Contents
Reading edition
Preface iii
Foreword by H. V. Kaltenborn v
Part One. Introduction 1
1. The Causes of the Trial 3
i. Peter Zenger 3
ii. A Colonial Feud 5
iii. Governor Cosby 8
iv. The Governor and His Enemies 10
v. The Administration Newspaper 16
vi. An Opposition Newspaper 22
vii. Freedom of the Press 30
viii. A Newspaper War 32
ix. Zenger Goes to Jail 35
x. Van Dam’s Indictment of the Governor 40
xi. Morris on the London Front 44
xii. Cosby’s Defeat 47
xiii. Andrew Hamilton 49
2. The Meaning of the Trial 52
3. The Text 68
Part Two. The Trial 77
1. Dramatis Personae 79
2. Preliminaries 80
3. Pleading 93
4. Aftermath 133
Appendix I: The New York Weekly Journal Covers an Election 135
Appendix II: Zenger’s Lawyers on the Behavior of His Judges 139
Appendix III: James Alexander on Freedom of the Press 141
Notes to the Introduction 144
Notes to the Text 145
Suggestions for Further Reading 147
Index 151
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