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Audio Book--The Federalist Papers PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay & James Madison   

The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757-1804), John Jay (1745-1829), and James Madison (1751-1836)

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 outline the philosophy and motivation of the proposed system of government.The authors of the Federalist Papers wanted to both influence the vote in favor of ratification and shape future interpretations of the Constitution. According to historian Richard Morris, they are an “incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer.” (Summary by Wikipedia).  LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA (www.librivox.org).

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 Federalist 1
 Federalist 18  Federalist 35  Federalist 52  Federalist 69
 Federalist 2
 Federalist 19  Federalist 36  Federalist 53  Federalist 70
 Federalist 3
 Federalist 20  Federalist 37  Federalist 54  Federalist 71
 Federalist 4
 Federalist 21  Federalist 38  Federalist 55  Federalist 72
 Federalist 5
 Federalist 22  Federalist 39  Federalist 56  Federalist 73
 Federalist 6
 Federalist 23  Federalist 40  Federalist 57  Federalist 74
 Federalist 7
 Federalist 24  Federalist 41  Federalist 58  Federalist 75
 Federalist 8
 Federalist 25  Federalist 42  Federalist 59  Federalist 76
 Federalist 9
 Federalist 26  Federalist 43  Federalist 60
  Federalist 77
 Federalist 10 Federalist 27  Federalist 44  Federalist 61
  Federalist 78
 Federalist 11 Federalist 28  Federalist 45  Federalist 62  Federalist 79
 Federalist 12 Federalist 29  Federalist 46  Federalist 63  Federalist 80
 Federalist 13 Federalist 30  Federalist 47  Federalist 64  Federalist 81
 Federalist 14 Federalist 31  Federalist 48  Federalist 65  Federalist 82
 Federalist 15 Federalist 32  Federalist 49  Federalist 66  Federalist 83
 Federalist 16 Federalist 33  Federalist 50
  Federalist 67  Federalist 84
 Federalist 17 Federalist 34  Federalist 51  Federalist 68  Federalist 85