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