Compensation for My Services
Document 1799Stevens requests Hamilton's assistance in deciding whether to be compensated with a salary or by commission. He is not sure that the Secretary of War is aware of the nature of his service attending to public matters nor of the considerable amount of time they require.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Stevens requests Hamilton's assistance in deciding whether to be compensated with a salary or by commission. He is not sure that the Secretary of War is aware of the nature of his service attending to public matters nor of the considerable amount of time they require.
Date
03/14/1799
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1799031490200
Notable persons
Ebenezer Stevens
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War {McHenry]
my first clerk
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
compensation for my services
salary
paid by commission
my disbursements
extract of my letter of 15th January [1799]
attending to public matters
keeping the accounts, making payments
commission per centum
your friendship
faithful detail of my services