What were they originally intended to do? Why is it such a prodigious accomplishment on Madison’s part? The well respected Federalist Papers were a series of 85 persuasive essays anonymously published with the sole purpose to convince the states, specifically New York, to ratify The Constitution. Although published anonymously, the Federalist Papers were soon found to be written by three outstanding and authoritative men: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The leader of this ratifying crusade was Hamilton, who himself wrote roughly 51 (60%) of the 85 essays. Madison composed about 29 (34.11%) and Jay drafted 5 (5.89%), which all add up to 85. Despite the fact that Madison created only 34% of the essays, he no doubt produced the most prominent and phenomenal one of them all- Federalist Paper No. 10. This was the first of Madison’s 29 papers published. (Beginner’s
What were they originally intended to do? Why is it such a prodigious accomplishment on Madison’s part? The well respected Federalist Papers were a series of 85 persuasive essays anonymously published with the sole purpose to convince the states, specifically New York, to ratify The Constitution. Although published anonymously, the Federalist Papers were soon found to be written by three outstanding and authoritative men: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The leader of this ratifying crusade was Hamilton, who himself wrote roughly 51 (60%) of the 85 essays. Madison composed about 29 (34.11%) and Jay drafted 5 (5.89%), which all add up to 85. Despite the fact that Madison created only 34% of the essays, he no doubt produced the most prominent and phenomenal one of them all- Federalist Paper No. 10. This was the first of Madison’s 29 papers published. (Beginner’s