TREASURY OFFICE OF ACCOUNTS
\tɹˈɛʒəɹi ˈɒfɪs ɒv ɐkˈa͡ʊnts], \tɹˈɛʒəɹi ˈɒfɪs ɒv ɐkˈaʊnts], \t_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʒ_ə_ɹ_i_ ˈɒ_f_ɪ_s ɒ_v ɐ_k_ˈaʊ_n_t_s]\
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An office created in April, 1776, by the Continental Congress. It was under the supervision of the standing committee of the treasury, and was under the immediate direction of an auditor-general, assisted by clerks, whose business it was to audit accounts and report to Congress through the Treasury Board.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
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