Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; Mississippi State Penitentiary; Prisoners -- Mississippi -- Parchman
Article about Governor Ross Barnett's granting a convict an extra 30 days of "leave" from the Mississippi State Penitentiary, making the amount of time the prisoner had been on leave over a year
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987; Mississippi State Penitentiary; Prisoners -- Mississippi -- Parchman; Mississippi -- Politics and government
Description of political schisms caused among Governor Ross Barnett's supporters as a result of convict Kimble Berry's escape from the Mississippi State Penitentiary
Sarjeant, Thomas. An Introduction to the Counting House;Accounting -- United States -- History
In 1789, seven years before the text developed by "pioneer American [accounting] author" William Mitchell appeared, Thomas Sarjeant of Philadelphia published An Introduction to the Counting House. It was a concise and able expression of a long...
Accounting -- Greece -- History;Auditing -- Greece -- History
Accountability and control of state revenues and expenditures in the Athenian state of the Golden Age was achieved through the verification process by three board of state accountants, based on the accounting records of execution and related...