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Elizabeth Town 9th January 1800. __ Sir, Be pleased to pay to Jonathan Dayton Esq., for my use, five thousand Dollars to charged to my account as contractor for supplying provisions & to the troops of the U, States within the State of New Jersey & for expences incurred in the erection of Huts for cantoning the Union Brigade. __ warrant to expence [undecipherable] I am Sir with respect Your very humble Servt. J. B. Dayton The Hon. le James McHenry Secretary of War _ stamped The National Archives of the United States 1934