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Farmers-General

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A name given in France prior to the Revolution to a privileged syndicate which farmed certain branches of the public revenue, that is, obtained the right of collecting certain taxes on payment of an annual sum into the public treasury; the system gave rise to corruption and illegal extortion, and was at best an unproductive method of raising the national revenue; it was swept away at the Revolution.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Farmers-General'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/farmers-general.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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