[Docket: Westpoint 18^th [undecipherable] / from Cap. B. How / Receipt of Recruits / rec^d off M^r. Morris] [f.] [1] I have received your Letters Dated the first Inst being then in Newyork it was not in my power to anfwer them in refpect to the Recruits which M^r Morris had Settled for. I now inclofe you a Copy of a receipt M^r Morris wrote with his own hands in my book in presence of Capt Fleming - & the only Man that I did not Settle with him for was Silvanus Boardham whom he took with him for a Servant - The Receipt is as follows - West Point Apr. [undecipherable] Rec^d of Capt. B. Howe forty eight Dollars being the Bounty & premium of the following Recruits who were enlisted by me at West Point viz Ezekiel Dodge, John Ilbury, John Bowen, Edwards Strickling M^r Andersen & Henry Davis Signed — S. Morris Sam^l Steddily He also signed Separate Receipts for their Bounty only which I herewith enclofe Dodge & Stricklands have since deserted I at that time represented to him the Danger of desertion & the loss of the premium, but he promised hard & I considered the company my own therefore thought myself Justifiable afterwards paid them the two Dollars extra Bounty & took their receipts for the same I trust it must have been forgetfulness in him, but think I shall want every thing that I am entitled to in the Settlement of my Act as I have found recruiting very expensive this season —                                                         I am Sir— West Point 10^th June [undecipherable]           with friendship & esteem                                                         Your Ob^t & H^ble Serv^t                                                               Bezaleel Howe Cap^t                                                                   60 Regt — Joseph Howell Esq^r Accountant War Office