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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05389 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0108] April 1792 |
| Title | Salaries for War Department employees |
| Date | 31 March - 4 April 1792 |
| Document Type | Military document; Government document |
| Content Description | Written in two different hands. Lists the salaries for War Department employees, including Caleb Swan and Constant Freeman, for the period of January, February and March, 1792. Signed by nine War Department employees: John Stagg Jr, R.J. Vanden Brock, Caleb Swan (signature not included), Constant Freeman Jr., Benjamin Bankson, Philip Andibert, Nathan Jones, James B. Smith, C.L. Cummings Messenger, and Fredrik Sprig Messenger. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Finance African American Author African Americans in Government |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Swan, Caleb (1758-1809) Freeman, Constant (1757-1824) Vanden Brock, R. J. (fl. 1789-1793) |
| 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 |