During the debates over the design and ratification of the

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, in 1787 and 1788, a large number of writers in the popular press used

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s. This list shows some of the more important commentaries and the (known or presumed) authors responsible for them. Note: the identity of the person behind several of these pseudonyms is not known for certain.

Literature

* ''The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution'', Vols. XIII-XVI. Ed. John P. Kaminski and Gaspare J. Saladino. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1981.

References

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