At the height of the debates over the adoption of the Constitution in
1787-88, a series of articles began to appear in the New York
Journal. Their author, calling himself "Publius," urged the
ratification of the new constitution, offering, in Thomas Jefferson's
words, "the best commentary on the principles of government, which
was ever written." These eighty-five articles, commonly known as "The
Federalist Papers," were in reality the work of three men; Alexander
Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. These papers were soon
collected and printed in book form in 1788 under the title The
Federalist. This is an updated version of those famous papers.
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