Origins
The Federal Convention (Constitutional Convention) sent the proposed Constitution to the Confederation Congress, which in turn submitted it to the states … See more

In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton listed six topics to be covered in the subsequent articles:
1. "The utility of the UNION to your political prosperity"—covered in No. 2 through … See more

Federal judges, when interpreting the Constitution, frequently use The Federalist Papers as a contemporary account of the intentions of the framers and ratifiers. They have been applied on issues ranging from the power of the federal government in foreign affairs See more

The purposes and authorship of The Federalist Papers were prominently highlighted in the lyrics of "Non-Stop", the finale of Act One in the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. See more

• Bibliography of the United States Constitution
• American philosophy
• The Anti-Federalist Papers
• The Complete Anti-Federalist See more

• Adair, Douglass (1974). "The Disputed Federalist Papers". Fame and the Founding Fathers. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund.
• Mosteller, Frederick; Wallace, David L. (2012). Applied Bayesian and Classical Inference: The Case of The Federalist Papers. … See more

• Bradley, Harold W. (November 1945). "The Political Thinking of George Washington". The Journal of Southern History. 11 (4). Southern Historical Association: 469–486. doi:10.2307/2198308. JSTOR 2198308.
• Dietze, Gottfried. The … See more