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Federalist Reader
Read the Federalist Papers as 1787 newspapers
All 85 Federalist Papers as the newspaper serial they originally were: period typography, a clean reader mode, short companion notes, and an email subscription that delivers one paper a week, or each on the anniversary of its original 1787–88 date.
This started as a gift: a subscription from LetterJoy that mails my mom one Federalist paper a week on physical, 1780s-style newsprint. Reading along with her, I couldn't find an online edition I enjoyed reading, so I built one.
All 85 papers, set as period newspaper sheets - self-hosted 18th-century type, a unique wear pattern per paper, with a clean reader mode, short plain-English notes, and reading progress that stays in your browser. No accounts, no ads, free, and the source is on GitHub.
New this week: subscribe by email. One paper each Saturday in order, or "As It Happened" - each paper on the anniversary of its original 1787–88 publication date.
I'd love feedback on the reading experience and the typography.
About Federalist Reader on Product Hunt
“Read the Federalist Papers as 1787 newspapers”
Federalist Reader was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 16 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #41 on the daily leaderboard. All 85 Federalist Papers as the newspaper serial they originally were: period typography, a clean reader mode, short companion notes, and an email subscription that delivers one paper a week, or each on the anniversary of its original 1787–88 date.
On the analytics side, Federalist Reader competes within Newsletters, History Books, Education and GitHub — topics that collectively have 135.7k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Federalist Reader performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Federalist Reader?
Federalist Reader was hunted by Vann Walke. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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