THE FEDERALIST, OR THE NEW CONSTITUTION, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1788...A NEW EDITION, WITH A TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND A COPIOUS ALPHABETICAL INDEX. THE NUMBERS WRITTEN BY MR. MADISON CORRECTED BY HIMSELF.
Hamilton, Alexander, [et al]:
Washington: Published by Thompson & Homans, 1831. vii,[1],[3]-420pp. Later tan sheep, morocco labels. Sheep rubbed. Hinges cracked. Light tanning and foxing, occasional marginalia. Early ownership signature on title page, later owner's date and name stamp on front free endpaper and single notation in text. Occasional dampstaining. Good. An important later edition of the THE FEDERALIST..., the first with material added by Madison. The essays it contains were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, to support the proposed federal constitution. Not only did the eighty-five essays collected herein play an important role in bringing about the passage of the Constitution, but they came to be recognized as the foremost commentary on the document by its chief architect and its most brilliant advocate. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 7421.
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