Department of War Accountants Office Novem^r 14^th 1798 Sir I have recev given Nicholas Fish Esq^t Supervisor at New York the sum of Twelve Dollars 4^s/6 four cents being for the Pay of Thomas Ath[undecipherable]ale a Private in the Detachment of the Troops under your command from the 1^st April to 8^th July 1793 the date of his decease — for which sum you will please to grant your duplicate receipts to be prst by the repayment in due application of the same to the widow of the dec^d Soldier. The voucher for bounty enclosed in your letter of the 9^th Inst together with those before received are under examination the result of which will be communicated to you. I am Sir Your Ob^t Hble Serv^t [signature] Ensign William R. Boote New Brunswick New Jersey