The Federalist Papers, typeset as the 1787 newspapers they ran in

In plain words

The Federalist Papers is a digital archive that presents the classic political essays in their original 1787 newspaper format. Users can read the arguments for ratifying the U.S. Constitution as they appeared in contemporary publications. It's designed for history enthusiasts, students, and anyone interested in understanding the founding debates through primary source documents. The project recreates the authentic typesetting and layout of the era.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

All 85 Federalist Papers as the newspaper serial they originally were: period typography, a clean reader mode, short companion notes, and an email subscription that delivers one paper a week, or each on the anniversary of its original 1787–88 date.

☞︎ New to this edition . The eight Anti-Federalist essays that answered Publius — Brutus and Cato, from Greenleaf’s New-York Journal — now print beside the papers they answer. Read the opposition → In 1787 and 1788, the essays of “Publius” arrived one by one in New York newspapers. This edition brings all eighty-five together with their original words, an optional clean reading view, and a little friendly context for the conversation afterward. Publius had opponents: read the eight Anti-Federalist essays beside the papers they answer. The essays work well at the pace of their original publication: one at a time, with room to think between them. Your progress stays privately in…from federalistreader.org

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