. The city of New York. Place and Barclay Street. Years Population 1786 1790 1800 60,529 1810 1820 123,706 *i830 197-092 * This year New York overtook Phila«delphia in population. New York in the Revolution The history of the City of New Yorkup to the Revolution is, of course, more orless familiar to us all. It is not our purposeto follow in detail this period, but twoevents of greater importance than theothers deserve to be recorded. The ftrst of these is the trial of John PeterZengerin i735. who essayed the first inde-pendent newspaper in America, and as aresult found hi
. The city of New York. Place and Barclay Street. Years Population 1786 1790 1800 60,529 1810 1820 123,706 *i830 197-092 * This year New York overtook Phila«delphia in population. New York in the Revolution The history of the City of New Yorkup to the Revolution is, of course, more orless familiar to us all. It is not our purposeto follow in detail this period, but twoevents of greater importance than theothers deserve to be recorded. The ftrst of these is the trial of John PeterZengerin i735. who essayed the first inde-pendent newspaper in America, and as aresult found himself in serious difficultieswith the authorities. The columns of hispaper, The New York Weekly Journal,teemed with bitter criticisms of the newly-appointed governor, William Cosby, andhis council, who retaliated by ordering thearrest of Zenger and the burning of severalnumbers of the Journal in Wall Street,opposite Federal Hall. From continued to attack the rulingpowers, and the populace became wildly SI. excited over the situation. The result ofhis trial was a verdict of Not guilty,which was greeted with many demonstra-tions of popular satisfaction. This estab-lished once and for all freedom of the pressin the Colonies, and to John Peter Zenger,a German, the republic owes this inestima-ble boon. The second event was resistance to theStamp Act in 1765. The city as wellas the rest of the colonies had contributedits quota of money and men to the expenseof the French and Indian wars, and hadotherwise borne its full share of publicexpense. Consequently, when the news ofthe passage of the Stamp Act taxing thecolonies a second time for the same expenseswas received, a great storm of indignationarose. Associations sprang up rapidly inevery colony under the name of The Sonsof Liberty. In New York the headquartersof the Sons was in Martlings Restaurant,and a liberty pole was erected on the Com-mon, now City Hall Park, in 1766. Badfeeling between the citizens and the King
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