Appointment as Paymaster and Storekeeper for Springfield Massachusetts

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Title

Appointment as Paymaster and Storekeeper for Springfield Massachusetts

Description

Williams is appointed Paymaster and Storekeeper for the armory and magazine at Springfield, Massachusetts. The main text of the document are his instructions in that capacity.

short description

Appointment as Paymaster and Storekeeper for Springfield Massachusetts

year created

1798

month created

08

day created

28

secondary author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Joseph Williams
William Burton
clerk
paymaster
storekeeper
Superintendent of Military Stores
David Ames, Superintendent of the Armory
Captain John Bryant
Comptroller of the Treasury
Accountant of the War Department
Chief Armorer
Superintendent of Ordnance
workmen
Secretary of War
Samuel Hodgdon
Adjutant Storekeeper

notable location

War Department
Springfield, Massachusetts

notable item/thing

appointed
instructions
regulate your conduct
receipt and expenditure of public money
receive, safe keeping, and distributing of the public property
book
every kind of property
buildings
mills
machines
tools and utensils
materials for the manufacture
arsenal
armory
magazine
returns
duties as paymaster
articles procured for the use of the armory
invoices
quantities and prices
payment
inspected
any defects
small arms
artillery
damages, reparable, or useless
payment of the workmen and others
pay roll
liquidate all accounts
monthly estimates
manufactory
property
receipt
duplicate of the same
order in writing
vouchers
deliver no arms
written order
all articles received and delivered
general account
ordnance and stores
waste book
ledger
muskets
manufactured article from the workshops
certificate
quarterly returns
all articles received, delivered and on hand
weekly statement of the guns completed
follow implicitly
forms
reside
office
salary
ration

document number

1798082870201

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (5 pages) ZJU19 (5 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) #133
[view document] (4 pages) ZJU19a (4 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) #133

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Secretary of War War Department [n/a]
Author William Burton [unknown] Clerk of the War Department
Recipient Joseph Williams [unknown] [n/a]