No pseudonyms, no freedom. > During the debates over the design and ratification of the United States Constitution, in 1787 and 1788, a large number of writers in the popular press used pseudonyms. > To avoid opening himself and Madison to charges of betraying the Convention’s confidentiality, Alexander Hamilton chose the pen name “Publius,” after a general who had helped found the Roman Republic.

List of pseudonyms used in the American Constitutional debates - Wikipedia

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Why Did The Federalists Use The Pseudonym Publius? - CLJ

To avoid opening himself and Madison to charges of betraying the Convention’s confidentiality, Hamilton chose the pen name “Publius,” aft...

My lesson today! Orwell was not his real name. wtf How effective that has been over time

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