1st Edition

The Accomptant's Oracle

By Wardhaugh Thompson Copyright 1984
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1771 and reissued in 1984, is a fascinating insight into the history of accounting. Written by a London accountant (‘accomptant’) in 1771, it examines the profession as it was in the eighteenth century. It looks at the system of book-keeping, the banking business, and double entry book-keeping for manufacturers.

Chapters on Book-Keeping; Trade; Debtor and Creditor; Partnership and Company; the Ledger; and the Inventory.

Biography

Wardhaugh Thompson