Department of War Accountant's Office January 16^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated 14^th Inst, inclosing duplicate receipts for bounty paid &c, which together with those before received are under examination the amount that may be found due to you on Settlement of Recruiting Account will be remitted to you— I enclose you blank Muster, Pay and Receipt Rolls agreeably to your request— I am Sir Your Obed^t H^ble Serv^t [undecipherable: probable reading] Wm Simmons Ensign William R. Boote New Brunswick