this Navy Yard at Boston? it being for their salaries from [undecipherable] to 31 ^st March 1798 — and take their Receipts respectively [undecipherable] same — Sam^d: [undecipherable: A W Simmons] Acct^s Ensign W^m H Boote Accountants Off[undecipherable] New Brunswick N^o J. April 10^th 1[undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable] enclosing sundry receipts for bounties paid by you and the M[undecipherable] Pay Rolls for march of yourself and Recruits the former well b[undecipherable] in the usual manner subject to a future examination? the amou[undecipherable] due on the latter will be transmitted thro' the usual channe[undecipherable] as Congress shall make the necessary appropriations for the p[undecipherable] Year — Sam^s L^c W Simm[undecipherable] Ac[undecipherable] Lieu^t David Hale Accountants Off[undecipherable] Ellis's Islands N.J. April 10^th 1[undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the 7 [undecipherable] enclosing sundry receipts for Bounties paid by you which ar[undecipherable] with those before received until a settlement of your Recruiting ac[undecipherable] takes place, mean time I have made known your want of Re[undecipherable] money at the War Office — Congress have not yet passed the a[undecipherable] for the present Year but I expect they will do it shortly, when a[undecipherable] for pay of yourself and Recruits will immediately take place — Sam^s L^c W Simm[undecipherable] P.S. You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York the su[undecipherable] hundred Dollars, for the use of the Recruiting service, on your giving him [undecipherable] receipts holding yourself accountable —