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Robert Morris And Reporting For The Treasury Under The U.S. Continental Congress, Michael P. Schoderbek
Robert Morris And Reporting For The Treasury Under The U.S. Continental Congress, Michael P. Schoderbek
Accounting Historians Journal
This paper examines the accounting and reporting practices established by Robert Morris during his term as Superintendent of Finance under the Continental Congress from 1781 to 1784. Generally known as the financier of the American Revolution, Morris enacted many important accounting reforms, including his rearrangement of the Treasury to speed the settlement of accounts and the establishment of Continental receivers to collect money from the states. His most important contribution was the preparation of an-nual statements of receipts and expenditures of public money of the Confederation government. These statements, along with a detailed account on money received from the individual …
Benjamin Gilliam's Book -- 1700, William Holmes
Benjamin Gilliam's Book -- 1700, William Holmes
Accounting Historians Journal
The ownership of a copy of Chamberlain's The Accountants Guide or Merchants Bookkeeper, 1686 is traced through six famous owners from 1700 for almost a century. It is now housed in the Boston Athenaeum.
Common Costs And Business Decisions: An Historical Note, Basil S. Yamey
Common Costs And Business Decisions: An Historical Note, Basil S. Yamey
Accounting Historians Journal
Almost contemporaneously with The Wealth of Nations, a treatise on bookkeeping and accounts was published which shows a lucid awareness of several cost issues, especially of the futility of attempting to allocate common or joint cost. This book is Robert Hamilton's An Introduction to Merchandise.