Board of Treasury

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financial administrative body government agency

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Board of Treasury canonical	5
Board of Treasury (under the Articles of Confederation)	1
Continental Board of Treasury	1
Treasury Board (historical)	1
Treasury Office of Accounts	1
Treasury Office of the Continental Congress	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	financial administrative body ⓘ government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
category	Defunct agencies of the United States government ⓘ United States federal financial history ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Continental Congress resolutions ⓘ surface form: 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	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation Congress
partOf	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation government of the United States Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation
precededBy	Board of Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treasury Office of the Continental Congress
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	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation Congress
timePeriod	Congress of the Confederation ⓘ surface form: Confederation period of the United States
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Department of the Treasury → predecessor → Board of Treasury ⓘ

Board of Treasury → precededBy → Board of Treasury self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treasury Office of the Continental Congress

UST → predecessor → Board of Treasury ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Department of the Treasury

Comptroller of the Treasury → precededBy → Board of Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Board of Treasury (under the Articles of Confederation)

Lords Commissioners of the Treasury → hasPart → Board of Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treasury Board (historical)

John Lewis Gervais → memberOf → Board of Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Continental Board of Treasury

Superintendent of Finance of the United States → replacedBy → Board of Treasury ⓘ

Continental Congress financial administration → hadPart → Board of Treasury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treasury Office of Accounts

Continental Congress financial administration → hadPart → Board of Treasury ⓘ

Continental Congress financial administration → supervisedBy → Board of Treasury ⓘ