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The Farmer Refuted, published in February 1775, was Alexander Hamilton's second published work, a follow-up to his 1774 A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress. Summary. In The Farmer Refuted, Alexander Hamilton addresses directly the main person to whom he was writing in opposition with his first work, Samuel Seabury. Seabury wrote ...
Jan 1, 2002 · The laborious farmers find it an exceeding difficult task to pay their yearly taxes, and supply their families, with the bare necessaries of life; and it would be impracticable to give employment in agriculture to any more, than are already engaged. We can have no doubt of this, if we consider the small extent of territory in Great Britain, the ...
Sep 7, 2019 · Hamilton argues against Seabury's view that the Continental Congress lacks legitimacy and that Britain has supreme power over America. He defends the natural rights of mankind and the law of nature, citing Grotius, Pufendorf, Locke, Montesquieu, and Blackstone.
Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted. 23 Feb. 1775 Papers 1:86--89, 121--22, 135--36 . I shall, for the present, pass over to that part of your pamphlet, in which you endeavour to establish the supremacy of the British Parliament over America.
Sep 25, 2015 · George III’s satirical nickname was “Farmer George”, so in refuting the “Farmer”, Hamilton argues simultaneously against the King’s apologist and the King. The structure of the song is ...
The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775; Alexander Hamilton; Edited by Carson Holloway, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Bradford P. Wilson, Princeton University, New Jersey; Book: The Political Writings of Alexander Hamilton; Online publication: 13 December 2017; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108381277.004
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The Farmer Refuted was Alexander Hamilton’s second published work and was a follow-up to his A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, from the Calumnies of their Enemies (1774), which was a response to open letters written by Loyalist A. W. Farmer, whose real name was Samuel Seabury.
