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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04642 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0096] July-September 1790 |
| Title | Salaries of the Secretary of War and his gentlemen |
| Date | 1-6 July 1790 |
| Author | Cummings, Cesar Lloyd (fl. 1790-1792) |
| Additional authors | Freeman, Constant (1757-1824) Knox, William (1756-1795) Stagg, John, Jr. (1758-1803) Swan, Caleb (1758-1809) Vanden Brock, R. J. (fl. 1789-1793) |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Finance African American History African Americans in Government |
| People | Cummings, Caesar Lloyd, (d. 1792) Freeman, Constant (1757-1824) Knox, William (1756-1795) Stagg, John, Jr. (1758-1803) Swan, Caleb (1758-1809) Vanden Brock, R. J. (fl. 1789-1793) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Banking & Economics |
| 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 |