From the Vaults: Federalist Papers

In this segment of From the Vaults in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Mark Dimunation discusses the history of the Federalist Papers, a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788. The Federalist Papers were written and published to urge New Yorkers to ratify the proposed United States Constitution, which was drafted in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. To learn more about this historic document, visit Federalist Papers: Primary Documents in American History on the Library of Congress website. For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10208