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[Receipt of salaries]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05637 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 2 October 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31.4 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

States that the members of the War Department have received their full salaries from the time of their appointment to 13 September 1792. Signed by Philip Audebert, Benjamin Bankson, Constant Freeman, Nathan Jones, James B. Smith, Frederick Sprig, John Stagg Jr. and R. J. Vanden Brock.

Audebert, Philip, fl. 1788-1796
Bankson, Benjamin, fl. 1791-1792
Freeman, Constant, 1757-1824
Jones, Nathan, fl. 1790-1792
Smith, James B., fl. 1792
Sprig, Frederick, fl. 1792-1797
Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803
Vanden Brock, R. J., fl. 1789-1793

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