The ſeveral matters which are contained in theſe Papers, are immediately interwoven with the very exiſtence of this new Empire, and ought to be well underſtood by every Citizen of America. The Editor entertains no doubt that they will be thought by the judicious reader, the cheapeſt as well as moſt valuable publication ever offered to the American Public.
The ſecond Volume is in the Preſs, and will be publiſhed with all poſſible expedition.
☞ Subſcribers will be pleaſed to ſend for their Copies, to the Printing-Office, No. 41, Hanover-Square, four Doors from the Old-Slip.
*⁎* Thoſe Gentlemen who were intruſted with Subſcription Liſts, will pleaſe to return them to the Printers; and thoſe in the Country are deſired to forward theirs immediately.
New-York, March 22, 1788.
The volume which was thus announced bears the following title:—
"The | Federalist: | a collection | of | essays, | written in favour of the | new constitution, | as agreed upon by the federal convention, | September 17, 1787. | In two volumes. | Vol. I. | New-York: | Printed and sold by J. and A. McLEAN, | No. 41, Hanover-Square. | M,DCC,LXXXVIII."
It forms a neatly printed duodecimo of two hundred and thirty-three pages, which are thus arranged: Title, as above; verso, blank,—both unpaged; iii. iv., prefatory remarks, without a heading; v. vi., "Contents"; 1 to 227, "The Federalist: addressed to the People of the State of New-York." It is printed in signatures of twelve pages each, on good paper, with a neat, but small-sized, long-primer type, (ninety-three to the foot,)
