James madison, john jay, and alexander hamilton wrote a series of essays discussing the merits of the proposed u. s. constitution. these essays were gathered together in

A series of eighty-five political essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of ratification of the U. S. Constitution ... he strongly supported ratification of the Constitutionand was a contributor to The Federalist Papers (1787-1788), which argued the effectiveness of theproposed constitution.