Federalist Papers
Author: first_name:  Alexander
last_name: Hamilton
first_name: John
last_name: Jay
first_name: James
last_name: Madison
Language: English
Year: 1788

The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788 . A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist, was published in 1788 by J. and A. M’Lean.   The Federalist Papers serve as a primary source for interpretation of the Constitution, as they outl