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Otis, Samuel A. (1740-1814) [Congresstional order for Treasury Department to compile federal salaries]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08960.02 Author/Creator: Otis, Samuel A. (1740-1814) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: 7 May 1792 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Congress ordering the Secretary of the Treasury to present the senate with a statement of "salaries, fees and emoluments...of every person holding any civil office or employment under the United States...together with the actual disbursements and expences in the discharge of their respective offices and employments."

Samuel A. Otis was the first secretary of the United States Senate.

Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814

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