How Eliza Hamilton’s copy of “The Federalist” wound up in Thomas Jefferson’s library

—This is a guest post by Patrick Hastings, a specialist in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division . It also appears in the May/June issue of the Library of Congress Magazine , which focuses on America 250. The Library has within its collections two fascinating copies of “ The Federalist ” with deep personal ties to three Founding Fathers . The Federalist Papers originally were published…