Board of Treasury

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The Board of Treasury was an early administrative body of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation responsible for managing national finances before the creation of the modern Treasury Department.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financial administrative body
government agency
appliesToJurisdiction United States
category Defunct agencies of the United States government
United States federal financial history
country United States
dissolutionCause adoption of the United States Constitution
creation of the United States Department of the Treasury
dissolved 1789
followedBy Secretary of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury
governmentBranch legislative branch under the Confederation Congress
hasMemberRole commissioner of the Board of Treasury
hasRole administration of public revenue
custody of public funds
management of national finances
management of public debt
oversight of federal expenditures
preparation of financial reports for Congress
supervision of the Treasury Office
historicalSignificance provided institutional precedent for the later United States Department of the Treasury
served as the chief financial authority of the United States under the Articles of Confederation
inception 1781
legalBasis Articles of Confederation
resolutions of the Continental Congress
location New York City
Philadelphia
notableMember Arthur Lee
John Lewis Gervais
Michael Hillegas
Samuel Osgood
Walter Livingston
numberOfMembers 3
operatedUnder Confederation Congress
partOf Confederation government of the United States
government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation
precededBy Treasury Office of the Continental Congress
linked to: Board of Treasury
replacedBy Secretary of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury
responsibleFor administering loans obtained by the United States
issuing federal warrants
keeping accounts of federal receipts and expenditures
managing Continental currency
supervising customs and revenue officers under the Confederation
subordinateTo Confederation Congress
timePeriod Confederation period of the United States
usedLanguage English

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Board of Treasury precededBy Treasury Office of the Continental Congress
linked to: Board of Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury predecessor Board of Treasury
subject linked to: UST
Comptroller of the Treasury precededBy Board of Treasury (under the Articles of Confederation)
linked to: Board of Treasury
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury hasPart Treasury Board (historical)
linked to: Board of Treasury
John Lewis Gervais memberOf Continental Board of Treasury
linked to: Board of Treasury
Continental Congress financial administration hadPart Treasury Office of Accounts
linked to: Board of Treasury