United States War Department [Salaries for War Department employees]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04895 Author/Creator: United States War Department Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 1 April 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Record of salaries owed and paid by the War office for the months of January, February, and March of 1791. Includes salaries for the Secretary of War (Henry Knox), John Stagg, Reiner John Van den Brock, Benjamin Bankson, Philip Audebert, and Caesar Lloyd Cummings (who signs with his mark).. All of the men, except for Knox, sign on page two as receiving payment. Docket notes salaries were paid on 4 April 1791.
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