| Debt Assumption Clause |
Article VI.
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.
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 | The Federalist Papers |
 | James Madison's Notes of the Constitutional Convention |
 | Anti-Federalist and Pro-Federalist Papers |
 | Virginia Ratification Debates |
 | Massachusetts Ratification Debates |
 | The United States Constitution |
 | George Washington, July 1792 |
 | George Washington, August 1792 |
 | George Washington, September 1792 |
 | George Washington, February 1793 |
 | George Washington, January 1788 |
 | George Washington, July 1789 |
 | George Washington, August 1789 |
 | George Washington, April 1788 |
 | George Washington, June 1788 |
 | George Washington, August 1788 |
 | George Washington, April 1785 |
 | George Washington, January 1784 |
 | George Washington, August 1784 |
 | George Washington, December 1784 |
 | George Washington, February 1785 |
 | George Washington, March 1785 |
 | George Washington, February 1786 |
 | Convention Records, August 1787 |
 | Supplementary Records of Proceedings in Convention |
 | The Papers of George Mason, May 1782 |
 | The Papers of George Mason, May 1783 |