The Trial of John Peter Zenger

By David. C. Lithgow


"THE TRIAL OF JOHN PETER ZENGER
Resulting In the VICTORY For The
FREE PRESS

ANDREW HAMILTON
The question before the Court and you, Gentlemen
of the Jury, is not of small nor private concern nor
is it the cause of a poor printer, nor of New York
alone. No, it may affect every Freeman to deny
the liberty of both exposing and opposing
arbitrary power by speaking and writing truth.
August Fourth 1735"


Presented to the State Library with the compliments of the artist.
David. C. Lithgow


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