Unknown [Salaries for the War Office from January-March 1793]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05863 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 April 1793 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.5 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy
Possibly in the hand of Philip Audibert. This document provides salary information for the War Department from January-March 1793. The 10 employees made $1,762.22. Knox as the Secretary of War made $750 for the quarter. Page 2 was written on 2 April and has the signatures of 9 employees of the War Department, stating they received their salary. Only Knox's signature is absent.
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