[Page 497] Pay made up for Thomas Hills deceased 80 Cents, this same as well as all other back pay due to his Estate, to be paid to his legal heirs at this Office, and an overcalculation of five Cents on pay of M^rs Brooks. These deductions leave an amount of seventy three Dollars & fifty five Cents which you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r supervisor at New York, on your giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable. — The letters are filed as usual untill the settlement of your Recruiting account — agreeably to your request you have some Blank muster Rolls herewith — Sam^l Hp Peter Hagner p^r C^k --- Nicholas Fish Es^qr New York Sir, Accountants Office August 8^th 1798 In the absence of the Accountant I have to inform you that the Treasurer of the United States, will remit you the sum of seventy three Dollars & 55^c, which you will be pleased to pay to Ensign William B Boots at New Brunswick taking the necessary receipts for the same being for pay of himself & recruits for July 1798. holding him accountable — Sam^l H^p Peter Hagner p^r C^k