Bailly, Harry
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Bailly, Harry, in Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales the host of the Tabard Inn where the pilgrims meet in the General Prologue. He initiates the story-telling competition which forms the basis of the work, and acts as master of ceremonies along the way.
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John Peter Zenger and the Defense of the Press.
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the Bill of Rights was ratified, John Peter Zenger went to prison for nine months because he printed the truth. John Peter Zenger was a German immigrant...It is the cause of liberty." John Peter Zenger described the verdict: "The jury...
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John Peter Zenger honored on 225th anniversary of freedom of the press.
PR Newswire; 8/3/1990; 636 words
; JOHN PETER ZENGER HONORED ON 225TH ANNIVERSARY OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS NEW YORK, Aug...the National Park Service and NYNEX commemorated the acquittal of John Peter Zenger, an immigrant printer, of seditious libel. Ceremonies took place...
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Peter Zenger honored on 225th anniversary of Freedom of the Press. (NEWS ADVISORY)
PR Newswire; 8/2/1990; 649 words
; ...TO CITY AND ASSIGNMENT DESKS: PETER ZENGER HONORED ON 255TH ANNIVERSARY OF...legendary New York newspaperman John Peter Zenger, publisher of the New-York...Wall Street in honor of Peter Zenger and the principle he established...
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John Peter Zenger "Freedom of the Press" trial documents on display at the Cultural Center. (Chicago)
PR Newswire; 8/6/1987; 543 words
; JOHN PETER ZENGER "FREEDOM OF THE PRESS" TRIAL DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY AT THE CULTURAL...Collections Division, will display the documents from "The Trial of John Peter Zenger" in Preston Bradley Hall on Sept. 17. The documents were donated...
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Vermont 'Cyber Senator' Wins John Peter Zenger Press Freedom Award
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/5/1999; 700+ words
; ...to receive this year's John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award for outstanding contributions...only the second time since the Zenger Award was launched in 1954 that...Katherine Graham. It was named for John Peter Zenger, publisher of the...
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The Printer's Trial: The Case of John Peter Zenger and the Fight for a Free Press
Magazine article from: Natural History; 12/1/2006; ; 527 words
; The Printer's Trial: The Case of John Peter Zenger and the Fight for a Free Press, by Gail Jarrow...government arrested a barely literate printer named John Peter Zenger for printing anonymous attacks on William Cosby...
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Jarrow, Gail. The printer's trial; the case of John Peter Zenger and the fight for a free press.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 3/1/2007; ; 574 words
; ...JARROW, Gail. The printer's trial; the case of John Peter Zenger and the fight for a free press. Boyds Mills Press...notes and a bibliography. Thanks to the author, John Peter Zenger ceases to be a single line in a history book and becomes...
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The Republicans--Led By Mitch McConnell, the John Peter Zenger of Soft Money--Save Free Speech By Defeating Campaign Finance Reform.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 3/23/1998; ; 294 words
; The First Amendment's on the line. In Zenger's shoes McConnell walks. For him it's easy to define Free speech: It's simply "Money Talks."
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WALKING IN JOHN ZENGER'S PATH
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 11/24/1999; 700+ words
; ...Communications in Society, poet John Milton formally supported media freedom...I tend to agree with good ol' John from an optimistic viewpoint. The...German immigrant by the name of John Peter Zenger. Yup, in the 1730's, this simple...
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THE ZENGER CASE REVISITED: Satire, Sedition and Political Debate in Eighteenth Century America.
Magazine article from: Early American Literature; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...satirical attacks that had appeared in John Peter Zenger's New York Weekly Journal, brought...publishing a seditious libel. Zenger's attorney conceded at the outset...freedom of the press (nor did any of Zenger's advocates argue that this was...
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John Peter Zenger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Peter Zenger John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), American printer, was selected to print a weekly newspaper by a faction of influential men opposed to a governor of New York. Zenger was charged with libel and acquitted. The case has forever...
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John Peter Zenger Trial: 1735
Book article from: Great American Trials
John Peter Zenger Trial: 1735 Name of Defendant: John Peter Zenger Crime Charged: Seditious libel Chief Defense Lawyers: Andrew Hamilton and John Chambers Chief Prosecutor: Richard Bradley Judge: James De Lancey Place: New York, New York...
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John Peter Zenger Case
Book article from: American Eras
John Peter Zenger Case Source Seditious Libel . Freedom of...freedom in printing, among them the poet John Milton and the philosopher John Locke...comments to the jury in the John Peter Zenger trial in 1735: And may I not be allowed...
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Zenger, John Peter
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
ZENGER, JOHN PETER In August of 1735 John Peter Zenger, a printer for the New York Weekly Journal , was prosecuted for seditious libel. Although Zenger may have been technically guilty of the crime as it was then...
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Zenger Trial
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Zenger Trial. In 1733, John Peter Zenger, a German immigrant, launched...Buranelli, ed., The Trial of John Peter Zenger , 1957, reprint 1985. Paul...Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger, Printer of the New York Weekly...
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