Keeping and Rendering All Public Accounts
Document 1792Hamilton explains the regulations and forms for keeping and rendering public accounts.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Hamilton explains the regulations and forms for keeping and rendering public accounts.
Date
12/24/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Collection
Document number
1792122440000
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
Superintendents in the several departments
Contractor of the articles supplied
Agent on commission
purchasing agents
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Notable items
duties assigned by law to the Treasury Department
forms for keeping and rendering all public accounts
expenditures in the Indian department
distribution of supplies
strict observance
danger of abuse
expenditure of money
payment for services performed
contingent expenses
supplies purchased
receipts for the sums
special contracts
commission on the sums expended
original agreement
original bills of purchase
duplicate invoices
casualties
abstract marked (A)
vouchers from the contractors
treaty or conference
issues and deliveries to Indians or illiterate persons