George W. Carey and James McClellan, eds., The Federalist: The Gideon Edition (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001), 327–28, available at https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/jay-the-federalist-gideon-ed. … It seldom happens in the negotiation of treaties, of
Sir, I have been favoured with your letter of the 22ndult., and immediately communicated it to the committee of our society for promoting the liberation of slaves, and protecting such
A correspondent says, “his Excellency John Jay, (a gentleman of the first rate abilities, joined to a good heart) who at first was carried away with the new plan of
“John Jay to George Washington,” July 25, 1787. In The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume III, edited by Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/resource/llscdam.llfr003/?st=gallery. Permit me to
Friends and Fellow Citizens: There are times and seasons, when general evils spread general alarm and uneasiness, and yet arise from causes too complicated, and too little understood by many,
The inefficacy of our government becomes daily more and more apparent. Our treasury and our credit are in a sad situation; and it is probable that either the wisdom or
A convention is in Contemplation, and I am glad to find your name among those of its intended members. To me the policy of such a Convention appears questionable. Their
The Federalist. (Washington D.C.: Library of Congress). Transcription available courtesy of Project Guttenberg. https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text. Last Updated on December 20, 2021 QUEEN Anne, in her letter of the 1st July, 1706,
The Federalist. (Washington D.C.: Library of Congress). Transcription available courtesy of Project Guttenberg. https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text. Last Updated on December 20, 2021 MY LAST paper assigned several reasons why the safety of
The Federalist. (Washington D.C.: Library of Congress). Transcription available courtesy of Project Guttenberg. https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text. Last Updated on December 20, 2021 IT IS not a new observation that the people of
