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2889. FARMERS, Neglected.—

Here
[Philadelphia, the seat of government], the
unmoneyed farmer, as he is termed, his cattle
and crops, are no more thought of than if
they did not feed us. Scrip and stock are
food and raiment here.—
To T. M. Randolph. Ford ed., v, 455.
(Pa., 1792)