Certification of payments; salary of Caleb Gibbs

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments; salary of Caleb Gibbs

Description

Certification that $187.50 is due Caleb Gibbs, Clerk of the Navy Yard at Boston, being his salary from January through March 1798.

year created

1798

month created

04

day created

09

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

note

Account of Caleb Gibbs.

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Jonathan Jackson, supervisor Boston
Caleb Gibbs
clerk navy yard Boston
accountant
Secretary of War

notable location

Boston
Massachusetts
navy yard Boston
Accountants Office

notable item/thing

pay
salary
frigate construction
USS Constitution

notable idea/issue

frigate construction

document number

1798040921055

page start

136

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) DOP01 (431 pages) Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) V:B, P:136

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountants Office [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]