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    The Federalist Papers
    The Federalist Papers
    The Federalist Papers
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    The Federalist Papers

    Written by Alexander Hamilton

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    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)

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    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton was born in 1757 on the island of Nevis, in the Leeward group, British West Indies. During the Revolutionary War, he joined the staff of General Washington as secretary and aide-de-camp and soon became his close confidant as well. Hamilton was elected to the Continental Congress in 1782-83. Hamilton's part in New York's ratification of the Constitution the next year was substantial, though he felt it was deficient in many respects. Against determined opposition, he collaborated with John Jay and James Madison in writing The Federalist Papers.

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      Hamilton was a powerful, ambitious man. A soft-spoken female voice is impossible to listen to for this book.

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      Loved that this was on audiobook because I quickly got through several of the letters for my class. It’s important to note that there are multiple readers for this one and it switched between female and male voices. I liked it though because it really distinguished each letter for me so that I knew I was starting a new one.

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