Allowance for Chief Clerk

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Allowance for Chief Clerk

Description

Salary of chief clerk due to his experience, fidelity, and abilities as a translator.

short description

Ltr, dis chief clerk salary.

year created

1800

month created

01

day created

28

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

notable person/group

James McHenry
Timothy Pickering
clerk
French
Spanish
translator

notable location

Philadelphia

notable item/thing

allowance
compensation
salary
reward

notable idea/issue

character
fidelity
pay

notable phrase

answer to your enquiry relative to the salary of my chief clerk
stated allowance
dollars a year
predecessor
translator of the French and Spanish languages
receives a compensation
business out of office hours
capacity diligence and fidelity well entitle him to these rewards

document number

1800012840102

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) AIA09 (2 pages) Collection: Autographs of American Presidents, Statesmen, and Generals. [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: Auction Catalog, Baltimore, 1859 [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Timothy Pickering Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]