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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01379 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0041] April 1782 |
| Title | Nathaniel Barber, Jr. to Henry Knox about Barber's pay |
| Date | 1 April 1782 |
| Author | Barber, Nathaniel, Jr. (1728-1787) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Writes to Knox to ask for help in settling his pay with the state assembly of Massachusetts. Relates that the assembly has recently settled with Ezekiel Cheever, a Deputy Commissary General of Military Stores, and is willing to settle with him, except they will only agree to pay him $40 per month for the amount of time he worked as a Commissary, beginning in February 1777. According to documents he has from Knox, who appointed him, he is owed $50 per month (paid in specie) for the first year as Commissary and then $60 per month thereafter. The assembly argues that Knox had no authority to fix his pay, and that he must not earn more than Mr. [Richard] Frothingham or Mr. [Samuel] Hodgdon, who began at the same time as he. He counters that he began ahead of Frothingham, but the assembly will not listen to him. He must bring a resolve from Congress that permits him to receive his rightful pay in specie, and asks Knox to use his influence to obtain one. Adds that not only is he receiving less pay than he is owed, but he is receiving it in notes, which he "cannot sell without 50 or 60 [percent] loss." See also GLC02437.01633. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Soldier's Pay Finance Artillery |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Barber, Nathaniel, Jr. 1728-1787) Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Frothingham, Richard (1748-1819) Cheever, Ezekiel (1720-1793) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | The American Revolution |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Ezekiel Cheever also had a son by the same name (1741-1826). According to the U.S. Military's Ordnance Corps website, the elder Cheever (1720-1793) was the Ordnance officer. www.goordnance.apg.army.mil/ |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Ezekiel Cheever to Henry Knox about his grievances |