A systematic criticism of the proposed Constitution and full elaboration of anti-federalist though was provided in a series of articles published in New York in the Poughkeepsie Country Journal from November, 1787, through January, 1788, usually titled Letters from the Federal Farmer. The first five of these articles were also republished as a pamphlet in New York and circulated widely. The full title of this pamphlet was Observations Leading to a Fair Examination of the System of Government Proposed by the Late Convention; and to Several Essential and Necessary Alterations to it, In a Number of Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican. In addition to this pamphlet, in 1788 the author published An Additional Number of Letters From the Federal Farmer to the Republican Leading to a Fair Examination of the System of Government Proposed by the Late Convention; To Several Essential and Necessary Alterations in It; And Calculated to Illustrate and Support the Principles And Positions Laid Down in the Preceding Letters, thirteen in all, that expanded on the principles set forth in the earlier articles. The author has long been thought to be Richard Henry Lee, a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress then sitting in New York, but many scholars later came to think the author was more likely to be Melancton Smith of New York. It is also possible that the articles were written by both men in collaboration.

The letters did not have titles. The titles shown are the editor's.

	No	Title	Yr	Mo	Da
	1		1787	Oct	8
	2		1787	Oct	9
	3		1787	Oct	10
	4		1787	Oct	12
	5		1787	Oct	13
	6		1787	Dec	25
	7		1787	Dec	31
	8		1788	Jan	3
	9		1788	Jan	4
	10		1788	Jan	7
	11		1788	Jan	10
	12		1788	Jan	12
	13		1788	Jan	14
	14		1788	Jan	17
	15		1788	Jan	18
	16		1788	Jan	20
	17		1788	Jan	23
	18		1788	Jan	25

Anti-Federalist Papers

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