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- GLC#
- GLC05652
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1784
- Author/Creator
- Zenger, John P., 1697-1746
- Title
- The Trial of John Peter Zenger...for libel against the government
- Place Written
- London, England
- Pagination
- 64 p. : Height: 21.1 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Howes 26 (related). Printed for Flexney, Holborn; Davies, Russel-Street; Merril, Cambridge; and Eddowes, Shrewsbury. Lord Erskine's copy with publisher's printed dedication. Thomas Erskine, 1750-1823, brother of David Steuart Erskine (11th Earl of Buchan, who corresponded with Lady Catharine Macaulay) contributed to passing Fox's Libel Act in 1792 which helped to blunt the use of libel prosecutions by the Pitt ministry. With bookplate of Gertrude Hamilton on front pastedown.
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