This book, first published in 1989, reproduces and assesses several key works from the beginnings of the profession of accountancy. The articles featured partly formed the origins of American accountancy, and as such are extremely valuable reference resources for the historian of the profession.
1. Introduction: Bibliographic Context, Selected Biographical Matter and
Prospective Nonbook Literature Searches
2. George Fishers Bookkeeping
Chapter, Unattributed, from Bradfords Manual, 1737
3. Charles Huttons
Single Entry Course, 1788
4. Thomas Sarjeant on Mercantile Arithmetic, 1788
5. Sarjeants Counting house, the First Text Originating in the US, 1789
6.
Samuel Freemans Municipal Accounting
Chapter, 1791
7. Sarjeant on Federal
Currency and Currency Exchange, 1793
8. Thomas Dilworths Book-keepers
assistant, 1794
9. The Rev. Richard Turners New introduction, 1794
Terry K. Sheldahl