Hechstetter, Daniel, the Younger, 1565?-1640;Copper mines and mining -- Costs;Account books -- History;Mines Royal Company
The growing literature on the history of cost and management accounting has left virtually unexplored the developments prior to the British industrial revolution. Recently the business notebooks of Daniel Hechstetter, the German manager of an...
Shakers -- Kentucky -- Pleasant Hill;Account books -- History
A desire to be self-sustaining and a dedication to communal property required the Shakers to place great importance on accounting. This importance was underscored by the fact that the spiritual covenants of the Shakers were revised to require...
The economic life, customs and importance of 1794 Middletown, Delaware are interpreted from the accounting ledgers of a general store and a blacksmith shop.
Although much of Colonel Henry Bouquet's work dealt with military strategy an even greater portion concerned the construction of the roads and posts and the victualling of the troops under his command. In meeting these demands Bouquet displayed a...
