# Federalist Papers

In this segment of From the Vaults in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, we discuss the history of the Federalist Papers, a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788. The Federalist Papers were written and published to urge New Yorkers to ratify the proposed United States Constitution, which was drafted in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: Library Of Congress. Rare Book Division
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697873/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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