Appointment as Assistant Storekeeper at West Point
Document 1795Sprigg is notified of his appointment as Assistant Storekeeper at West Point under the direction of the Commissary of Military Stores at that place at a salary of three hundred dollars per annum.
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To Mr Fredk Sprig.
[Received from State D[ept.] Nov. 24. [1801.] R.P.O. 4013.0.]
Sir,
You are hereby appointed an Assis[tant] StoreKeeper in the service of the United States, to do duty at West point in the State of New York, under the direction of the Commissary of Military Stores at that place.
You will be allowed for your services at the rate of three hundred dollars a year.
You are to repair to your station with all convenient speed.
Given at the War Office of the United States in the City of Philadelphia this first day of April one thousand seven hundred and ninety five.
(signed) Timothy Pickering, S[ec'y of] War
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Sprigg is notified of his appointment as Assistant Storekeeper at West Point under the direction of the Commissary of Military Stores at that place at a salary of three hundred dollars per annum.
Date
04/01/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1795040100001
Page start
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Notable persons
Frederick Sprigg
Timothy Pickering
Assistant Military Storekeeper West Point
commissary military stores
Secretary of War
Frederick Sprig
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Philadelphia
Notable items
pay
appointment
salary