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FEDERALIST No. 1 General Introduction For the Independent Journal. Saturday, October 27, 1787 HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to…

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  1. FEDERALIST No. 1: General IntroductionFree
  2. FEDERALIST No. 2: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and InfluenceFree
  3. FEDERALIST No. 3: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  4. FEDERALIST No. 4: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  5. FEDERALIST No. 5: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  6. FEDERALIST No. 6: Concerning Dangers from...Free
  7. FEDERALIST No. 7: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  8. FEDERALIST No. 8: The Consequences of Hostilities Between the StatesFree
  9. FEDERALIST No. 9: The Union as a Safeguard...Free
  10. FEDERALIST No. 10: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  11. FEDERALIST No. 11: The Utility of the Union in...Free
  12. FEDERALIST No. 12: The Utility of the Union In Respect to RevenueFree
  13. FEDERALIST No. 13: Advantage of the Union in...Free
  14. FEDERALIST No. 14: Objections to the Proposed...Free
  15. FEDERALIST No. 15: The Insufficiency of the...Free
  16. FEDERALIST No. 16: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  17. FEDERALIST No. 17: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  18. FEDERALIST No. 18: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  19. FEDERALIST No. 19: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  20. FEDERALIST No. 20: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  21. FEDERALIST No. 21: Other Defects of the Present ConfederationFree
  22. FEDERALIST No. 22: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  23. FEDERALIST No. 23: The Necessity of a Government...Free
  24. FEDERALIST No. 24: The Powers Necessary to the...Free
  25. FEDERALIST No. 25: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  26. FEDERALIST No. 26: The Idea of Restraining the...Free
  27. FEDERALIST No. 27: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  28. FEDERALIST No. 28: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  29. FEDERALIST No. 29: Concerning the MilitiaFree
  30. FEDERALIST No. 30: Concerning the General Power of TaxationFree
  31. FEDERALIST No. 31: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  32. FEDERALIST No. 32: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  33. FEDERALIST No. 33: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  34. FEDERALIST No. 34: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  35. FEDERALIST No. 35: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  36. FEDERALIST No. 36: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  37. FEDERALIST No. 37: Concerning the Difficulties of...Free
  38. FEDERALIST No. 38: The Same Subject Continued,...Free
  39. FEDERALIST No. 39: The Conformity of the Plan to Republican PrinciplesFree
  40. FEDERALIST No. 40: On the Powers of the...Free
  41. FEDERALIST No. 41: General View of the Powers...Free
  42. FEDERALIST No. 42: The Powers Conferred by the...Free
  43. FEDERALIST No. 43: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  44. FEDERALIST No. 44: Restrictions on the Authority of the Several StatesFree
  45. FEDERALIST No. 45: The Alleged Danger From the...Free
  46. FEDERALIST No. 46: The Influence of the State and...Free
  47. FEDERALIST No. 47: The Particular Structure of...Free
  48. FEDERALIST No. 48: These Departments Should Not...Free
  49. FEDERALIST No. 49: Method of Guarding Against the...Free
  50. FEDERALIST No. 50: Periodical Appeals to the People ConsideredFree
  51. FEDERALIST No. 51: The Structure of the...Free
  52. FEDERALIST No. 52: The House of RepresentativesFree
  53. FEDERALIST No. 53: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  54. FEDERALIST No. 54: The Apportionment of Members Among the StatesFree
  55. FEDERALIST No. 55: The Total Number of the House of RepresentativesFree
  56. FEDERALIST No. 56: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  57. FEDERALIST No. 57: The Alleged Tendency of the...Free
  58. FEDERALIST No. 58: Objection That The Number of...Free
  59. FEDERALIST No. 59: Concerning the Power of...Free
  60. FEDERALIST No. 60: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  61. FEDERALIST No. 61: The Same Subject Continued...Free
  62. FEDERALIST No. 62: The SenateFree
  63. FEDERALIST No. 63: The Senate ContinuedFree
  64. FEDERALIST No. 64: The Powers of the SenateFree
  65. FEDERALIST No. 65: The Powers of the Senate ContinuedFree
  66. FEDERALIST No. 66: Objections to the Power of the...Free
  67. FEDERALIST No. 67: The Executive DepartmentFree
  68. FEDERALIST No. 68: The Mode of Electing the PresidentFree
  69. FEDERALIST No. 69: The Real Character of the ExecutiveFree
  70. FEDERALIST No. 70: The Executive Department Further ConsideredFree
  71. FEDERALIST No. 71: The Duration in Office of the ExecutiveFree
  72. FEDERALIST No. 72: The Same Subject Continued,...Free
  73. FEDERALIST No. 73: The Provision For The Support...Free
  74. FEDERALIST No. 74: The Command of the Military...Free
  75. FEDERALIST No. 75: The Treaty-Making Power of the ExecutiveFree
  76. FEDERALIST No. 76: The Appointing Power of the ExecutiveFree
  77. FEDERALIST No. 77: The Appointing Power Continued...Free
  78. FEDERALIST No. 78: The Judiciary DepartmentFree
  79. FEDERALIST No. 79: The Judiciary ContinuedFree
  80. FEDERALIST No. 80: The Powers of the JudiciaryFree
  81. FEDERALIST No. 81: The Judiciary Continued, and...Free
  82. FEDERALIST No. 82: The Judiciary Continued.Free
  83. FEDERALIST No. 83: The Judiciary Continued in...Free
  84. FEDERALIST No. 84: Certain General and...Free
  85. FEDERALIST No. 85: Concluding RemarksFree

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