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FEDERALIST No. 1
General Introduction For the Independent Journal. Saturday, October 27, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 2
Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, October 31, 1787
Jay

FEDERALIST No. 3
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) For the Independent Journal. Saturday, November 3, 1787
Jay

FEDERALIST No. 4
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, November 7, 1787
Jay

FEDERALIST No. 5
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers From Foreign Force and Influence) For the Independent Journal. Saturday, November 10, 1787
Jay

FEDERALIST No. 6
Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, November 14, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 7
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States) For the Independent Journal. Thursday, November 15, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 8
The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States From the New York Packet. Tuesday, November 20, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 9
The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, November 21, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 10
The Same Subject Continued (The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection) From the Daily Advertiser. Thursday, November 22, 1787.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 11
The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy For the Independent Journal. Saturday, November 24, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 12
The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue From the New York Packet. Tuesday, November 27, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 13
Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, November 28, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 14
Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered From the New York Packet. Friday, November 30, 1787.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 15
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union For the Independent Journal. Saturday, December 1, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 16
The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union) From the New York Packet. Tuesday, December 4, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 17
The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union) For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, December 5, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 18
The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union) For the New York Packet. Friday, December 7, 1787
Madison, with Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 19
The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union) For the Independent Journal. Saturday, December 8, 1787
Madison, with Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 20
The Same Subject Continued (The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union) From the New York Packet. Tuesday, December 11, 1787.
Madison, with Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 21
Other Defects of the Present Confederation For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, December 12, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 22
The Same Subject Continued (Other Defects of the Present Confederation) From the New York Packet. Friday, December 14, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 23
The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union From the New York Packet. Tuesday, December 18, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 24
The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, December 19, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 25
The Same Subject Continued (The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered) From the New York Packet. Friday, December 21, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 26
The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered For the Independent Journal. Saturday, December 22, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 27
The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered) From the New York Packet. Tuesday, December 25, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 28
The Same Subject Continued (The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered) For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, December 26, 1787
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 29
Concerning the Militia From the New York Packet. Wednesday, January 9, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 30
Concerning the General Power of Taxation From the New York Packet. Friday, December 28, 1787.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 31
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the New York Packet. Tuesday, January 1, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 32
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the Independent Journal. Wednesday, January 2, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 33
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the Independent Journal. Wednesday, January 2, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 34
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the Independent Journal. Saturday, January 5, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 35
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) For the Independent Journal. Saturday, January 5, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 36
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation) From the New York Packet. Tuesday, January 8, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 37
Concerning the Difficulties of the Convention in Devising a Proper Form of Government From the Daily Advertiser. Friday, January 11, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 38
The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed From the Independent Journal. Saturday, January 12, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 39
The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, January 16, 1788
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 40
On the Powers of the Convention to Form a Mixed Government Examined and Sustained For the New York Packet. Friday, January 18, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 41
General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution For the Independent Journal. Saturday, January 19, 1788
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 42
The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered From the New York Packet. Tuesday, January 22, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 43
The Same Subject Continued (The Powers Conferred by the Constitution Further Considered) For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, January 23, 1788
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 44
Restrictions on the Authority of the Several States From the New York Packet. Friday, January 25, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 45
The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered For the Independent Fournal. Saturday, January 26, 1788
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 46
The Influence of the State and Federal Governments Compared From the New York Packet. Tuesday, January 29, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 47
The Particular Structure of the New Government and the Distribution of Power Among Its Different Parts For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, January 30, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 48
These Departments Should Not Be So Far Separated as to Have No Constitutional Control Over Each Other From the New York Packet. Friday, February 1, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 49
Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention For the Independent Journal. Saturday, February 2, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 50
Periodical Appeals to the People Considered From the New York Packet. Tuesday, February 5, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 51
The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, February 6, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 52
The House of Representatives From the New York Packet. Friday, February 8, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 53
The Same Subject Continued (The House of Representatives) For the Independent Journal. Saturday, February 9, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 54
The Apportionment of Members Among the States From the New York Packet. Tuesday, February 12, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 55
The Total Number of the House of Representatives For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, February 13, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 56
The Same Subject Continued (The Total Number of the House of Representatives) For the Independent Journal. Saturday, February 16, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 57
The Alleged Tendency of the New Plan to Elevate the Few at the Expense of the Many Considered in Connection with Representation From the New York Packet. Tuesday, February 19, 1788.
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 58
Objection That The Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands Considered For the Independent Journal Wednesday, February 20, 1788
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 59
Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members From the New York Packet. Friday, February 22, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 60
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members) From the Independent Journal. Saturday, February 23, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 61
The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members) From the New York Packet. Tuesday, February 26, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 62
The Senate For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, February 27, 1788
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 63
The Senate Continued For the Independent Journal. Saturday, March 1, 1788
Madison

FEDERALIST No. 64
The Powers of the Senate From the Independent Journal. Wednesday, March 5, 1788.
Jay

FEDERALIST No. 65
The Powers of the Senate Continued From the New York Packet. Friday, March 7, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 66
Objections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered From the Independent Journal. Saturday, March 8, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 67
The Executive Department From the New York Packet. Tuesday, March 11, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 68
The Mode of Electing the President From the Independent Journal. Wednesday, March 12, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 69
The Real Character of the Executive From the New York Packet. Friday, March 14, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 70
The Executive Department Further Considered From the Independent Journal. Saturday, March 15, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 71
The Duration in Office of the Executive From the New York Packet. Tuesday, March 18, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 72
The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered From the Independent Journal. Wednesday, March 19, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 73
The Provision For The Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power From the New York Packet. Friday, March 21, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 74
The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the Pardoning Power of the Executive From the New York Packet. Tuesday, March 25, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 75
The Treaty-Making Power of the Executive For the Independent Journal. Wednesday, March 26, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 76
The Appointing Power of the Executive From the New York Packet. Tuesday, April 1, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 77
The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered From the Independent Journal. Wednesday, April 2, 1788.
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 78
The Judiciary Department From McLEAN'S Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 79
The Judiciary Continued From MCLEAN's Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 80
The Powers of the Judiciary From McLEAN's Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 81
The Judiciary Continued, and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority From McLEAN's Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 82
The Judiciary Continued From McLEAN's Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 83
The Judiciary Continued in Relation to Trial by Jury From MCLEAN's Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 84
Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered From McLEAN's Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 85
Concluding Remarks From MCLEAN's Edition, New York. Wednesday, May 28, 1788
Hamilton


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