The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

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For the Independent Journal. Saturday, December 8, 1787.

To the People of the State of New York: THE examples of ancient confederacies, cited in my last paper, have not exhausted the source of experimental instruction on this subject. There are existing institutions, founded on a similar principle, which merit particular consideration. The first which presents itself is the Germanic body.

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