[W^m Simmons's Let^r February 13^th 1798] [Ensign William R. Beote New Brunswick New Jersey] Accountants Office February 13^th 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 10^th Instant enclosing sundry receipts for Bounties paid by you which will be filed as usual subject to a future settlement. As respects the pay of yourself & Recruits, it will be necessary that you transmit monthly Pay Rolls from the date of the last payment and the amount found due on each will be transmitted thro' the usual channel, it may be proper to remark in the mean time that Congress have not as yet appropriated for the present year, you can nevertheless transmit the Pay Roll for January to be ready to act on it as soon as the appropriations are passed — I am Sir Y^r Serv^t [signature] Ensign William R. Beote New Brunswick N. J.