8vo. pp. clxv, (1), 659, vi, portrait.B. A. 62
Many reissues, with a change of date only.
Contains an “Historical Notice,” which is an endeavor to prove Hamilton the author of the doubtful numbers; in fact, the whole tendency is to magnify Hamilton’s part of the work, even the names of the other authors being printed in much smaller type on the title page.
The alterations in the text made by the different editions is added, as also the papers signed “Philo-Publius” by William Duer.
Reviewed by Mr. Horace Binney in the following:
A Review of Hamilton’s Edition of the Federalist. Philadelphia: 1864.
8vo. pp. 8.63
The Federalist. Philadelphia. 1865.
The / Federalist: / A Commentary / on the / Constitution of the United States. / A Collection of Essays / By Alexander Hamilton, / Jay, and Madison. / Also, / The Continentalist, and other Papers, / By Hamilton. / Edited by John C. Hamilton, / Author of “The History of the Republic of the United States.” / Vol. I. / Philadelphia: / J. B. Lippincott & Co. / 1865.
2 vols. Rl. 8vo. pp. clxv, (1), 242.—(2), 243-659, vi, portrait.64