Records of the First Auditor.

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Records of the First Auditor.

The records include correspondence, 1801-1908; registers of correspondence, 1842-1912; accounts, 1790-1906, including "miscellaneous" Treasury accounts, 1790-1894; customs accounts, 1837-94; accounts relating to noncustoms functions of collectors of customs, 1878-94, and several fragmentary series of accounts dating to 1906; reports, registers, and abstracts relating to the settlement of accounts, 1789-1914; and records relating to the seizure of merchandise illegally imported, 1889-1916.

5,163 linear ft.

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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...