Cummings, Cesar Lloyd (fl. 1790-1791) Salaries of the Secretary of War and his gentlemen
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04642 Author/Creator: Cummings, Cesar Lloyd (fl. 1790-1791) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1-6 July 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32.8 x 20.4 cm Order a Copy
Lists the salaries for the Secretary of War and his staff for the months of April, May and June. Second page includes signatures noting the receipt of the money. Noted as written at the War Office. Co-signed by Constant Freeman, William Knox (Principal Clerk), John Stagg (Clerk), Caleb Swan and R. J. Vanden Brock. Indicates that Cummings was a messenger for the War Office, and Cummings signs with a mark. Title is from the docket.
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.)
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