Article 6, Clause 1
All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
| 1. | Articles of Confederation, art. 12, 1 Mar. 1781 |
| 2. | Records of the Federal Convention |
| 3. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 43, 295--96, 23 Jan. 1788 |
| 4. | Elbridge Gerry, Public Credit, House of Representatives, 25 Feb. 1790 |
| 5. | Alexander Hamilton to Edward Carrington, 26 May 1792 |
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