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Funding the National Debt
Certificate issued by Timothy Pickering, Continental Army Quartermaster General
Certificate issued by Timothy Pickering, Continental Army Quartermaster General, April 1, 1781
(Courtesy of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)

The domestic debt consisted of a variety of fiscal papers issued by the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War. Here the United States promises to pay George Garland $77.00 for his work as a sail and tent maker during the first three months of 1781.
 

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