"The Federalist," by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John
Jay, constitutes a text central to the American political
tradition. Published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 to explain and
promote ratification of the proposed Constitution for the United
States, which up to then were bound by the Articles of
Confederation, "The Federalist" remains today of singular
importance to students of liberty around the world.The new Liberty
Fund edition presents the text of the Gideon edition of "The
Federalist," published in 1818, which includes the preface to the
text by Jacob Gideon as well as the responses and corrections
prepared by Madison to the McLean edition of 1810. The McLean
edition had presented the "Federalist" texts as corrected by
Hamilton and Jay but not reviewed by Madison.The Liberty Fund
"Federalist" also includes a new introduction, a Reader's Guide
outlining--section by section--the arguments of "The Federalist," a
glossary, and ten appendixes, including the Declaration of
Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Virginia
Resolution Proposing the Annapolis Convention, and other key
documents leading up to the transmission of the Constitution to the
governors of the several states. Finally, the Constitution of the
United States and Amendments is given, with marginal
cross-references to the pertinent passages in "The Federalist" that
address, argue for, or comment upon the specific term, phrase,
section, or article of the Constitution.Alexander Hamilton
(1755-1804) was secretary and aide-de-camp to Washington in
1777-81, a member of the Continental Congress in 1782-83 and
1787-88, a representative from New York to the Annapolis Convention
in 1786 and to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, first U. S.
secretary of the treasury in 1789-95, and inspector general of the
army, with the rank of major general, from 1798 to 1800. His
efforts to defeat Aaron Burr for the presidency in 1800-01 and for
the governorship of New York in 1804 led to his fatal duel with
Burr.John Jay (1745-1829) was a member of the Continental Congress
in 1774 through 1779 and its president in 1778-79, drafter of New
York's first constitution in 1777, chief justice of the New York
supreme court from 1777 to 1778, U. S. minister to Spain in 1779, a
member of the commission to negotiate peace with Great Britain in
Paris in 1787, U. S. secretary of foreign affairs from 1784 to
1789, Chief Justice of the United States from 1789 to 1795, and
governor of New York from 1795 to 1801.James Madison (1751-1836)
was a member of the Virginia legislature in 1776-80 and 1784-86, of
the Continental Congress in 1780-83, and of the Constitutional
Convention in 1787, where he earned the title "father of the U. S.
Constitution." He was a member of the U. S. House of
Representatives from 1789 to 1797, where he was a sponsor of the
Bill of Rights and an opponent of Hamilton's financial measures. He
was the author of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798 in opposition to
the U. S. alien and sedition laws. He was U. S. secretary of state
in 1801-09, President of the U. S. in 1809-17, and rector of the
University of Virginia, 1826-36.George W. Carey is a professor of
government at Georgetown University and the editor of several works
on American government. He is the author of In Defense of the
Constitution, published by Liberty Fund.James McClellan (1937-2005)
was James Bryce Visiting Fellow in American Studies at the
Institute of United States Studies, University of London, and the
author of "Liberty, Order, and Justic
General
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