Man-woman relationships; Marriage; Abusive women; Jealousy; Children; Murder; Murderers; Trials; Executions and executioners; Popular music -- England -- 19th century;
A song about John Anderson and Richard Charlton murdering their wives and being hung for it.
Bookkeeping -- Germany -- History;Schreiber, Heinrich, d. 1525. Ayn New Kunstlich Buech;Grammateus, Henricus;Account Books -- History
This article brings to light the neglected contribution of Grammateus, the author or Ayn New Kunstlich Buech (A New Skill Book) which, although basically a mathematics text, contained a section on bookkeeping in the style of Paciolo's Summa. His...
Barter -- History;Credit -- History;Bookkeeping -- History
Since accounting develops to meet the needs of its environment, the same systems may not be used in all parts of the country at the same time. A system of barter and credit bookkeeping was common in the U. S. during the 1700's, but began to...
Giovanni Farolfi and Co.;Farolfi (Giovanni) and Co.;Bookkeeping -- History
This article examines the branch ledger of a Florentine firm in 13th century Provence, and its relationship to contemporaneous Tuscan account books. It is concluded that the ledger was part of a sophisticated accounting system, with a debit and...
Books reviewed are: (1) Rollo G. Silver, Publishing in Boston, 1726-57, The Accounts of Daniel Henchman, Reviewed by William Holmes. (2) J. Gambino and John R. Palmer, Management Accounting in Colonial America, Reviewed by Edward N. Coffman. (3) An...
Books reviewed are: Axel Grandell, Redovisningens utvecklingshistoria fran bildskrit tii dator, reviewed by Sandor Aszely; John B. Inglis, My Life and Times, reviewed by Richard A. Scott; Hanns-Martin W. Schoenfeld, Cost Terminology and Cost...
Jones, Thomas, 1804-1889;Foster, Benjamin Franklin, ca. 1803-1859
Thomas Jones and Benjamin Franklin Foster were two early American accounting textbook authors and teachers. Their careers, spanning the middle of the nineteenth century, occurred during a time of relatively little professional activity and...
Inquiry into the origin of double entry accounting has typically focused on form as the causal factor. In the present article the arguments supporting this view are reviewed and challenged by developing the substantive framework of double entry...
