Alexander Hamilton Audio Books

The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788 .

Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as "the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written...

The Federalist Papers—a collection of eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution—serves as the primary source for interpreting the Constitution and outlines the philosophy and motivation behind this newly proposed government system.

The subject of a New York Times best-selling biography and a Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, interest in Alexander Hamilton is at an all-time high.

These eighty-five letters in support of the Constitution are recognized as the most important political-science work ever written in the United States.