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  The charge of the Honourable James De Lancey Esq; chief justice of the province of New-York, to the gentlemen of the grand-jury for the city and county of New-York, on Tuesday the 15th day of January, annoq; Domini. 1733 [1734, new style]. : Printed at the request of the grand-jury.
  Date of publication:
  1733
  

  Author(s):

  De Lancey, James, 1703-1760. and New York (State). Governor (1732-1736 : Cosby).
  Description:
  This document constitutes the opening salvo in Gov. William Cosby's attack on John Peter Zenger's New-York weekly journal. Caption title. Imprint from colophon, p. 6.
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  The charge of the Honourable James De Lancey, Esqr. chief justice of the province of New-York, to the gentlemen of the grand-jury for the city and county of New-York, on Tuesday the 15th of October, 1734.
  Date of publication:
  1734
  

  Author(s):

  De Lancey, James, 1703-1760.
  Description:
  A continuation of Gov. William Cosby's attack on the liberty of the press, which culminated, the following year, in the trial of John Peter Zenger for seditious libel. It contains the text of two "scandalous songs," one ...
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