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Laugier, James Henry, fl. 1793-1974 [War Department salaries for October, November, and December 1793]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06018 Author/Creator: Laugier, James Henry, fl. 1793-1974 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 3 January 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Document announcing the 11 employees of the War Department received their pay for the last quarter of 1793. Each person signed his name that he received pay, except for David Henley, Benjamin Betterton, and Stephen Hills. The pay of the last two was "not allowed." Total payments for the quarter's salaries was $949.99. The document is in the handwriting of paymaster James Henry Laugier (see GLC02437.06004 for a reference to Laugier's title).

Laugier, John Henry, fl. 1793-1794

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