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XV. THE "COURANT" IN TROUBLE.
ОглавлениеThe Startling News from the Assembly—A Discussion—A Sarcastic Letter
the Cause—James and Benjamin Summoned before the Council—James
Defiant—Benjamin Dismissed—How Mather Assailed the Courant—How James Answered Him—James in Prison—Benjamin Editing the Paper— Quotation from Parton—Persecution of Printers in the Old Country—A Horrible Case—James Released, and Still Defiant—Inoculation a Remedy for Small Pox—The Mercury Denouncing James' Imprisonment—James Still for Freedom of the Press—Secured It for All Time.