Federalist No. 49

Federalist No. 49
James Madison, author of Federalist No. 49
AuthorJames Madison
Original titleMethod of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Federalist
PublisherNew York Packet
Publication date
February 2, 1788
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeNewspaper
Preceded byFederalist No. 48 
Followed byFederalist No. 50 

Federalist No. 49 is an essay by James Madison, the forty-ninth of The Federalist Papers.[1] It was first published by The New York Packet on February 2, 1788, under the pseudonym "Publius", the name under which all The Federalist papers were published.[1] It is titled "Method of Guarding Against the Encroachments of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention".[2]

  1. ^ a b Madison, James. "Federalist No. 49". The Avalon Project. Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale University. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Madison, James. "Federalist No. 49". The Federalist Papers. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2011.