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Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803 [List of salaries for the War Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05177 Author/Creator: Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 September 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 30.7 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

A total of 7 salaries for a total of $1,437. This was the pay for the quarter consisting of July, August, and September. Page two has the signatures of the department, noting they were paid on 3 October 1791. Only Knox's signature is absent. Caesar Lloyd Cummings signed with an "X" for his mark.

Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803
Vanden Brock, R. J., fl. 1789-1793
Freeman, Constant, 1757-1824
Bankson, Benjamin, fl. 1791-1792
Audebert, Philip, fl. 1788-1796
Cummings, Cesar Lloyd, fl. 1790-1792

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