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Contested extra allowances for Gen Cass and rivals
A detailed justification argues Gen Cass’s extra compensation over eighteen years was limited to actual expenses and services beyond his governor’s salary. It compares Cass, Taylor, and Scott, outlining specific allowances, expenses, and travel, and asserts government practice authorized such pays while praising Cass’s service and integrity.
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McClelland
Coarrman
Pennsylvania
Stewart
Cass
Michigan
Congress
Territory
Territorial Organization
Peninsula of
Green Bay
Lake Michigan
Indian Affairs
Treasury Department
Secretary of War
Calhoun
Clark
Missouri Territory
Detroit
Canada
Bone
Genera Cass
Burt
Monroe
General Cass
Gen. Cass
Madison
Gen
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Great Britain
Hudson Bay Company
United States
Hull
P. B. Porter
Wirt
Michigan Territory
Coll
France
Orleans
Adams
Piqua
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Chicago
Treaty of Greenville
St. Mary’s
Wyandots
Fort Meigs
Treaty of Chicago
Washington
Wapagh-Konetta
Prairie Due Chien
Fond du Lac
Butte Des Moros
Colunt
Gen. Macomb
McArthur
Graham
Taylor
Scott
War Department
Prairie du Chien
Rock Island
New York
Rock
Sland
George B. Porter
Duval
Florida
Miller
Izard and Pope
Arkansas
Joseph Nourse
the Treasury
Harteoit
Hayrison
Penimsylvania
Senate
Mexico
Colonel Baker
Lieut. McWilliams
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Ashley
Gardner
Carrington
Virginia Volunteers
Walbach
Col
Morgan
House
Messrs
Davis
Col. Davis
U. States
Cuss
Volk
Atteman