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Federalist Papers
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series of 85 essays arguing in favor of the ratification of the US Constitution
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- Author
- Hamilton, Alexander
- First published
- 1987
- Editions
- 17
- Subjects
- Constitutional history, united states, sources
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Key facts
- Authors
- Alexander Hamilton James Madison John Jay (all under the pseudonym 'Publius')
- Original title
- The Federalist
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- The Independent Journal New York Packet The Daily Advertiser J. & A. McLean
- Publication date
- October 27, 1787 – May 28, 1788
- Publication place
- United States
- Media type
- Newspaper book
- Text
- The Federalist Papers at Wikisource
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The collection was commonly known as The Federalist until the name The Federalist Papers emerged in the nineteenth century.
The first seventy-seven of these essays were published serially in the Independent Journal, the New York Packet, and the Daily Advertiser between October 1787 and April 1788. A compilation of these 77 essays and eight others were published in two volumes as The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787, by publishing firm J. & A. McLean in March and May 1788. The last eight papers (Nos. 78–85) were republished in the New York newspapers between June 14 and August 16, 1788.
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