Report of the Case of Timothy Upham Against Hill & Barton.

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Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela, 1830. Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire [Trial]. Hill, Horatio [b.1807], Defendant. Barton, Cyrus [1795-1855], Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton, Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot, For Alleged Libels, At the Court of Common Pleas, Rockingham County, March and October Terms.1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela, 1830. 159 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, front and rear wrappers lacking, later hand-lettered title to spine, edges untrimmed. Light browning, light edgewear to several leaves, light foxing and soiling in a few places, light creasing to last few leaves, pencil marks and brief annotations to a few pages, small tear to title page affecting text without loss to legibility, final leaf separated with small tears but secured by thread. $500. * Only edition. Hill and Barton, publishers of the New Hampshire Patriot and Star Gazette, accused Upham of impropriety during his time as Collector of Customs at Portsmouth and "impaired his candidacy for Governor by calling him a smuggler and a federalist" (Cohen). Upham sued for damages of $10,000; the trial resulted in a hung jury and the case was slated for retrial at the court's next session. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title in law libraries (Yale, Library of Congress, Harvard, University of Missouri, The Ohio State University). Cohen, Bibliography of American Law 12070. McCoy, Freedom of the Press U236.…

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Title
Report of the Case of Timothy Upham Against Hill & Barton.
Author
Trial; Hill, Horatio, Defendant; Barton, Cyrus
Publication year
1830
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Soft cover
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Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela, 1830.
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