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<dTitle type=main>The Federalist Papers
<dTitle type=sub>A Collection of Essays Written in Support of the Constitution of the United States
<byLine>by
<dAuthor>Alexander Hamilton</dAuthor></byLine>
<byLine>by
<dAuthor>James Madison</dAuthor></byLine>
<byLine>by
<dAuthor>John Jay</dAuthor></byLine>
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General Introduction
For the Independent Journal.
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<byLine>by
<dAuthor>HAMILTON</dAuthor></byLine>
<salute>To the People of the State of New York:</salute>
<p>AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency 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 whi . . .
