Federalist-Antifederalist Debates Exhibit Home

Although the bulk of what can be properly termed ‘Federalist’ writings are the 85 essays that comprise The Federalist, numerous allied authors from across the states wrote in support of the Constitution, sometimes with arguments that diverged from those of Madison, Hamilton, and Jay.

In a way, these allied authors operated similar to the broad array of Antifederalist writers: spread across the country, working generally in isolation, and writing primarily for their local audience, albeit on a topic of national interest. Taking these other Federalists into account alongside Madison, Hamilton, and Jay provides a broader picture of reasons individuals found to support the Constitution and the new government it would create.

1787

October

Oct 27, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 1 (New York)

Oct 28, 1787: Remarks on the Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (Pennsylvania)
Oct 30, 1787: Philo-Publius Essay I (New York)
Oct 30, 1787: Letter from Gouverneur Morris to George Washington (Pennsylvania)
Oct 31, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 2 (New York)

November

Nov 3, 1787: A Farmer, of New Jersey: Observations on Government New York (New Jersey)
Nov 3, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 3 (New York)
Nov 5, 1787: A Landholder Letter I (Connecticut)
Nov 7, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 4 (New York)
Nov 10, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 5 (New York)
Nov 14, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 6 (New York)
Nov 12, 1787: A Landholder Letter II (Connecticut)
Nov 14, 1787: Socius Essay (Pennsylvania)
Nov 15, 1787: A Countryman I (Connecticut)
Nov 16, 1787: Philo-Publius Essay II (New York)
Nov 17, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 7 (New York)
Nov 19, 1787: A Landholder III (Connecticut)
Nov 20, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 8 (New York)
Nov 21, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 9 (New York)
Nov 22, 1787: A Countryman II (Connecticut)
Nov 22, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 10 (New York)
Nov 24, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 11 (New York)
Nov 24, 1787 – Dec 24, 1787: Timothy Pickering and the Letters from the Federal Farmer (New York)
Nov 24, 1787: James Wilson Speech, Pennsylvania Convention (Pennsylvania)
Nov 24, 1787: John Jay and the Constitution (New York)
Nov 26, 1787: A Landholder Letter IV (Connecticut)
Nov 26,1787: A Democratic Federalist (Pennsylvania)
Nov 27, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 12 (New York)
Nov 28, 1787: Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal (Pennsylvania)
Nov 28, 1787: Remarks on the Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (Pennsylvania)
Nov 28, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 13 (New York)
Nov 29, 1787: Philo-Publius Essay III (New York)
Nov 29, 1787: Maryland’s Constitutional Convention Delegates Address the State House of Delegates (Maryland)
Nov 30, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 14 (New York)

December

Dec 1, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 15 (New York)
Dec 1, 1787: Philo-Publius Essay IV (New York)
Dec 3, 1787: A Landholder Letter V (Connecticut)
Dec 4, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 16 (New York)
Dec 4, 1787: Speech to the Pennsylvania Conventions, afternoon (Pennsylvania)
Dec 4, 1787: Speech to the Pennsylvania Conventions, morning (Pennsylvania)
Dec 5, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 17 (New York)
Dec 7, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 18 (New York)
Dec 8, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 19 (New York)
Dec 10, 1787: A Landholder VI (Connecticut)
Dec 11, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 20 (New York)
Dec 12, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 21 (New York)
Dec 14, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 22 (New York)
Dec 14, 1787: Letter from George Washington to Charles Carter (Virginia)
Dec 17, 1787: A Landholder Letter VII (Connecticut)
Dec 18, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 23 (New York)
Dec 19, 1787: Anti-Cincinnatus (Pennsylvania)
Dec 19, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 24 (New York)
Dec 21, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 25 (New York)
Dec 22, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 26 (New York)
Dec 24, 1787: A Landholder Letter VIII (Connecticut)
Dec 25, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 27 (New York)
Dec 26, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 28 (New York)
Dec 29, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 29 (New York)
Dec 30, 1787: Federalist Paper No. 30 (New York)
Dec 31, 1787: A Landholder Letter IX (Connecticut)
Dec 31, 1787: America by Noah Webster (New York)
Dec 31, 1787: A Freeman Essay to the People of Connecticut (Connecticut)

