Ensign William R. Doote Accountants Office New Brunswick December 5 1797 Sir I duly received your Letter of the 2^d In^st enclosing sundry receipts for bounties paid by you to recruits, which a filed in the usual manner, until a settlement of your recruiting accoun takes place. I am &^c W^m Simmon Act^t Lieu^t Philip Rodrigue Accountants Office West Point December 6 179 Sir I duly received your letter of the 29 and in consequence have transmitted the amount of your Recruiting Account, being Seventy Seven Dollars & Sixty Cents, to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York, from whom you will receive the same on giving necessary Receipts — I am &^c W^m Simmo Act^t Nicholas Fish Esq^re Accountants Office Supervisor New York December 6 179 Sir The Treasurer of the United States remit you Seventy Seven Dollars and sixty Cents which Sum you will to pay to Lieut Philip Rodrigue of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers West Point taking his duplicate receipts for the Same being in full amount of his account for recruiting against the United States — I am &^c W^m Simon Act^t