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The Federal Farmer was the pseudonym used by an Anti-Federalist who wrote a methodical assessment of the proposed United States Constitution that was among the more important documents of the ratification debate. The assessment appeared in the form of two pamphlets, the first published in November 1787 and the second in December 1787. [1]
Anti-Federalist Papers is the collective name given to the works written by the Founding Fathers who were ... Federal Farmer No. I and II: Federalist No. 8, 10, 14 ...
A Country Federalist James Kent: Crito Stephen Hopkins: Examiner Charles McKnight: Federal Farmer: Anti-Federalist. The Federal Farmer letters are frequently attributed to Richard Henry Lee, but modern scholarship has challenged Lee's authorship. [9] [10] Foreign Spectator Nicholas Collin [11] Genuine Information Luther Martin: Harrington ...
Generally, Anti-federalists were more likely to be small farmers than lawyers and merchants and came from rural areas rather than the urban areas many federalists represented. [3] In their journey to protect the interests of rural areas and farmers, the Anti-Federalists believed: They believed the Constitution, as written, would be oppressive [4]
The Anti-Federalists, Storing reveals, felt that young men like Alexander Hamilton, who was the main author of The Federalist Papers, were going against the ideals of the Revolution by substituting a potential monarchy (a president) in place of the individual freedom assured by the Articles of Confederation.
An anti-Federalist labeled "Federal Farmer" published an essay, "Federal Farmer II," on October 9, 1787 exclaiming that "it would be impossible to collect a representation of the parts of the country five, six, and seven hundred miles from the seat of the government" with the "extensive [size of the] country."
Melancton Smith (May 7, 1744 – July 29, 1798) was a merchant, lawyer and a New York delegate to the Continental Congress. [1] Praised for his intelligence, liberality, and reasonableness, [2] Smith had attained considerable respect in the State of New York by 1787 and he has been described by modern scholars as the most important Anti-Federalist theorist and spokesman.
Thomas Greenleaf (1755–1798 [1]) was an American publisher during the 18th-century who published Anti-Federalist letters including those by the Federal Farmer in the New York Journal. [2] He also published the laws of the state of New York. [3]