The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 80 · paragraph 18
Third. To cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. These form, altogether, the fifth of the enumerated classes of causes proper for the cognizance of the national courts.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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