Receipts for bounty paid recruits
Document 1797Letter to Ensign Boote concerning the receipts for bounty paid recruits.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
October 2. 1797-
[for]
I received your letter of the 30 ulto with a number of receipts for Bounty paid Recruits Enlisted by you amounting to twelve Dollars and nineteen Cents which will be filed as usual to be examined on settlement of your Recruiting account.
I am
Sir your most Obedt —
[signature]
Ensign Wm R Book
New Brunswick
[address leaf: Wm Simmons Esqr / October 2. 1797 / accountants Office / [signature] / FREE / [postal circle stamp: 20] / [undecipherable] / Will R Book / New Brunswick / New Jersey]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter to Ensign Boote concerning the receipts for bounty paid recruits.
Date
10/02/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Collection
Document number
1797100221401
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Rowland Boote
William Simmons
recruits
Notable locations
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Department of War
Notable items
Receipts
bounty
recruiting
settlement