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== The Federalist Papers ==

== The Federalist Papers ==

The ''Federalist Papers'' were a series of newspaper articles written anonymously and published in New York in order to urge that large State to ratify the U.S. Constitution.  Today we know that most of the articles were written by Alexander Hamilton or James Madison, and a few less important ones were written by future Supreme Court Justice John Jay.

The ''Federalist Papers'' were a series of articles published anonymously under the pen name "Publius" in an influential New York City paper in order to urge that large State to ratify the U.S. Constitution in late 1787 through April 4, 1788.  Today we know that 51 of these articles were written by Alexander Hamilton and 29 were written by James Madison, two of the most important delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and 5 were written by John Jay, a future Supreme Court Justice.

 

 

 

 

There were also so-called "Anti-Federalist Papers," which opposed ratification of the U.S. Constitution.  The most prominent among the Founders who opposed the U.S. Constitution were Patrick Henry, George Mason, and George Clinton.<ref>http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/anti-federalist-papers</ref>  They and others wrote anti-Constitution articles that almost irrelevant today, because the U.S. Constitution was ratified and very successful.

== Resources ==

== Resources ==