THE FEDERALIST
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James Madison
Undated Memorandum
Library of Congress
Contents
Reader’s Guide to The Federalist
No. 2 Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force & Influence
No. 3 The same Subject continued
No. 4 The same Subject continued
No. 5 The same Subject continued
No. 6 Concerning Dangers from War between the States
No. 7 The subject continued, and Particular Causes Enumerated
No. 9 The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard against Domestic Faction and Insurrection
No. 10 The same Subject continued
No. 11 The Utility of the Union in respect to Commerce and a Navy
No. 12 The Utility of the Union in respect to Revenue
No. 13 The same Subject continued, with a view to Economy
No. 14 An Objection drawn from the Extent of Country, Answered
No. 16 The same Subject continued, in relation to the same Principles
No. 18 The Subject continued, with further Examples
No. 19 The Subject continued, with further Examples
No. 20 The Subject continued, with further Examples
No. 21 Further defects of the present Constitution
No. 22 The same subject continued, and concluded
No. 23 The necessity of a government, at least equally energetic with the one proposed
No. 24 The subject continued, with an answer to an objection concerning standing armies
No. 25 The subject continued, with the same view
No. 26 The subject continued, with the same view
No. 27 The subject continued, with the same view
No. 28 The same subject continued
No. 29 Concerning the militia
No. 30 Concerning taxation
No. 31 The same subject continued
No. 32 The same subject continued
No. 33 The same subject continued
No. 34 The same subject continued
No. 35 The same subject continued
No. 36 The same subject continued
No. 37 Concerning the difficulties which the convention must have experienced in the formation of a proper plan
No. 38 The subject continued, and the incoherence of the objections to the plan, exposed
No. 39 The conformity of the plan to republican principles: an objection in respect to the powers of the convention, examined
No. 40 The same objection further examined
No. 41 General view of the powers proposed