Caleb Gibbs
53 documents

Request for Orders of Payment
09/30/1795 Autograph Letter SignedEncloses accounts of pay due September 30 and asks that orders for payment be forwarded.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Accounts
12/31/1795 Autograph Letter SignedGibbs sends his account of pay as clerk of the Boston Navy Yard and hopes to receive his pay soon.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Delay of the Accounts for the Frigate
04/25/1795 Autograph Letter SignedSwan explains why Hodgdon's form for keeping the accounts of the frigate has not been forwarded and apologizes for the delay.
Updike/Arnold Autograph Collection
Appointment as Clerk of the Navy Yard and Receipt of Pay
05/24/1795 Autograph Letter SignedGibbs wants to know from whom his cerification should come; he has accepted the position of clerk at the Boston Navy Yard and expects pay.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Submission of Returns for May 1796 for the Boston Navy Yard
06/06/1796 Autograph Letter SignedClerk Caleb Gibbs submits returns for Boston Navy Yard for month of May 1796.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Submission of returns for Boston Navy Yard for April 1796
05/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedCaleb Gibbs, clerk at Boston Navy yard, submits returns for month of April 1796.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Stationery for the Constructor & Superintendent
08/04/1796 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is the return for the Navy Yard at Boston for July 1796. Gibbs wants to know if he is supposed to furnish the Constructor and the Superintendent with stationery.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Returns for March 1796 from Navy Yard at Boston from Major Caleb Gibbs
04/04/1796 Autograph Letter SignedFrom Edmund Hartt's shipyard at Boston, Major Caleb Gibbs, clerk at Navy Yard, submits returns for month of March 1796.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Return of the Navy Yard at Boston
12/05/1796 Autograph Letter Signed"Enclosed you have the return from the Navy Yard in this place for the month of November which I hope will meet your approbation."
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Navy Yard at Boston
11/07/1796 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is the return of Boston Navy Yard for the month of October 1796.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Boston Navy Yard for December
01/04/1796 Autograph Letter Signed"Enclosed you have the return from the Navy Yard in this place for the month of December 1795."
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return of the Boston Navy Yard
07/05/1796 Autograph Letter Signed"Enclosed you have the return from the Navy Yard in this place for the month of June 1796."
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return for the Navy Yard at Boston
09/05/1796 Autograph Letter Signed"Enclosed you have the return from the Navy Yard in this place for the month of August 1796 which I hope will meet your approbation."
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Return for September 1796
10/10/1796 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is the return for the Boston Navy Yard for the month of September 1796.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Request for Pay
08/02/1796 Autograph Letter SignedGibbs expected his pay and is disappointed that he has not yet received it. He asks to be paid as soon as possible.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Reports Discrepancies in Bolts Ordered and Bolts Delivered
03/07/1796 Autograph Letter SignedReports discrepancies between butt bolts delivered and timber bolts requested. Cannot return timber bolts unless all cases, casks, and boxes are opened and assorted. If the cases of sheet copper are …
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Enclosed Accounts
10/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedGibbs encloses his accounts for the last quarter. He asks for the money as soon as possible, as he has a family to support.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Accounts
03/30/1796 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed account of pay for the clerk of the Navy, requested orders for payment to be sent by the next post.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Delay of Submission of Monthly Returns from Navy Yard
02/01/1796 Letter SignedCaleb Gibbs, clerk at Charlestown Navy Yard, reports that an injury to his hand prevents his transmittal of monthly returns.
Registers of Warrants Drawn by the Secretary of War on the Treasurer, Oct 2, 1795-Dec 31, 1821. (RG217)
Confined by a Severe Attack of Billious Fever
10/02/1796 Autograph Letter SignedDue to a severe attack of billious fever, Gibbs has not been able to forward his September returns for the Navy Yard but he hopes to sufficiently recover during the next week to forward them.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
