Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Federalist Papers


THE FEDERALIST PAPERS were written and printed from October 1787 until May 1788 to counter arguments of Antifederalists against ratification of the Constitution of 1787.
The papers were authored by three important founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay.

Alexander Hamilton was the originator of this work and author of 51 of the essays; James Madison wrote 26 of them; three essays were writeen by Hamilton and Madison together; and John Jay wrote five of the papers.

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