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Federalist #1
General Introduction.

Federalist #2
Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence.

Federalist #3
Concerning Dangers from Foreign  Force and Influence.

Federalist #4
Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence.

Federalist #5
Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence.

Federalist #6
Concerning Dangers from 
Dissensions Between the States.

Federalist #7
Concerning Dangers from 
Dissensions Between the States.
Federalist #8
The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States.
Federalist #9
The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection.
Federalist #10
The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection.
Federalist #11
The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy.
Federalist #12
The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue.
Federalist #13
Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government.
Federalist #14
Objections to the Proposed Constitution from Extent of Territory Answered.
Federalist #15
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union.
Federalist #16
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union.
Federalist #17
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union.
Federalist #18
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union.
Federalist #19
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union.
Federalist #20
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union.
Federalist #21
Other Defects of the 
Present Confederation.
Federalist # 22
Other Defects of the 
Present Confederation.
Federalist #23
The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union.
Federalist #24
The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered.
Federalist #25
The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered.
Federalist #26
The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered.
Federalist #27
The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered.
Federalist #28
The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered.
Federalist #29
Concerning the Militia.
Federalist #30
Concerning the General Power of Taxation.
Federalist #31
Concerning the General Power of Taxation.
Federalist #32
Concerning the General Power of Taxation.
Federalist #33
Concerning the General Power of Taxation.
Federalist #34
Concerning the General Power of Taxation.
Federalist #35
Concerning the General Power of Taxation.
Federalist #36
Concerning the General Power of Taxation.
Federalist #37
Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government.
Federalist #38
The Same Subject and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed.
Federalist #39
The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles.
Federalist #40
The Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained.
Federalist #41
General View of the Powers Conferred by the Constitution.
Federalist #42
The Powers Conferred by the 
Constitution Further Considered.
Federalist #43
The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered.
Federalist #44
Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States.
Federalist # 45
The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered.
Federalist #46
The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared.
Federalist #47
The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts.
Federalist #48
These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other.
Federalist #49
Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention.
Federalist #50
Periodic Appeals to the People Considered.
Federalist #51
The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments.
Federalist #52
The House of Representatives.
Federalist #53
The House of Representatives.
Federalist #54
The Apportionment of Members Among the States.
Federalist #55
The Total Number of the House of Representatives.
Federalist #56
The Total Number of the House of Representatives.
Federalist #57
The Alleged Tendency of the Plan to Elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many Considered in Connection with Representation.
Federalist #58
Objection that the Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands Considered.
Federalist #59
Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members.
Federalist #60
Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members.
Federalist #61
Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members.
Federalist #62
The Senate.
Federalist #63
The Senate.
Federalist #64
The Powers of the Senate.
Federalist #65
The Powers of the Senate.
Federalist #66
Objections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered.
Federalist #67
The Executive Department.
Federalist #68
The Mode of Electing the President.
Federalist #69
The Real Character of the Executive.
Federalist #70
The Executive Department Further Considered.
Federalist #71
The Duration in Office of the Executive.
Federalist #72
Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered.
Federalist #73
The Provision for Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power.
Federalist #74
The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the Pardoning Power of the Executive.
Federalist #75
The Treaty Making Power of the Executive.
Federalist #76
The Appointing Power of the Executive.
Federalist #77
The Appointing Power and Other Powers of the Executive Considered.
Federalist #78
The Judiciary Department.
Federalist #79
The Judiciary.
Federalist #80
The Powers of the Judiciary.
Federalist #81
The Judiciary and the Distribution of Judicial Authority.
Federalist #82
The Judiciary.
Federalist #83
The Judiciary in Relation to Trial by Jury.
Federalist #84
Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered.
Federalist #85
Concluding Remarks.
   
 

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