Appointment as Paymaster and Storekeeper for Springfield Massachusetts
Item
Type
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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
author
secondary author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
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
In image | In source | Location in source | |
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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] |