The New-York weekly journal, containing the freshest advices, foreign and domestick, Munday, September 23d, 1734, page [1] and [4]

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Creator / Contributor: Zenger, John Peter, 1697-1746
Title: The New-York weekly journal, containing the freshest advices, foreign and domestick, Munday, September 23d, 1734, page [1] and [4]
Collection Title: Treasures of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library
Place: New York
Publisher: Printed and sold by John Peter Zenger
Date: 1734-09-23
Description: John Peter Zenger was a printer and journalist who produced a newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal, that was critical of the colonial governor of New York, William Cosby. Cosby accused Zenger of libel and Zenger was tried and acquitted in 1735. His acquittal is considered an important step toward freedom of the press in North America.
Identifier: Newspaper Collection
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Subject: Freedom of the press
Subject geographic name: New York (State)--Politics and government--To 1775
Material type or medium of original: newspapers
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