Department of War Accountants Office January 11^th 1799. Sir I have received your letter of the 7^th Inst. enclosing a Muster & Pay Roll for yourself & Recruits for December 98. which has been examined & found correct. the amount thereof being one Hundred & Ninety five Dollars & thirty one cents you will accordingly receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor at New York, granting your duplicate receipt to be accountable for the due application thereof— Your Receipt Roll for the month of Novem^r 98 has also been examined, the amount therein receipted being one hundred and Eighty seven Dollars & ten cents will be placed to the Credit of your account on the Books of this office— Your Recruiting Account is under examination the result whereof will be communicated to you— I am Sir Your Obed^t Hbl Serv^t W Simmons Ensign William P Boote New Brunswick [Accountants Office] [Ensign William R Boote New Brunswick New Jersey] [6th [undecipherable] January 11^th [undecipherable] William [undecipherable]] [Ag^t [undecipherable]]