[Accountants Office January 2^d 1798] [Capt. [undecipherable] Boote New Brunswick late 1799] [archival stamp: 56] Accountants Office January 2^d 1798 Sir I duly received your letter of the 30 Ult^mo and have receipts for bounty amounting to nine dollars agreeably to your request ll be placed with those heretofore received, to be entered to your credit of your recruiting account. In answer to that part of your letter respecting receipt rolls, I have to inform you that it is generally the practice of this Office — the original may miscarry, in which case it is a substitute I would therefore recommend your taking duplicates in all your publick transactions — I am Sir Your M^t Obed^t Serv^t [signed] W^m Simmons R. Boote Brunswick New Jersey