of your Recruiting account— Sam ^to W. Simmons Acct. ^O Liut. Horatio R. Dayton Accountants Office Elizabeth Town New Jersey Trenton 18 Aug ^t [17]99 Sir I have not before had time to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 11 Inst. which enclosed a receipt for Bounty paid Charles Palmer for five Dollars which receipt will be placed with others already forwarded — Sam ^1o W. Simmons Acct. ^O Ensign William R. 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. — 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 ^yr W. Simmons Acct. ^O