of your Recruiting account — Sam ^ts W. Simmons Act^{t O} Lieu^t Horatio R Dayton Accountants Office Elizabeth Town New Jersey Trenton 18 Aug 98 Sir I have not before had time to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 11 Inst ^t which enclosed a receipt for Bounty paid Charles Palmer for five Dollars which receipt will be placed with others already forwarded — Sam ^ts W Simmons Act^{t O} Ensign William B Boots Accountants Office New Brunswick New Jersey Trenton 18 Aug^t 1799 Sir On account of the removal of the Office to this place I have not had time to reply to your letter dated 11 Inst ^t — The receipts there enclosed for bounty Paid will be filed for settlement — The reward for apprehending a deserter has generally been paid to soldiers where it has been thought that they were deserving of it but that is to include all expences attending it — Sam ^ly W Simmons Act^{t O}