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Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803 [War office salaries]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04742 Author/Creator: Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 7 October 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

List of the War Department's employees' salaries owed and paid out for July, August, and September 1790 sent to Knox. Also signed by Reiner John Van den Brock, Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankon, Caleb Swann, and Caesar Lloyd Cummings.

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