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Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton

FEDERALIST No. 1	General Introduction
FEDERALIST No. 6	Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States
FEDERALIST No. 7	Concerning Dangers from Dissensions Between the States (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 8	The Consequences of Hostilities Between the States
FEDERALIST No. 9	The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection
FEDERALIST No. 11	The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy
FEDERALIST No. 12	The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue
FEDERALIST No. 13	Advantage of the Union in Respect to Economy in Government
FEDERALIST No. 15	The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union
FEDERALIST No. 16	The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 17	The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 18	The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con't) (with Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 19	The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con't) (with Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 20	The Insufficiency fo the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union (con't) (with Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 21	Other Defects of the Present Confederation
FEDERALIST No. 22	Other Defects of the Present Confederation (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 23	The Necessity of a Government as Energetic as the One Proposed to the Preservation of the Union
FEDERALIST No. 24	The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered
FEDERALIST No. 25	The Powers Necessary to the Common Defense Further Considered (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 26	The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered
FEDERALIST No. 27	The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 28	The Idea of Restraining the Legislative Authority in Regard to the Common Defense Considered (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 29	Concerning the Militia
FEDERALIST No. 30	Concerning the General Power of Taxation
FEDERALIST No. 31	Concerning the General Power of Taxation (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 32	Concerning the General Power of Taxation (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 33	Concerning the General Power of Taxation (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 34	Concerning the General Power of Taxation (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 35	Concerning the General Power of Taxation (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 36	Concerning the General Power of Taxation (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 49	Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 50	Periodical Appeals to the People Considered (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 51	The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 52	The House of Representatives (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 53	The House of Representatives (con't) (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 54	The Apportionment of Members Among the States (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 55	The Total Number of the House of Representatives (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 56	The Total Number of the House of Representatives (con't) (Hamilton or 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 HAMILTON (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 58	Objection That The Number of Members Will Not Be Augmented as the Progress of Population Demands Considered
FEDERALIST No. 59	Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members
FEDERALIST No. 60	Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 61	Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of Members (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 62	The Senate (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 63	The Senate (con't) (Hamilton or Madison)
FEDERALIST No. 65	The Powers of the Senate (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 66	Objections to the Power of the Senate To Set as a Court for Impeachments Further Considered
FEDERALIST No. 67	The Executive Department
FEDERALIST No. 68	The Mode of Electing the President
FEDERALIST No. 69	The Real Character of the Executive
FEDERALIST No. 70	The Executive Department Further Considered
FEDERALIST No. 70	The Executive Department Further Considered
FEDERALIST No. 71	The Duration in Office of the Executive
FEDERALIST No. 72	The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered
FEDERALIST No. 73	The Provision For The Support of the Executive, and the Veto Power
FEDERALIST No. 74	The Command of the Military and Naval Forces, and the Pardoning Power of the Executive
FEDERALIST No. 75	The Treaty-Making Power of the Executive
FEDERALIST No. 76	The Appointing Power of the Executive
FEDERALIST No. 77	The Appointing Power Continued and Other Powers of the Executive Considered
FEDERALIST No. 78	The Judiciary Department
FEDERALIST No. 79	The Judiciary (con't)
FEDERALIST No. 80	The Powers of the Judiciary
FEDERALIST No. 81	The Judiciary Continued, and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority
FEDERALIST No. 82	The Judiciary Continued
FEDERALIST No. 83	The Judiciary Continued in Relation to Trial by Jury
FEDERALIST No. 84	Certain General and Miscellaneous Objections to the Constitution Considered and Answered
FEDERALIST No. 85	Concluding Remarks

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