The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Том 1

Commonly known as?The Federalist Papers, this series of 85 articles or essays was written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay in order to promote the ratification of the new United States Constitution. Most of them were printed in?The Independent Journal?and?The New York Packet?between October 1787 and August 1788. Later in 1788 a compilation of all the articles was published. At the time they were published, the authorship of the articles was a closely guarded secret.?The Federalist?explains and?exposits?the Constitution in clear, common language that would have been understood by most Americans at the time. Hamilton's response to the Proclamation of Neutrality and the text of the Constitution are also included in this two-volume set.