Records of the First Comptroller.

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Records of the First Comptroller.

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The records include correspondence, 1791-1912; registers of correspondence, 1802-1915; appointment records, 1804-1913; appropriation ledgers and registers and copies of appropriation warrants, 1822-1918; registers and copies of pay, repay, counter, and covering warrants, 1808-1912; abstracts and registers of accounts and claims submitted for final approval, 1797-1921; contracts and proposals, 1799-1921, including those for construction of public buildings (contracts and indexes dated after 1894 are in Washington National Records Center); and registers of contracts, 1870-98.

970 linear ft.

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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SNAC Resource ID: 6770263

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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United States. General Accounting Office

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The Office of the First Comptroller was created in 1789 by the act establishing the Treasury Department. His responsibilities included final approval of all settled accounts, keeping records relating to receipts and disbursements of public funds, and keeping copies of contracts. In 1817 the Comptroller's functions relating to military accounts were turned over to the newly created office of the Second Comptroller, and in 1849 some of his functions relating to customs accounts were turned over to...