An overview of the Essays of Federal Farmer, one of the most important Anti-Federalist during the Constitution’s Ratification Debates.

In Federal Farmer XIII an Anti-Federalist closes out his series of Observations with a lengthy discussion of the dangers of a Federal City.

In Federal Farmer XII, an Anti-Federalist author discusses the mode of elections under the US Constitution.

In Federal Farmer XI an Anti-Federalist author recommends changes to the US Senate.

Federal Farmer X is an Anti-Federalist Paper that questions the role of the State Governments under the US Constitution.

Federal Farmer IX is an Anti-Federalist Paper which focuses on types of politicians and the number of Representatives under the Constitution.

In Federal Farmer VII an Anti-Federalist author asks just how representative the House of Representatives actually is.

In Federal Farmer VI, the Anti-Federalist Farmer returns after a lengthy hiatus to give a general (if somewhat rambling) review of the Constitution and the problems of ratification.

In Federal Farmer V, an Anti-Federalist author concludes his first round of observations with a plea to the Ratification Conventions to propose Amendments if they accept the Constitution.

The Federal Farmer IV is a response to James Wilson's Statehouse Yard Speech.

In the Federal Farmer III an anonymous Anti-Federalist author discusses at length the reasons why the Constitution’s framework proves that a Federal Government can’t work on such a large scale.

In Federal Farmer II an Anti-Federalist author outlines a laundry list of reasons the US Constitution is a dangerous document that is doomed to fail.

Federal Farmer I is an Anti-Federalist Paper that questions the motives of some of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

The Federal Farmer was one of the most influential collections of Anti-Federalist Papers.