{"product_id":"9781614871231","title":"The Federalist Papers: The Gideon Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, constitutes a text central to the American political tradition. Published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 to explain and promote ratification of the proposed Constitution for the United States, which up to then were bound by the Articles of Confederation, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e remains today of singular importance to students of liberty around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new Liberty Fund edition presents the text of the Gideon edition of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, published in 1818, which includes the preface to the text by Jacob Gideon as well as the responses and corrections prepared by Madison to the McLean edition of 1810. The McLean edition had presented the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFederalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e texts as corrected by Hamilton and Jay but not reviewed by Madison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Liberty Fund \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFederalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e also includes a new introduction, a Reader’s Guide outlining—section by section—the arguments of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a glossary, and ten appendixes, including the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Virginia Resolution Proposing the Annapolis Convention, and other key documents leading up to the transmission of the Constitution to the governors of the several states. Finally, the Constitution of the United States and Amendments is given, with marginal cross-references to the pertinent passages in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e that address, argue for, or comment upon the specific term, phrase, section, or article of the Constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (1755–1804) was secretary and aide-de-camp to Washington in 1777–81, a member of the Continental Congress in 1782–83 and 1787–88, a representative from New York to the Annapolis Convention in 1786 and to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, first U. S. secretary of the treasury in 1789–95, and inspector general of the army, with the rank of major general, from 1798 to 1800. His efforts to defeat Aaron Burr for the presidency in 1800-01 and for the governorship of New York in 1804 led to his fatal duel with Burr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Jay\u003c\/b\u003e (1745–1829) was a member of the Continental Congress in 1774 through 1779 and its president in 1778–79, drafter of New York’s first constitution in 1777, chief justice of the New York supreme court from 1777 to 1778, U. S. minister to Spain in 1779, a member of the commission to negotiate peace with Great Britain in Paris in 1787, U. S. secretary of foreign affairs from 1784 to 1789, Chief Justice of the United States from 1789 to 1795, and governor of New York from 1795 to 1801.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Madison\u003c\/b\u003e (1751–1836) was a member of the Virginia legislature in 1776–80 and 1784–86, of the Continental Congress in 1780–83, and of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, where he earned the title “father of the U. S. Constitution.” He was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1797, where he was a sponsor of the Bill of Rights and an opponent of Hamilton’s financial measures. He was the author of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798 in opposition to the U. S. alien and sedition laws. He was U. S. secretary of state in 1801–09, President of the U. S. in 1809–17, and rector of the University of Virginia, 1826–36. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge W. Carey\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of government at Georgetown University and the editor of several works on American government. He is the author of In Defense of the Constitution, published by Liberty Fund.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames McClellan\u003c\/b\u003e (1937-2005) was James Bryce Visiting Fellow in American Studies at the Institute of United States Studies, University of London\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174900023536,"sku":"9781614871231","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614871231_p0.jpg?v=1763853243","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614871231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}