USM 001.333. Certificate appointing Charles Baldwin as Paymaster, 1814

Scope and Contents As part of his job as governor of New York, Daniel D. Tompkins was also "General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia and Admiral of all the Navy [for New York state]" according to this document. Tompkins appoints Charles Baldwin to the rank of Paymaster for the 98th Regiment of Infantry (Clark's) of New York State on March 19, 1814. The reverse of the certificate of appointment has a note by Jasper Hopper, Clerk, that Baldwin took the oaths required by law for a Paymaster dated...