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Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803 [Receipt of salaries]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06215 Author/Creator: Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 4 October 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Written in the hand of Samuel Lewis. Issued from the War Office of the United States to the "Secretary for the Department of War," [Henry Knox]. Receipt of paid salaries for the months of July, August, and September. Document is signed by 14 War Department employees including John Stagg.

United States War Department
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803

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