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 Part One. Introduction 1. The Causes of the Trial I. Peter Zenger