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Caleb Swan Esq<sup>r</sup>
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Nicholas Fish Esq<sup>r</sup><br>
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Paymaster gen<sup>l</sup>
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Supervisor<br>
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New York<br>
  
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Department of [undecipherable]
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Department of War<br>
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Accountants Office
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Accountants Office<br>
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May 21<sup>st</sup>-1796-
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May 25-1796-
  
 
Sir
 
Sir
  
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Lieu<sup>t</sup> Blue of the Cavalry sometime [undecipherable]
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The Treasury of the United States wil
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presented an account for settlement for his pay as lieu<sup>t</sup> [undecipherable]
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remit you - One hundred and seventy eight Dollars being for the pay
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and quarter master and for his forage - the pay was rejected on[undecipherable]
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of  Lieu<sup>t</sup> Horatio R Dayton and the men under his command at--
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the old established [undecipherable] of not allowing [undecipherable] [undecipherable] capacitiy
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Governors Island [undecipherable] to the 30<sup>th</sup> April 1796 inclusive which  [undecipherable]
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and a question arrose whether he was [undecipherable] to forage in any but
 
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that of a lieut as the act [undecipherable] [undecipherable] "when forage shall
 
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not be [undecipherable] by the public" I contened that forage was - furnished [undecipherable] by the public as a lieut andconsequently [undecipherable]
 
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was not entitled to any further allowance the [undecipherable] was [undecipherable]
 
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to the attorney [undecipherable] who has [undecipherable] against the claim so you
 
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will observe by the enclosed copy of his decision I sand you
 
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this for your government in future on this [undecipherable]-
 
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The attorney [undecipherable] is of the opinion that every forage in
 
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kind, or money is [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] by the public they
 
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officer though doing the duty of [undecipherable]appointments in [undecipherable]
 
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[undecipherable] [undecipherable] forage but in one.
 
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I am etc.
 
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William Simmons
 
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Department of War
 
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Accountants Office
 
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May 2517996-