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_INDEX_
A
_A Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger_,
72-75
Bradley declines to furnish data, 68-69
Edited by Alexander, 57, 68-71
Hamilton furnishes data, 70-71
Precedent, 57, 61-62
Printed by Zenger, 57, 68
Adams, Samuel, 60, 62
Alexander, James, _passim_
_Articles of Complaint_, possible author of, 41
_Brief Narrative_, edits, 57, 68-71
Cosby, conflict with, 25-26, 37, 46-47, 69-70
Disbarred by Delancey, 40, 70, 88-90, Appendix II
Early life, 25
Equity court, denies validity of, 12
Freedom of press, defends, 30-32, 141
Hamilton, provides court strategy for, 70
Morris, helps draw up strategy for, 45
_New York Weekly Journal_, edits, 24-26, 34, 69
Van Dam’s lawyer, 12
Westchester election, attends, Appendix I
Zenger’s lawyer, 40, 69-70, 79, 86-87, Appendix II
Alsop, John, 36
_Articles of Complaint_, 40-44
Assembly, 11, 35, 82
B
_Barbadoes Gazette_, Appendix III
Bennett, James Gordon, 65
Bible cited, 10, 125, 126-127
Blagg, Edward, 36
Board of Trade, 15, 27, 28, 55
Borah, William E., 65-66
_Boston Gazette_, 60
Bradford, Andrew, 4, Appendix III
Bradford, William, 3-5, 16
Bradley, Franklin, _passim_
Attorney General, 48, 79
_Brief Narrative_, declines to furnish data, 68-69
Prosecutes Zenger, 48, 68, 94-132
Westchester election, attends, Appendix I
Brewster, Thomas, 103-104
_British Journal_, 31
Brutus, Lucius Junius, 128-129
Burnet, Bishop, 85, 126
Burnet, William, 6-7
C
_Cato’s Letters_, 31-32
Censorship, 16, 55-57, 66-67
Chambers, John, 79, 90, 98, 102
Chandler, Peleg W., 71
Clarke, George, 49, 86
Colden, Cadwallader, _passim_
Cosby in Minorca, 9-10
Harison, Francis, 19
Morris, removal from Supreme Court, 14, 18-19
Morris-Delancey feud, 7
Newspapers, new importance of, 60
Zenger prosecution, 37
Cooper, Nicholas, 23, Appendix I
Cosby, William, 8-9, 26
Attacked by _Journal_, 28, 32
Burning of _Journal_, 35
Complaints to superiors, 10-11, 13-14, 25-26, 27, 46, 47
Court party and, 11, 16
Defended by _Gazette_, 20-21, 32
Equity court, 12-13
Governor of New York, 9-11
and Harison, Francis, 18-19
Misdemeanors, 11, 15, 28, 39-40, 55, 58
Morris, removes from Supreme Court, 14, 18-19, 23
Opponents, 11-12, 23, 25-26, 37-38, 40-47, 49, 55, 69-70
Council, 11, 43-44, 82-83, 86
Court party, 11, 16, 22, 39, 43
_Craftsman_, 32
D
Dana, Charles A., 65
Delancey, James, _passim_
Chief Justice, 14, 18-19, 79
Disbars Alexander and Smith, 40, 70, 88-90, Appendix II
Equity court, defends, 12-13
Hamilton, compared with, 51
Harison, Francis, 18
Westchester election, attends, Appendix I
and Zenger, Peter, 35, 40, 48, 51, 59, 80-81, 87
Zenger trial, presides over, 79, 93-132
Delancey, Stephen, 6-7
Delancey Interest, 7, 11
E
Echard, Laurence, 126
F
Forster, William, 22, Appendix I
Fox Libel Act, 64
Franklin, Benjamin, 4, 63
Fuller, William, 110
G
Gordon, Thomas, 31
Greeley, Horace, 65
H
Halifax, Earl of, 9
Hamilton, Andrew, _passim_
Alexander, follows court strategy of, 70
_Brief Narrative_, furnishes data, 70-71
British law and America, 62-63, 105-106
Career in Pennsylvania, 50-51
Counsel for the Defense, 48, 55-56, 59, 79, 98-132
Delancey, compared with, 51
Early life, 49-50
Freedom of press, 55-56
Influence, 62-64, 66
New York citizen, 133-134
On right of jury to decide verdict, 58-59, 99-132 _passim_
Truth a defense in libel cases, 56, 99-132
