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  2. Essex Junto - Wikipedia

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    The Essex Junto was a powerful group of New England Federalist Party lawyers, merchants, and politicians, so called because many in the original group were from Essex County, Massachusetts. Origins and definition

  3. Fisher Ames - Wikipedia

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    He was a member of the Federalist Party, specifically its Essex Junto. James Madison wrote to Thomas Jefferson in 1794 that "Ames is said to owe his success to the votes of negroes and British sailors smuggled under a very lax mode of conducting the election there." [10]

  4. History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1700–1799 - Wikipedia

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    He was a member of the Federalist Party, specifically its Essex Junto. James Madison wrote to Thomas Jefferson in 1794 that "Ames is said to owe his success to the votes of negroes and British sailors smuggled under a very lax mode of conducting the election there." [26]

  5. Stephen Higginson (Continental Congress) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2]: 52 He was part of a group of Federalists called the Essex Junto, which included his cousin George Cabot and Theophilus Parsons. [2]: 41–42 He was the author of the Laco letters in February and March 1789. [2]: 125 He became justice of the peace in Massachusetts in 1782 and of the Quorum in 1788. [2]: 233

  6. Federalist Party - Wikipedia

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    Some Federalist leaders (Essex Junto) began courting Jefferson's vice president and Hamilton's nemesis Aaron Burr in an attempt to swing New York into an independent confederation with the New England states, which along with New York were supposed to secede from the United States after Burr's election to Governor. However, Hamilton's influence ...

  7. Federalist No. 12 - Wikipedia

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    Federalist No. 12 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the twelfth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in The New York Packet on November 27, 1787 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist papers were published. It is titled "The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue".

  8. Social Security Fairness Act could restore benefits, but ...

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    The House voted to pass the legislation Nov. 12, and the Senate approved it on Friday, Dec. 20. Social Security is projected to run out of funds in 2035 unless there is a change made to the fund's ...

  9. Theophilus Parsons - Wikipedia

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    In politics, he was active as one of the Federalist leaders in the state. He was a member of the Essex County convention of 1778—called to protest against the proposed state constitution—and as a member of the "Essex Junto" was probably the author of The Essex Result, which helped to secure the constitution's rejection at the polls. [2]