The Federalist papers

Title
  • Federalist
  • The Federalist papers [Electronic resource] : a collection of essays written in support of the Constitution of the United States / by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Availability This resource is freely available, you should be able to download it now.
Languages

English
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LC keywords

Essays -- United States -- 18th century
Legal works -- United States -- 18th century
Laws -- United States -- 18th century
Constitutions -- United States -- 18th century
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  • designation: Text data
  • size: (1 file : ca. 1.16 megabytes)
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Notes

Mode of access: Online. OTA website

Title proper taken from title page of electronic text

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Jay, John, 1745-1829

These 85 essays were originally published anonymously, under the name of "Publius", to urge the people of New York to ratify the United States Constitution which had been proposed in the Summer before the publication of the first essay. The essays therefore give detailed explanations of particular provisions of the Constition and, given that two of the authors were members of the Constitutional Convention, the Papers are still often used to aid the interpretation of the intention of those drafting the Constitution