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War Office 1790 Salaries October, November, December

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04814 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 6 January 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.2 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

List of salaries requested and received for employees of the War Department. Includes John Stagg Junior, R. J. VandenBrock, Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankson, Cesar Lloyd Cummings (who signs with his mark).. The men signed for receipt on page two.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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