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1776 All-Stars: Why a Pseudonymous Anti-Federalist Is My Favorite Founder

The man known only as "A Farmer" warned against the "sword of government."

Jesse Walker | Coming: From the July 2026 issue

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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