The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 39 · paragraph 2
The last paper having concluded the observations which were meant to introduce a candid survey of the plan of government reported by the convention, we now proceed to the execution of that part of our undertaking.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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