1788

January

Jan 16, 1788: State Soldier Essay I (Virginia)
Jan 18, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 40 (New York)
Jan 18, 1788: A Citizen of New Haven by Roger Sherman, Letter I (Connecticut)
Jan 19, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 41 (New York)
Jan 22, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 42 (New York)
Jan 23, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 43 (New York)
Jan 23, 1788: A Freeman Essay I (Pennsylvania)
Jan 25, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 44 (New York)
Jan 26, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 45 (New York)
Jan 29, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 46 (New York)
Jan 30, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 47 (New York)
Jan 30, 1788: A Freeman Essay II (Pennsylvania)

February

Feb 1, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 48 (New York)
Feb 2, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 49 (New York)
Feb 5, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 50 (New York)
Feb 6, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 51 (New York)
Feb 6, 1788: A Freeman Essay III (Pennsylvania)
Feb 6, 1788: State Soldier Essay II (Virginia)
Feb 8, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 52 (New York)
Feb 9, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 53 (New York)
Feb 12, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 54 (New York)
Feb 13, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 55 (New York)
Feb 16, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 56 (New York)
Feb 19, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 57 (New York)
Feb 20, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 58 (New York)
Feb 22, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 59 (New York)
Feb 23, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 60 (New York)
Feb 26, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 61 (New York)
Feb 27, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 62 (New York)
Feb 29, 1788: A Landholder X (Maryland)

March

Mar 1, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 63 (New York)
Mar 5, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 64 (New York)
Mar 7, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 65 (New York)
Mar. 7, 1788: Reply to Maryland Landholder X (Maryland)
Mar 8, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 66 (New York)
Mar 10, 1788: A Landholder XI (Connecticut)
Mar 11, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 67 (New York)
Mar 12, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 68 (New York)
Mar 12, 1788: State Soldier Essay III (Virginia)
Mar 14, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 69 (New York)
Mar 15, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 70 (New York)
Mar 17, 1788: A Landholder XII (Connecticut)
Mar 18, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 71 (New York)
Mar 19, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 72 (New York)
Mar 19, 1788: State Soldier Essay IV (Virginia)
Mar 21, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 73 (New York)
Mar 24, 1788: A Landholder Letter XIII (Connecticut)
Mar 25, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 74 (New York)
Mar 26, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 75 (New York)

April

Apr 1, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 76 (New York)
Apr 2, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 77 (New York)
Apr 2, 1788: State Soldier Essay V (Virginia)
Apr 12, 1788: Fabius I (Pennsylvania)
Apr 15, 1788: Fabius II (Pennsylvania)
Apr 16, 1788: Consider Arms, Malachi Maynard, and Samuel Field: Dissent to the Massachusetts Convention, Northampton Hampshire (New Hampshire)
Apr 17, 1788: Fabius III (Pennsylvania)
Apr 19, 1788: Fabius IV (Pennsylvania)
Apr 22, 1788: Fabius V (Pennsylvania)
Apr 23, 1788: A Farmer (Pennslyvannia)
Apr 24, 1788: Fabius VI (Pennsylvania)
Apr 26, 1788: Fabius VII (Pennsylvania)
Apr 29, 1788: Fabius VIII (Pennsylvania)

May

May 1, 1788: Fabius IX (Pennsylvania)
May 12, 1788: Philodemos Essay (Massachusetts)
May 28, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 78 (New York)

June

June 6, 1788: Edmund Randolph Speech (Virginia)
June 10, 1788: Edmund Randolph Speech, Virginia Ratifying Convention (Virginia)
June 12, 1788: Edmund Pendleton Speech (Virginia)
June 18, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 79 (New York)
June 21, 1788: Alexander Hamilton Speech (New York)
June 21, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 80 (New York)
June 25, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 81 (New York)

July

July 2, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 82 (New York)
July 4, 1788: Oration on the Fourth of July (Pennsylvania)
July 5, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 83 (New York)
July 16, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 84 (New York)

August

Aug 13, 1788: Federalist Paper No. 85 (New York)

December

Dec 10, 1788: An American Citizen: Thoughts on the Subject of Amendments, Part II (Pennsylvania)
Dec 18, 1788: A Citizen of New Haven by Roger Sherman, Letter I (Connecticut)
Dec 24, 1788: An American Citizen: Thoughts on the Subject of Amendments, Part III (Pennsylvania)
Dec 25, 1788: A Citizen of New Haven by Roger Sherman, Letter II (Connecticut)