TREASURY DEPARTMENT
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Definitions of TREASURY DEPARTMENT
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the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
By Princeton University
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the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
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Under the Continental Congress financial matters were at first managed by a committee. The Treasury Office of Accounts was created in 1776. In 1778 the department was given an organization much like that of the present time. In 1781 the office of Superintendent of Finance was created, and the department put under a single head. In 1785 the Board was restored. The First Congress, by Act of September 2, 1789, established the present Treasury Department.
By John Franklin Jameson
