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Constitution and Citizenship Day

A guide to information resources related to Jefferson's Constitution Day

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What are the Federalist Papers?

After the Constitutional Convention, there was national debate about whether or not to make the Constitution official. Newspapers across the nation published articles for and against it. The most famous of these articles became known as the Federalist Papers which urged citizens to approve the Constitution. The Federalist Papers consisted of eighty-five essays outlining how the government would function and why it would be best for the United States. 

You can read The Federalist Papers for yourself or explore a digital version of the papers made available by The Library of Congress. 

Who wrote the Federalist Papers?

The Federalist Papers were written under the pseudonym Plubius. The essays were actually split between three founding fathers:

Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison