The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 12 · paragraph 2
The effects of Union upon the commercial prosperity of the States have been sufficiently delineated. Its tendency to promote the interests of revenue will be the subject of our present inquiry.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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