co the Sum of Sixty one dollars & 10/100 being
the amount of their account for printing proposals for
the Supply of Rations & notification to Officers to report
themselves to Brig. Genl Wilkinson, which Sum is payable to
Wm. Cranch Co.'s order. W.S.
$61.10.
The Secy of War—
(November 1st 1800)
I Certify that there is due to Chas. Horton
of Elizabethtown New Jersey the Sum of two thousand & three dollars
18/100 being a balance for Rations Subsisted & Quarter Master [undecipherable: probable reading: Hospital]
Stores Expenditures for the use of the Troops of the U.S.
in the State of New Jersey commencing the 1 Octr 1799 &
terminating 30 Sept 1800 including under the Head of Quarter
Master expenditures the purchase of materials & Labor of
Mechanics, in erecting huts & Store Houses for the 11, 12 & 13th
Regts at Scotch Plains - also for forage purchased for the
Horses of the Officers of Said Regts when at said place—
$2003. 18
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $2003.18 to Elias B. Dayton of Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, for rations supplied and quartermaster and hospital stores for troops of United States in New Jersey
Date
11/27/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800112721052
Page start
255
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
William Simmons
troops
accountant
Secretary of War
contractor
Elias B. Dayton
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Scotch Plains
Elizabeth Town
New Jersey
Notable items
pay
rations
quartermaster stores
hospital stores
supply

