Letter from the Secretary of War regarding Caleb Gibbs letter to Samuel Hodgdon expressing disinclination to submit montly returns
Document 1795Letter conveys the necessity to comply with Samuel Hodgdon's policy of submitting monthly instead of quarterly returns. Gibbs wishes to continue with the latter and argues that his salary was calculated on this basis. By conducting monthly returns, Gibbs argues he is doing three times the work. Pickering suggests that if returns is all Gibbs does, then he is overpaid, but notes that the job of a clerk in a navy yard is much more extensive. Pickering closes by quoting law outlining Hodgdon's duties as superintendent of military stores and orders Gibbs to submit the returns without delay.
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Letterbook
Description
Letter conveys the necessity to comply with Samuel Hodgdon's policy of submitting monthly instead of quarterly returns. Gibbs wishes to continue with the latter and argues that his salary was calculated on this basis. By conducting monthly returns, Gibbs argues he is doing three times the work. Pickering suggests that if returns is all Gibbs does, then he is overpaid, but notes that the job of a clerk in a navy yard is much more extensive. Pickering closes by quoting law outlining Hodgdon's duties as superintendent of military stores and orders Gibbs to submit the returns without delay.
Date
06/10/1795
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1795061015155
Page start
111
Notable persons
Caleb Gibbs
Samuel Hodgdon
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
clerk of ship yard
superintendent of military stores
clerk of navy yard
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Boston
Notable items
returns
moveable property
USS Constitution