Arrangement of Salaries in the War Department, Etc.
Document 1797Although the law authorizes specific amounts for the compensation of clerks in the War Department for the year 1797, it is Wolcott's opinion that the Secretary of War may establish the pay of any of the clerks in his department. He maintains that it is incongruous that the Accountant should be allowed a clerk with a higher salary than any established for the Offices of the Register of the Treasury or the Commissioner of Revenue.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Although the law authorizes specific amounts for the compensation of clerks in the War Department for the year 1797, it is Wolcott's opinion that the Secretary of War may establish the pay of any of the clerks in his department. He maintains that it is incongruous that the Accountant should be allowed a clerk with a higher salary than any established for the Offices of the Register of the Treasury or the Commissioner of Revenue.
Date
04/03/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797040340101
Page start
1
Note
Also found in copy log PCC01.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
accountant
clerk
Commissioner of Revenue
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Office of the Register