Cap^t William Littlefield Fort Wolcott Accountants Office August 4^th 1798 Sir Your Recruiting account has undergone examination and you will accordingly receive the amount thereof from John S Dexter Esq supervisor at Providence being seventy two Dollars on your giving him the necessary receipts — I have received your letter of the 15 Ult^o & I could wish that in future if you enlist any more recruits you would attend particularly to the recruiting instructions & that if you enlist old Soldiers that have been discharged from the service, that the evidence of the fact will appear with the enlistment and a certificate of their being able bodied and of the proper age at the time of their reenlisting Sam^l W Simmons Acct^t John S Dexter Esq Accountants Office August 4^th 1798 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of seventy two Dollars which you will be pleased pay to Cap^t Williams Littlefield at Fort Wolcot taking the necessary receipts for the same, being for bounties paid by him & premiums for reenlisting 4 Soldiers in the service of the United States — Sam^l W Simmons O Acct