Letter from the Secretary of War regarding Caleb Gibbs letter to Samuel Hodgdon expressing disinclination to submit montly returns
Type
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
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in image
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
