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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05042 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0100] May-June 1791 |
| Title | War Department accounts |
| Date | 30 June 1791 |
| Author | Stagg, John, Jr. (1758-1803) |
| Additional authors | Vanden Brock, R.J. (fl. 1789-1792) Freeman, Constant (1757-1824) Bankson, Benjamin (fl. 1791-1792) Audebert, Philip (fl. 1788-1796) Cummings, Caesar Lloyd (fl. 1791) |
| Document Type | Military document; Government document |
| Content Description | First page written on 30 June 1791 delineates the salaries of seven members of the War Department for the months of April, May, and June. Notes that Knox made $750 those three months and that his annual salary was $3,000. A total of $1,437.50 was paid in salaries to all seven men for this period. Second page dated 2 July has signatures of members of the department, noting they received their salaries. Knox did not sign the document and Cummings made an "X" for his mark. The other five did sign. |
| Subjects | African American History African Americans in Government Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Finance |
| People | Stagg, John, Jr. (1758-1803) Vanden Brock, R. J. (fl. 1789-1793) Freeman, Constant (1757-1824) Bankson, Benjamin (fl. 1791-1792) Audebert, Philip (fl. 1788-1796) Cummings, Caesar Lloyd, (d. 1792) |
| 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 |