Accountants Office September 5^th 1798 I Certify that there is due to a detachment of Recruits stationed at New Brunswick under the command of Ensign WR Boote the Sum of One hundred and forty three dollars being for his, and their pay for the month of August 1798. which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor of New York to be by him paid to Ensn Boote who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof. Pay of the Army 1798 – D^rs 143 – [The Secy of War] N^o 3102 W. Simmons Accountant W.D.