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What problem made Alexander Hamilton's job of
Secretary of the Treasury difficult?

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The first issue that Hamilton tackled as Washington's secretary of the treasury concerned the problem of public credit. Governments at all levels had taken on so much debt during the Revolution. The commitment to pay them back was not taken very seriously.

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