Hampden, John, 129
Hancock, John, 62
Harison, Francis, _passim_
Career in New York, 16-18
Cosby, henchman of, 18-20, 36, 45, 84-85
_Journal_ and, 33-34, 37, 86
_New York Gazette_, edits, 16, 20-21, 34
Recorder for New York City, 17, 79, 84
Hawkins, William, 80-81
Hildeburn, Charles R., 65
Holt, Sir John, 107, 110-111
Horsmanden, Daniel, 45, 86
Howell, T. B., 71
J
Jefferson, Thomas, 61
Jury, struck
Acquits Zenger, 48, 56, 58-59, 61, 132
Court party attempts to pack, 90-94
Members, 94
L
Libel
Meaning, 54-55, 63-64, 99-132 _passim_
Zenger and, 35, 48, 55, 61, 69, 81, 94-98, 131-132
_London Journal_, 31
Lord Campbell’s Act, 64
M
Magistrates of New York City, 35, 36, 83-85, 133-134
Matthews, Vincent, 35-36
Montgomerie, John, 7
Morris, Gouverneur, 6, 63
Morris, Lewis, _passim_
_Articles of Complaint_, possible author of, 41
Career in New York, 5-7
Cosby, conflict with, 14-15, 37, 44-47
Equity court, denies validity of, 13
_Journal_ and, 29-30, 34
Popular party, 15
Removed from Supreme Court, 14, 18-19, 23
Westchester election, wins, 22-24, Appendix I
Morris, Lewis (grandson of above), 6
Morris, Lewis, Jr., 16, 34, 45
Morris Interest, 7, 11
Mott, Frank Luther, 71
N
Newcastle, Duke of, 9, 10-11, 13-14, 25-26
New York Bar Association, 66
_New York Gazette_, 16
Defends Cosby, 20-21, 32
Harison and, 16, 34, 39
War with _Journal_, 32-35
New York Public Library, 65
_New York Weekly Journal_, _passim_
Alexander and, 24-25, 26, 69
_Boston Gazette_, forerunner of, 60
Burned, 37, 82-83, 86
Constitutional development, 61-63
Continuing importance, 65-67
Cosby and, 28, 32, 35, 55
Democracy, influence on, 59-66
Harison and, 33-34
Political independent, America’s first, 24, 53, 56
Printed by Zenger, 24, 38, 80, 82, 86, 95-99
War with _Gazette_, 32-35
Westchester election, 28, 135
Nicholson, Francis, 124
O
Otis, James, 62
P
_Pennsylvania Gazette_, 63, Appendix III
Philipse, Frederick, 12-13, 79, 89-90, 93
Popular party, 11, 15, 21-22, 24, 34, 39, 45, 65, 69
Press, freedom of, 30-32, 49, 55-56, 66, 61, 66, 99-132 _passim_,
133, Appendix III
Q
Quakers, 23, Appendix I
R
Rapin de Thoyras, Paul de, 126
Raymond, Henry J., 65
Rutherfurd, Livingston, 65, 71
S
Sacheverell, Henry, 84-85, 104
Sedition Act, 64
Seven Bishops, 122
Smith, William, _passim_
Disbarred by Delancey, 40, 88-90, 139
Equity court, denies validity of, 12
_Journal_ and, 34
Morris, helps draw up strategy for, 45
Van Dam’s lawyer, 12
Westchester election, attends, Appendix I
Zenger’s lawyer, 40, 79, 86-87, 139
Star Chamber, 103, 111, 121, 129-130
T
Thomas, Isaiah, 65
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 61
Trenchard, John, 31
Truesdale, William, 19-20
Tutchin, John, 107, 110
V
Van Dam, Rip, 34
Cosby, dispute with, 11-12, 23, 40-44, 47, 49
W
Westchester election, 22-24, 28, 65
White, Mary, 4
Z
Zenger, Anna Catherine, 4, 38-39
Zenger, John, 4
Zenger, John Peter, _passim_
Acquitted, 48, 56, 59, 132
Arrested, 38, 44, 86
Bradford and, 3-4
_Brief Narrative_, prints, 57, 68
Cosby and, 55
Delancey and, 35, 40, 48, 51, 59, 80-81, 87, Appendix II
Harison and, 36, 39
New York’s second printer, 4-5
_New York Weekly Journal_ and, 24, 34, 57
Prints opposition pamphlets, 4, 13, 40-41
Reputation, 64-66
Zenger trial, _passim_
Aftermath, 133-134
Causes, 3-51
Dramatis personae, 79
Meaning, 52-67
Pleading, 93-132
Preliminaries, 80-92
Text, 68-75