Herald of Freedom (Boston newspaper)

The Herald of Freedom (1788–1791) or Herald of Freedom and the Federal Advertiser was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century by Edmund Freeman, Loring Andrews, and John Howel.^[1]^[2]

In 1790–1791 the paper "was engaged in the first libel-suit tried in Massachusetts after the Revolution, ... for a savage attack on a member of the Legislature," John Gardiner.^[3]^[4]^[5] The Herald's printer, Edmund Freeman, was "charged ... with publishing in his paper ... a most ... scandalous and malicious libel."^[6] "The libel complained of, charged Mr. Gardiner, with the atrocious murder of his late excellent lady , by cruelty."^[7]^{[full citation needed]} On February 3, 1790, "at 12, o'clock, at noon" Freeman "was taken into custody, by virtue of a warrant from Mr. Justice Crafts."^[8] "The case was decided in favor of the newspaper. Harrison Gray Otis, one of the most brilliant men of his day, was counsel for the editor."^[9]

References

^ "Massachusetts - Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress (Serial and Government Publications Division)". Library of Congress.
^ William Nelson. Notes toward a history of the American newspaper. NY: C.F. Heartman, 1918. Google books.
^ Frederic Hudson. Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872. Harper & Brothers, 1873; p.181
^ Herald of Freedom; Date: 03-29-1791
^ John Gardiner (1737-1793) was the son of Silvester Gardiner and the father of John Sylvester John Gardiner; cf. T. A. Milford. The Gardiners of Massachusetts: provincial ambition and the British-American career. UPNE, 2005
^ Herald of Freedom, Date: 02-12-1790
^ Vermont Journal, 02-17-1790
^ Vermont Journal, 02-17-1790
^ Frederic Hudson. 1873; p.181

From the Centinel. Proceedings on the Examination of the Printer of the Herald. Herald of Freedom, Date: 02-12-1790
Massachusetts. Boston, February 1. Vermont Journal, and the Universal Advertiser; Date: 02-17-1790.
. Herald of Freedom; Date: 03-04-1791.
Supreme Judicial Court; trial for a libel: Commonwealth vs. Freeman. Herald of Freedom; Date: 03-11-1791
Trial for a Libel. Middlesex Gazette (Connecticut); Date: 03-26-1791
Joseph Tinker Buckingham. Specimens of newspaper literature: with personal memoirs, anecdotes, and reminiscences, Volume 1. Redding and Co., 1852. Google books

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[1] "Massachusetts - Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress (Serial and Government Publications Division)". Library of Congress.

[2] William Nelson. Notes toward a history of the American newspaper. NY: C.F. Heartman, 1918. Google books.

[3] Frederic Hudson. Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872. Harper & Brothers, 1873; p.181

[4] Herald of Freedom; Date: 03-29-1791

[5] John Gardiner (1737-1793) was the son of Silvester Gardiner and the father of John Sylvester John Gardiner; cf. T. A. Milford. The Gardiners of Massachusetts: provincial ambition and the British-American career. UPNE, 2005

[6] Herald of Freedom, Date: 02-12-1790

[7] Vermont Journal, 02-17-1790

[8] Vermont Journal, 02-17-1790

[9] Frederic Hudson. 1873; p.181

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