Appointment as Paymaster and Storekeeper for Springfield Massachusetts

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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.

Date

08/28/1798

Author

Secretary of War

Recipient

Joseph Williams

Sent from

War Department

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)

Document number

1798082870201

Page start

1

Notable persons

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 locations

War Department
Springfield, Massachusetts

Notable items

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