Franklin Library: FEDERALIST: AMERICAN STATE PAPERS: HAMILTON: MADISON: JOHN JAY

Description: Franklin Library leather edition of "The Federalist: American State Papers," by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, a Limited edition, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, published in 1984. Bound in deep hunter green leather, the book has dark green French moire silk end leaves, hubbed spine, a satin book marker, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition---except for a 'tiny' scratch to top gilt---mentioned for accuracy. "The Federalist" is a collection of 85 articles and essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. In Federalist No. 10, Madison discusses the means of preventing rule by majority faction and advocates a large, commercial republic, is generally regarded as the most important of the 85 articles from a philosophical perspective. Alexander Hamilton, who lived from 1755--1804, was a founding father of the U.S., chief staff aide to General George Washington, and one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Federalist Party, the world's first voter-based political party, and the Father of the U.S. Coast Guard. As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton was the primary author of the economic policies of the George Washington administration. James Madison, Jr., who lived from 1751 – 1836, was an American statesman, political theorist, and the fourth President of the U.S. (1809–17). He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for being instrumental in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution and as the key champion and author of the Bill of Rights. 681 pages. I offer Combined shipping.

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