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Bibliography

• Banner, James M. To the Hartford Convention: The Federalists and the Origins of Party Politics in Massachusetts, 1789–1815 (1970)
• Bassett, John Spencer. The Federalist System, 1789-1801 (1906) 374 pp older scholarly history online edition
• Beeman, Richard R. The Old Dominion and the New Nation, 1788–1801 (1972)
• Broussard, James H. The Southern Federalists: 1800–1816 1978
• Buel Jr., Richard. Securing the Revolution: Ideology in American Politics, 1789–1815 1972
• Chambers, William Nisbet. Political Parties in a New Nation: The American Experience, 1776-1809 (1963)
• Chambers, William Nisbet, ed. The First Party System: Federalists and Republicans (1972)
• Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton (2004), most recent major biography excerpt and text search
• Cunningham Jr., Noble E., ed. The Making of the American Party System 1789 to 1809 1965. Excerpts from primary sources
• Dunn, Susan. Jefferson's Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism (2004) excerpt and text search
• Elkins, Stanley, and Eric McKitrick. The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788–1800 1993, the most detailed and sophisticated political history of the era. online edition
• Ferling, John. Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, (2004) online edition
• Fischer, David Hackett. The Revolution of American Conservatism: The Federalist Party in the Era of Jeffersonian Democracy 1965
• Formisano, Ronald. The Transformation of Political Culture: Massachusetts Parties, 1790s–1840s (1983)
• Fox, Dixon Ryan. The Decline of Aristocracy in the Politics of New York, 1801–1840 (1919)
• Hildreth, Richard. History of the United States (1851) vol 4 covering 1790s. online edition
• Humphrey, Carol Sue The Press of the Young Republic, 1783–1833 1996 online edition
• Knudson, Jerry W. Jefferson And the Press: Crucible of Liberty (2006) how 4 Republican and 4 Federalist papers covered election of 1800; Thomas Paine; Louisiana Purchase; Hamilton-Burr duel; impeachment of Chase; and the embargo excerpt and text search
• Larson, Edward J. A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign. (2007). 333 pp. on 1800 online review
• McCormick, Richard P. The Second Party System: Party Formation in the Jacksonian Era (1966) details the collapse state by state
• McCullough, David. John Adams (2002), very well written popular biography; Pulitzer Prize; excerpt and text search
• McDonald, Forrest. The Presidency of George Washington (1974)
• Miller, John C. The Federalist Era: 1789–1801 (1960) political history by leading scholar.
• Mitchell, Broadus. Alexander Hamilton: The National Adventure, 1788–1804 (1962), most detailed scholarly biography
• Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis, Federalist, 1765-1848 (1913) 378 pages complete text online
• Risjord, Norman, ed. The Early American Party System (1969) excerpts from essays by scholars
• Risjord, Norman. Chesapeake Politics, 1781-1800 (1978), covers Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in depth; online edition
• Sharp, James Rogers. American Politics in the Early Republic: The New Nation in Crisis, 1993 , detailed political history of 1790s
• Sheehan, Colleen. “Madison v. Hamilton: The Battle Over Republicanism and the Role of Public Opinion” American Political Science Review 2004 98(3): 405-424. abstract
• Smelser, Marshall. The Democratic Republic 1801–1815 1968 general survey
• Tinkcom, Harry M. The Republicans and Federalists in Pennsylvania, 1790–1801 1950 online edition