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