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Ron DeSantis: “Hamilton wrote 51 of those essays [Federalist Papers].”

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Governor DeSantis Unveils Alexander Hamilton Statue in Hamilton County

Published | Video Starts at 16:28

So there was more than 80 Federalist papers published. It was not under his name. They used the pseudonym Pew Pew and it was John Jay, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton wrote 51 of those essays [Federalist Papers]. Madison wrote the majority of the remainder, and Jay wrote the fewest of all of them. (16:28–16:31)

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Asserts that Hamilton authored 51 of the Federalist Papers.

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