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 will be filed in the usual manner, until a settlement of your recruiting accounts takes place. I am &^c W^m Simmon Act^t Lieu^t Philip Rodrigue Accountants Office West Point December 6 179[7] Sir I duly received your letter of the 2[d] 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 Simm Act^t Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor New York December 6 179[7] 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 C Simon Act^t