HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, JAMES MADISON and JOHN JAY]. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. New York: John and Andrew M'Lean 1788. FIRST EDITION, the text of the Constitution (signed in type by Washington) at end of vol. 2. Evans 21127; Sabin 23979; Grolier/ American 19. "Justly recognized as a classic exposition of the principles of republican government" (R.B. Bernstein, Are We to be a Nation? The Making of the Constitution, , 1987, p. 242). The Federalist essays grew out of the pamphlet wars over the question of the ratification of the Constitution. Hamilton enlisted his friend John Jay and fellow Federalist James Madison (in New York as a Virginia delegate to the Confederation Congress) to write a series of anonymously published essays supporting the new plan of government. (Due to Jay's illness and Madison's return to Virginia, most of the 85 essays were written by Hamilton.) The first 36, which appeared in various New York newspapers, were collected as vol. 1 and issued in March 1788; the final 49 were published as vol.2 in May. Provenance
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, JAMES MADISON and JOHN JAY]. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. New York: John and Andrew M'Lean 1788. FIRST EDITION, the text of the Constitution (signed in type by Washington) at end of vol. 2. Evans 21127; Sabin 23979; Grolier/ American 19. "Justly recognized as a classic exposition of the principles of republican government" (R.B. Bernstein, Are We to be a Nation? The Making of the Constitution, , 1987, p. 242). The Federalist essays grew out of the pamphlet wars over the question of the ratification of the Constitution. Hamilton enlisted his friend John Jay and fellow Federalist James Madison (in New York as a Virginia delegate to the Confederation Congress) to write a series of anonymously published essays supporting the new plan of government. (Due to Jay's illness and Madison's return to Virginia, most of the 85 essays were written by Hamilton.) The first 36, which appeared in various New York newspapers, were collected as vol. 1 and issued in March 1788; the final 49 were published as vol.2 in May. Provenance
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