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  1. 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.

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted. 23 Feb. 1775 Papers 1:100--101. You are mistaken, when you confine arbitrary government to a monarchy. It is not the supreme power being placed in one, instead of many, that discriminates an arbitrary from a free government.

  7. In this pro-American pamphlet, a young Alexander Hamilton, writing on the eve of the American Revolution, critiques the argument of a pro-British author. He maintains that colonists owe their primary loyalty to the King, not to Parliament.