New Brunswick New Jersey 10^th March 1798 Sir, Agreeable to your request, I hereby acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6^th ins^t covering a post note for One hundred and fifty dollars, to be employed in the recruiting Service I am Sir, Your very humble and obed^t Servant W^m R. Boote Ensⁿ 3^d U.S. Regiment Samuel Lewis Jun^r esquire War Office Philadelphia [Ens. W^m B Bootes receipt to Sam^l Lewis for 150 D^s dated 10 Mar 1798] [recd 5 June 1798]