NMLP P-045558 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
The Federalist
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay · J. and A. McLean, New York · 1788
US-only apex Americana; the McLean set is the first collected/book edition — distinct from the newspaper first appearances and preceding the George F. Hopkins edition of 1802 and all later printings. No foreign edition competes for precedence; the early French translation and every subsequent edition are later.
Full identification guide for this title →
New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045558 for "The Federalist" by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045558, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).