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The Federalist Papers
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AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the UNION, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in…
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- AuthorAlexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison
- SourceProject Gutenberg #1404
- Length191,305 words · 12h 45m of reading
- Chapters112
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-09-06
Contents
112 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01FEDERALIST No. 3
- 02JAY
- 03JAY
- 04FEDERALIST No. 7
- 05The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States
- 06FEDERALIST No. 9
- 07FEDERALIST No. 10
- 08MADISON
- 09FEDERALIST No. 11
- 10HAMILTON
- 11FEDERALIST No. 12
- 12FEDERALIST No. 13
- 13HAMILTON
- 14FEDERALIST No. 14
- 15MADISON
- 16FEDERALIST No. 15
- 17HAMILTON
- 18FEDERALIST No. 16
- 19HAMILTON
- 20HAMILTON
- 21MADISON, with HAMILTON
- 22PUBLIUS
- 23MADISON, with HAMILTON
- 24HAMILTON
- 25FEDERALIST No. 22
- 26FEDERALIST No. 23
- 27HAMILTON
- 28FEDERALIST No. 24
- 29FEDERALIST No. 25
- 30HAMILTON
- 31FEDERALIST No. 26
- 32HAMILTON
- 33FEDERALIST No. 27
- 34Concerning the Militia
- 35HAMILTON
- 36Concerning the General Power of Taxation
- 37HAMILTON
- 38FEDERALIST No. 31
- 39FEDERALIST No. 37
- 40MADISON
- 41FEDERALIST No. 38
- 42FEDERALIST No. 40
- 43MADISON
- 44FEDERALIST No. 41
- 45MADISON
- 46The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered
- 47MADISON
- 48FEDERALIST No. 43
- 49MADISON
- 50Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States
- 51MADISON
- 52FEDERALIST No. 45
- 53MADISON
- 54FEDERALIST No. 46
- 55MADISON
- 56FEDERALIST No. 47
- 57MADISON
- 58FEDERALIST No. 48
- 59MADISON
- 60FEDERALIST No. 49
- 61MADISON
- 62Periodical Appeals to the People Considered
- 63MADISON
- 64FEDERALIST No. 51
- 65MADISON
- 66The House of Representatives
- 67MADISON
- 68The Same Subject Continued (The House of Representatives)
- 69MADISON
- 70The Apportionment of Members Among the States
- 71MADISON
- 72The Total Number of the House of Representatives
- 73MADISON
- 74FEDERALIST No. 56
- 75MADISON
- 76FEDERALIST No. 57
- 77MADISON
- 78FEDERALIST No. 58
- 79MADISON
- 80FEDERALIST No. 59
- 81FEDERALIST No. 60
- 82HAMILTON
- 83PUBLIUS
- 84HAMILTON
- 85MADISON
- 86MADISON
- 87The Powers of the Senate
- 88JAY
- 89The Powers of the Senate Continued
- 90HAMILTON
- 91FEDERALIST No. 66
- 92The Executive Department
- 93HAMILTON
- 94The Mode of Electing the President
- 95The Real Character of the Executive
- 96The Executive Department Further Considered
- 97The Duration in Office of the Executive
- 98FEDERALIST No. 72
- 99HAMILTON
- 100FEDERALIST No. 73
- 101FEDERALIST No. 74
- 102The Appointing Power of the Executive
- 103HAMILTON
- 104FEDERALIST No. 77
- 105The Judiciary Department
- 106The Powers of the Judiciary
- 107HAMILTON
- 108FEDERALIST No. 81
- 109FEDERALIST No. 83
- 110FEDERALIST No. 84
- 111HAMILTON
- 112PUBLIUS
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