System of Accountabilitty
Document 1797Now that [Samuel] Hodgdon has been appointed Commissary of Stores, a regular system of accountability should be established in concert with the Comptroller of the Treasury.
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Treasury Department
June 20. 1794
Mr,
A Commissary of Stores having been appointed, it is necessary to fulfil the main object of that appointment that a very regular system of accountability should be established. As the accounts of the expenditures of money are connected with the subject I submit to you whether it will not be adviseable to instruct Mr Hodgdon to concert with the Comptroller of the Treasury a plan for regulating that accountability so as to afford the requisite information to both departments —
With great respect
I have the honor to be Sir
Your obedient Servant
signed. A. Hamilton
The Secretary for the
Department of War
[Endorsed: Treasury Dept / No 24. 1864 / June 20. 1794 / A Letter from / the Secretary of the Treasury / to the Secretary of War — / Relating to the / ministry of a plan / to the Ref[undecipherable]]
[stamped: 10½]
[A. Hamilton]
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Now that [Samuel] Hodgdon has been appointed Commissary of Stores, a regular system of accountability should be established in concert with the Comptroller of the Treasury.
Date
06/20/1797
Author
Recipient
Document number
1794062040201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
Notable items
expenditures of money

