Contents Foreword to the 2026 Edition, GaryJ. Schmitt and Adam J. White Foreword to the 1985 Edition, WilliamJ. Baroody, Jr Preface to the 1985 Edition Introduction: The Political Thoughtof Hamilton''s Statesmanship The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775 Letter to James Duane, September 3, 1780 Letter to Robert Morris, April 30, 1781 The Continentalist Papers, AnIntroduction The Continentalist No. I, July 12, 1781 The Continentalist No. II, July 19, 1781 The Continentalist No. III, August 9, 1781 The Continentalist No. IV, August 30, 1781 The Continentalist No.

V, April 18, 1782 The Continentalist No. VI, July 4, 1782 Second Letter from Phocion, April 1784 Speech in the New York Assembly, January19, 1787 Speech in the Constitutional Convention ona Plan of Government, June 18, 1787 Hamilton''s Plan of Government, June 18,1787 Remarks in the Constitutional Conventionon the Term of Office for Members of the Second Branch of the Legislature, June26, 1787 Remarks in the Constitutional Conventionon the Equality of Representation in the Congress, June 29, 1787 Letter to George Washington, July 3, 1787 Remarks in the Constitutional Conventionon the Election of the President, September 6, 1787 Remarks in the Constitutional Conventionon the Signing of the Constitution, September 17, 1787 Conjectures about the New Constitution,September 17-30, 1787 The Federalist Papers, AnIntroduction The Federalist No. 1, October 27, 1787 The Federalist No. 9, November 21, 1787 The Federalist No. 23, December 18, 1787 The Federalist No. 31, January 1, 1788 The Federalist Nos. 70-77, AnIntroduction The Federalist No. 70, March 15, 1788 The Federalist No.

71, March 18, 1788 The Federalist No. 72, March 19, 1788 The Federalist No. 73, March 21, 1788 The Federalist No. 74, March 25, 1788 The Federalist No. 75, March 26, 1788 The Federalist No. 76, April 1, 1788 The Federalist No. 77, April 2, 1788 The Federalist No. 78, May 28, 1788 The Federalist No.

84, May 28, 1788 Hamilton''s Remarks and Speeches atthe New York Ratifying Convention, An Introduction Remarks in the New York RatifyingConvention, June 20, 1788 First Speech of June 21 in the New YorkRatifying Convention, June 21, 1788 Third Speech of June 21 in the New YorkRatifying Convention, June 21, 1788 Remarks in the New York RatifyingConvention, June 24, 1788 Speech in the New York RatifyingConvention, June 25, 1788 Remarks in the New York RatifyingConvention, June 27, 1788 Speech in the New York RatifyingConvention, June 28, 1788 Letter to George Washington, September1788 Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Actto Establish a National Bank, February 23, 1791 Conversation with Thomas Jefferson, August13, 1791 Report on Manufactures, December 5, 1791 Letter to Edward Carrington, May 26, 1792 The Vindication [of the Funding System]No. III, May-August 1792 George Washington to Alexander Hamilton,July 29, 1792 Letter to George Washington containingObjections and Answers respecting the Administration of Government, August 18,1792 Letter to George Washington, September 9,1792 Amicus, September 11, 1792 The Catullus Essays, An Introduction Catullus No. II, September 19, 1792 Catullus No. III, September 29, 1792 Catullus No. IV, October 17, 1792 Metellus, October 24, 1792 The Defence No. I, 1792-1795 Defense of the President''s NeutralityProclamation, May 1793 Pacificus No. I, June 29, 1793 Pacificus No. IV, July 10, 1793 The Tully Letters, An Introduction Tully No.

III, August 28, 1794 Tully No. IV, September 2, 1794 Views on the French Revolution, 1794 The Defence of the Funding System, July1795 Letter to George Washington, March 29,1796 Letter to George Washington containingHamilton''s Draft of Washington''s Farewell Address, July 30, 1796 Letter to William Hamilton, May 2, 1797 Letter to Oliver Wolcott, Junior, June 29,1798 Hamilton''s Draft of a Letter from GeorgeWashington to James McHenry, December 13, 1798 Letter to Marquis de Lafayette, January 6,1799 Letter to Tobias Lear, January 2, 1800 Letter concerning the Public Conduct andCharacter of John Adams Esq. President of the United States, October 24, 1800 Letter to Gouverneur Morris, December 26,1800 <.