Item #65882 TRIAL: COMMONWEALTH VS. J. T. BUCKINGHAM, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR A LIBEL, BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, December Term, 1822.

TRIAL: COMMONWEALTH VS. J. T. BUCKINGHAM, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR A LIBEL, BEFORE THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, December Term, 1822.

Boston, (MA): Published at the Office of the New-England Galaxy, Congress Street, (c.1822). 8vo. iv, [5]-60pp. Stitched sheets. Cohen 13283. "Trial for an alleged libel against John N. Maffitt in the New England Galaxy. Buckingham, the publisher was a ferociously outspoken editor, much after the style of William Cobbett, who engaged in numerous battles of words which sometimes involved him in libel suits." - McCoy B613. Buckingham was acquitted. Item #65882

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