Accurately quoted on the first of September, I see (3)
I believe the answer is:
sic
'accurately' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'on the first of september i see' is the wordplay.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the first of september' becomes 's' (1st letter of 'september').
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
's'+'i' is 'si'.
'si'+'c'='SIC'
'quoted' is the link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sic that I've seen before include "poorly spelt if requiring this" , "(Of quoted word) exactly so" , "Thus in Corsica" , "Thus - in Latin" , "Printing term to denote accuracy though it appears otherwise" .)