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Cummings, Cesar Lloyd, fl. 1790-1792 Salaries of the Secretary of War and his gentlemen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04642 Author/Creator: Cummings, Cesar Lloyd, fl. 1790-1792 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1-6 July 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.8 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Lists the salaries for the Secretary of War and his staff for the months of April, May and June. Second page includes signatures noting the receipt of the money. Noted as written at the War Office. Co-signed by Constant Freeman, William Knox (Principal Clerk), John Stagg (Clerk), Caleb Swan and R. J. Vanden Brock. Indicates that Cummings was a messenger for the War Office, and Cummings signs with a mark. Title is from the docket.

Cummings, Cesar Lloyd, fl. 1790-1792
Freeman, Constant, 1757-1824
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803
Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809
Vanden Brock, R. J., fl. 1789-1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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