Letter from the Secretary of War regarding Caleb Gibbs letter to Samuel Hodgdon expressing disinclination to submit montly returns

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Letterbook

Title

Letter from the Secretary of War regarding Caleb Gibbs letter to Samuel Hodgdon expressing disinclination to submit montly returns

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.

year created

1795

month created

06

day created

10

secondary author

Timothy Pickering

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

Caleb Gibbs

in collection

Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45)

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ZXA06

author note

No signature, from War Department.

recipient note

Caleb Gibbs

notable person/group

Caleb Gibbs
Samuel Hodgdon
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War
clerk of ship yard
superintendent of military stores
clerk of navy yard

notable location

Philadelphia
Boston

notable item/thing

returns
moveable property
USS Constitution

notable idea/issue

Naval Act 1794
frigate construction
duties of the clerk of ship yard
USS Constitution

document number

1795061015155

page start

111

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[view document] (2 pages) ZXA06 (315 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters to (Requisitions on) Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury Department Officials), June 1798-June 1824. (RG45) V:1, P:111

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Caleb Gibbs [unknown] [n/a]