Required Mode of Keeping Accounts
Document 1796McHenry directs Byers to make out an inventory of all the goods on hand and debts due to and by the factory and remit it to the Secretary of War. All remittances, whether money or goods, should be addressed to John Harris, Store-Keeper in Philadelphia who will point out, in conjunction with the Comptroller of the Treasury, the required mode of keeping accounts.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
McHenry directs Byers to make out an inventory of all the goods on hand and debts due to and by the factory and remit it to the Secretary of War. All remittances, whether money or goods, should be addressed to John Harris, Store-Keeper in Philadelphia who will point out, in conjunction with the Comptroller of the Treasury, the required mode of keeping accounts.
Date
11/04/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Repository
Document number
1796110400155
Page start
22
Note
Cited in McHenry to Hooker, 04/14/1798.
Notable persons
James Byers, Jr.
James McHenry
the President
Secretary of War
John Harris
Comptroller of the Treasury
Notable locations
War Office
Philadelphia
Notable items
return
inventory
goods
factory
remittance
money
accounts