Accounting Literature in the United States Before Mitchell and Jones (1796)

Terry K. Sheldahl

1. Introduction: Bibliographic Context, Selected Biographical Matter and Prospective Nonbook Literature Searches 2. George Fisher’s Bookkeeping Chapter, Unattributed, from Bradford’s Manual, 1737 3. Charles Hutton’s Single Entry Course, 1788 4. Thomas Sarjeant on Mercantile Arithmetic, 1788 5. Sarjeant’s Counting house, the First Text Originating in the US, 1789 6. Samuel Freeman’s Municipal Accounting Chapter, 1791 7. Sarjeant on Federal Currency and Currency Exchange, 1793 8. Thomas Dilworth’s Book-keeper’s assistant, 1794 9. The Rev. Richard Turner’s New introduction, 1794