A notable libel case :
the criminal prosecution of Theodore Lyman, Jr. by Daniel Webster in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, November term 1828 /
Josiah H. Benton, Jr.

Description

Main Author

Benton, Josiah H., (Josiah Henry), Jr. 1843-1917

Language(s)

English

Published

Boston, Mass : Merrymount Press
Boston, Mass. : C.E. Goodspeed, 1904.

Subjects

Webster, Daniel, > Webster, Daniel, / 1782-1852
Lyman, Theodore, > Lyman, Theodore, / Jr., > Lyman, Theodore, / Jr., / 1792-1849
Webster, Daniel, > Webster, Daniel, / 1782-1852 > Webster, Daniel, / 1782-1852 / Trials, litigation, etc.
Lyman, Theodore, > Lyman, Theodore, / Jr., > Lyman, Theodore, / Jr., / 1792-1849 > Lyman, Theodore, / Jr., / 1792-1849 / Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Libel)
Politics and government
Procès (Diffamation) > Procès (Diffamation) / Massachusetts > Procès (Diffamation) / Massachusetts / Boston.
Trials (Libel) > Trials (Libel) / Massachusetts > Trials (Libel) / Massachusetts / Boston.
United States
Massachusetts > Massachusetts / Boston
États-Unis > États-Unis / Politique et gouvernement > États-Unis / Politique et gouvernement / 1801-1815.
United States > United States / Politics and government > United States / Politics and government / 1801-1815
Trials, litigation, etc.

Summary

"The indictment alleged that Lyman had charged Webster with having conspired with other leading Federalists in 1807-1808 to break up the Union and reannex New England to England"--Page 1

Note

"A limited edition of four hundred copies of this volume was printed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, Boston, in June, 1904"--Colophon

Physical Description

117 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 25 cm

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