Title: The
Federalist Papers
Authors: Alexander
Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Genre: Non-Fiction
342.73029
Read by: Arthur Morey
Originally published:
1787
Publisher/Date: Tantor
Media, Inc./2010
Dates listened to: 11/10/17 – 12/6/17
CDs/Hours: 16/20
ISBN:
978-1-4526-0020-9
Our founding fathers put a lot of time and effort into
writing material to be digested by the original thirteen states, among which include
the possible attack of foreign countries, taxation, election of a president and
state representatives, distinguishing between the terms federal and national, what the grounds for impeachment are. Each subject is
written by one of the three men between October 1787 and May, 1788, for a total
of eighty-five essays. Hamilton was a
leading figure at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and the first secretary
of the treasury of the United States.
James Madison served as secretary of state under Thomas Jefferson and
was the fourth president of the US. John
Jay served as minister to Spain and became the first Chief Justice of the US
Supreme Court. Much of what our country
aspires to was derived from other countries like the United Kingdom, Germany,
France, and the Netherlands. When you
consider we took into account what worked for them and what did not, we have
done pretty well in how our country is run.
The Federalist Papers serves as the primary source for
interpreting the Constitution and outlines the philosophy and motivation behind
this newly proposed government system.
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared
in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to
ratify the proposed Constitution of the US.
Still hotly debated, the arguments first presented here were created
during a critical moment in our nation’s history.
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