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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04742 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0097] October-December 1790 |
| Title | War office salaries |
| Date | 7 October 1790 |
| Author | Stagg, John, Jr. (1758-1803) |
| Additional authors | Van den Broek, Reiner John (fl. 1789-1796); Freeman, Constant (1757-1824); Bankon, Benjamin (fl. 1790); Swann, Caleb (fl. 1790); Cummings, Cesar Lloyd (fl. 1790-1792) |
| Document Type | Government document; Business and financial document; Military document |
| Content Description | List of the War Department's employees' salaries owed and paid out for July, August, and September 1790 sent to Knox. Also signed by Reiner John Van den Brock, Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankon, Caleb Swann, and Caesar Lloyd Cummings. |
| Subjects | African American History African Americans in Government Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Finance |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; African Americans |
| 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 |