this Navy Yards at Boston? it being for their salaries from [undecipherable] to 31 ^st March 1798 — and take their Receipts respectively [undecipherable] same? — Sam^l [undecipherable] A W Simmon[undecipherable] Acct^s Ensign W^m H Boote Accountants Off[undecipherable] New Brunswick N.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 will b[undecipherable] in the usual manner subject to a future examination; the amou[undecipherable] due on the latter will be transmitted thro' the usual channel[undecipherable] as Congress shall make the necessary appropriations for the p[undecipherable] Year — Jam's L: W: Simm[undecipherable] Ac[undecipherable] Lieut David Hale Accountants Off[undecipherable] Ellis's Island, 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 ap[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. Jam's L: W Simm[undecipherable] P.S. You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York the tw[undecipherable] hundred Dollars for the use of the Recruiting service on your giving him [undecipherable] receipts holding yourself accountable —