Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) represented New York at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and became the first secretary of the Treasury, serving from 1789 to 1795. James Madison (1751–1836) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1797, secretary of state from 1801 to 1809, and ultimately the fourth president of the United States. John Jay (1745–1829) was a Founding Father who served as president of the Continental Congress, governor of the state of New York, and first chief justice of the Supreme Court.

from The Federalist Papers

The Federalist papers are a series of eighty-five articles written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudonym Publius to promote and justify the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of these essays were first published in the Independent Journal and the New York Packet in 1787 and 1788. In 1788, with eight additional essays they were compiled into a book and published in two volumes under the title The Federalist.