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Uniform Title	Federalist.
Title	The federalist : a collection of essays, written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal convention, September 17, 1787 ; in two volumes.
Publication Info.	New-York : Printed and sold by J. and A. M'Lean ..., 1788.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rare Books Medium	Z-M F2935 F4 (1788) v. 2	IN LIBRARY

Description	2 v. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Note	First complete edition. Cf. The Federalist ... ed. by Henry B. Dawson. New York, 1863. Introduction: p. xxiii, lv-lxiii.
	Each essay signed: Publius.
	Pagination, v. 1: vi, 227, [1] p.; v. 2: vi, 384 p.
	Pagination error: p. 256 misnumbered as 156 in v. 2.
Indexed In:	Evans 21127
Local Note	Library has v. 2 only. Copy bears bookplate of 1789; at upper left corner in ms, black ink: No. 2385. Annotations on t.p. in various hands.
	Binding: full calf; red lettering piece on spine with gold tooling; gold border rolls on boards.
Subject	United States. Constitution.
	New York Society Library -- Bookplates 1789. No. 2.
Genre or Form	Pagination errors (Printing) -- United States -- 18th century.
	Annotations (Provenance) -- United States -- 18th century.
Added Author	Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
	Madison, James, 1751-1836.
	Jay, John, 1745-1829.
	M'Lean, Archibald, d. 1798.
	M'Lean, John, d. 1789.
	United States. Constitution.
	Maverick, P. R. (Peter Rushton), 1755-1811, engraver.
	New York Society Library. Catalog. 1793. ZNS
	New York Society Library. Bookplates. 1789. No. 2. ZNS
	City Readers: Digital Historic Collections (New York Society Library)
Added Title	Essays, written in favour of the new Constitution, as agreed upon by the Federal convention, September 17, 1787

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