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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04814 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0094] January-March 1790 |
| Title | War Office 1790 Salaries October, November, December |
| Date | 6 January 1791 |
| Document Type | Military document; Government document |
| Content Description | List of salaries requested and received for employees of the War Department. Includes John Stagg Junior, R. J. (No Suggestions), Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankson, Cesar Lloyd Cummings (who signs with his mark).. The men signed for receipt on page two. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Finance African American History African Americans in Government |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| 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 |