A History of U.S. Debt - 1791 to 1999 Back
Updated To: September 30, 1999 - end of fiscal '99

Year Debt Year Debt Year Debt
1791 $75,463,477 1861 $90,580,874 1931 $16,801,281,492
1792 $77,227,925 1862 $524,176,412 1932 $19,487,002,444
1793 $80,358,634 1863 $1,119,772,139 1933 $22,538,672,560
1794 $78,427,405 1864 $1,815,784,370 1934 $27,053,141,414
1795 $80,747,587 1865 $2,680,647,870 1935 $28,700,892,625
1796 $83,762,172 1866 $2,773,236,174 1936 $33,778,543,494
1797 $82,064,479 1867 $2,678,126,104 1937 $36,424,613,732
1798 $79,228,529 1868 $2,611,687,851 1938 $37,164,740,315
1799 $78,408,670 1869 $2,588,452,214 1939 $40,439,532,411
1800 $82,976,294 1870 $2,480,672,428 1940 $42,967,531,038
1801 $83,038,051 1871 $2,353,211,332 1941 $48,961,443,536
1802 $80,712,632 1872 $2,253,251,329 1942 $72,422,445,116
1803 $77,054,686 1873 $2,234,482,993 1943 $136,696,090,330
1804 $86,427,121 1874 $2,251,690,468 1944 $201,003,387,221
1805 $82,312,151 1875 $2,232,284,532 1945 $258,682,187,410
1806 $75,723,271 1876 $2,180,395,067 1946 $269,422,099,173
1807 $69,218,399 1877 $2,205,301,392 1947 $258,286,383,109
1808 $65,196,318 1878 $2,256,205,893 1948 $252,292,246,513
1809 $57,023,192 1879 $2,349,567,482 1949 $252,770,359,860
1810 $53,173,218 1880 $2,120,415,371 1950 $257,357,352,351
1811 $48,005,588 1881 $2,069,013,570 1951 $255,221,976,815
1812 $45,209,738 1882 $1,918,312,994 1952 $259,105,178,785
1813 $55,962,828 1883 $1,884,171,728 1953 $275,168,120,129
1814 $81,487,846 1884 $1,830,528,924 1954 $278,749,814,391
1815 $99,833,660 1885 $1,863,964,873 1955 $280,768,553,189
1816 $127,334,934 1886 $1,775,063,014 1956 $276,627,527,996
1817 $123,491,965 1887 $1,657,602,593 1957 $274,897,784,291
1818 $103,466,634 1888 $1,692,858,985 1958 $282,922,423,584
1819 $95,529,648 1889 $1,619,052,922 1959 $290,797,771,718
1820 $91,015,566 1890 $1,552,140,205 1960 $290,216,815,242
1821 $89,987,428 1891 $1,545,996,592 1961 $296,168,761,215
1822 $93,546,677 1892 $1,588,464,145 1962 $303,470,080,489
1823 $90,875,877 1893 $1,545,985,686 1963 $309,346,845,059
1824 $90,269,778 1894 $1,632,253,637 1964 $317,940,472,718
1825 $83,788,433 1895 $1,676,120,983 1965 $320,904,110,042
1826 $81,054,060 1896 $1,769,840,323 1966 $329,319,249,367
1827 $73,987,357 1897 $1,817,672,666 1967 $344,663,009,745
1828 $67,475,044 1898 $1,796,531,996 1968 $358,028,625,003
1829 $58,421,414 1899 $1,991,927,307 1969 $368,225,581,254
1830 $48,565,407 1900 $2,136,961,092 1970 $389,158,403,690
1831 $39,123,192 1901 $2,143,326,934 1971 $424,130,961,960
1832 $24,322,235 1902 $2,158,610,446 1972 $449,298,066,119
1833 $7,001,699 1903 $2,202,464,782 1 973 $469,898,039,555
1834 $4,760,082 1904 $2,264,003,585 1 974 $492,665,000,000
1835 $33,733 1905 $2,274,615,064 1975 $576,649,000,000
1836 $37,513 1906 $2,337,161,839 1976 $653,544,000,000
1837 $336,958 1907 $2,457,188,062 1977 $718,943,000,000
1838 $3,308,124 1908 $2,626,806,272 1978 $789,207,000,000
1839 $10,434,221 1909 $2,639,546,241 1979 $845,116,000,000
1840 $3,573,344 1910 $2,652,665,838 1980 $930,210,000,000
1841 $5,250,876 1911 $2,765,600,607 1981 $1,028,729,000,000
1842 $13,594,481 1912 $2,868,373,874 1982 $1,197,073,000,000
1843 $20,201,226 1913 $2,916,204,914 1983 $1,410,702,000,000
1844 $23,461,653 1914 $2,912,499,269 1984 $1,662,966,000,000
1845 $15,925,303 1915 $3,058,136,873 1985 $1,945,941,616,460
1846 $15,550,203 1916 $3,609,244,262 1986 $2,125,302,616,658
1847 $38,826,535 1917 $5,717,770,280 1987 $2,350,176,890,953
1848 $47,044,862 1918 $14,592,161,414 1988 $2,602,337,712,041
1849 $63,061,859 1919 $27,390,970,113 1989 $2,857,430,960,187
1850 $63,452,774 1920 $25,952,456,406 1990 $3,233,313,451,777
1851 $68,304,796 1921 $23,977,450,553 1991 $3,665,303,351,697
1852 $66,199,342 1922 $22,963,381,708 1992 $4,064,620,655,522
1853 $59,803,118 1923 $22,349,707,365 1993 $4,411,488,883,139
1854 $42,242,222 1924 $21,250,812,989 1994 $4,692,749,910,013
1855 $35,586,957 1925 $20,516,193,888 1995 $4,973,982,900,709
1856 $33,197,538 1926 $19,643,216,315 1996 $5,224,810,939,136
1857 $28,699,832 1927 $18,511,906,932 1997 $5,413,146,011,397
1858 $44,911,881 1928 $17,604,293,201 1998 $5,526,193,008,897
1859 $58,496,838 1929 $16,931,088,484 1999 $5,656,270,901,615
1860 $64,842,288 1930 $16,185,309,831 2000

I think your numbers are off for 1883. oOo: