<P> The Federalist articles appeared in three New York newspapers: The Independent Journal, the New - York Packet, and the Daily Advertiser, beginning on October 27, 1787 . Although written and published with haste, The Federalist articles were widely read and greatly influenced the shape of American political institutions . Hamilton, Madison and Jay published the essays at a rapid pace . At times, three to four new essays by Publius appeared in the papers in a single week . Garry Wills observes that this fast pace of production "overwhelmed" any possible response: "Who, given ample time could have answered such a battery of arguments? And no time was given ." Hamilton also encouraged the reprinting of the essays in newspapers outside New York state, and indeed they were published in several other states where the ratification debate was taking place . However, they were only irregularly published outside New York, and in other parts of the country they were often overshadowed by local writers . </P> <P> Because the essays were initially published in New York, most of them begin with the same salutation: "To the People of the State of New York". </P> <P> The high demand for the essays led to their publication in a more permanent form . On January 1, 1788, the New York publishing firm J. & A. McLean announced that they would publish the first thirty - six essays as a bound volume; that volume was released on March 22, 1788 and was titled The Federalist Volume 1 . New essays continued to appear in the newspapers; Federalist No. 77 was the last number to appear first in that form, on April 2 . A second bound volume containing Federalist 37--77 and the yet to be published Federalist 78--85 was released on May 28 . The last eight papers (Federalist 78--85) were republished in the New York newspapers between June 14 and August 16, 1788 . </P> <P> A 1792 French edition ended the collective anonymity of Publius, announcing that the work had been written by "MM Hamilton, Maddisson E Gay", citizens of the State of New York . In 1802, George Hopkins published an American edition that similarly named the authors . Hopkins wished as well that "the name of the writer should be prefixed to each number," but at this point Hamilton insisted that this was not to be, and the division of the essays among the three authors remained a secret . </P>

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