The Trial of Peter Zenger

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7. Important Articles.

Crossman, Ralph L. “The Legal and Journalistic Significance of the Trial of John Peter Zenger,” Rocky Mountain Law Review, X (1938), 258-268.

Paltsits, V. H. “Some Recent Manuscript Accessions,” Bulletin of the New York Public Library, XLIV (1940), 523-526.

Price, Warren C. “Reflections on the Trial of John Peter Zenger,” Journalism Quarterly, XXXII (1955), 161-168.

“Publications Relating to New York Affairs under Governor Cosby,” Bulletin of the New York Public Library, II (1898), 249-255.

INDEX

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] I [J] K [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] U [V] [W] X Y [Z]

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