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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04895 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0099] March-April 1791 |
| Title | Salaries for War Department employees |
| Date | 1 April 1791 |
| Author | United States. War Deptartment. |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Government document; Military document |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General African American History African Americans in Government Finance Government and Civics |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Van den Broek, Reiner John (fl. 1789-1796) Bankson, Benjamin (fl. 1791-1792) Cummings, Caesar Lloyd, (d. 1792) Stagg, John, Jr. (1758-1803) Audebert, Philip (fl. 1788-1796) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Government & Politics; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Caesar Lloyd Cummings (d. 1792), one of six civilian employees in the War Department, was a free black man. He worked as the department messenger. (At least one source indicates that Cummings had served there since the Board of War's creation in 1777.) |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |