Lincoln's Wrath: Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission to Destroy the PressIn the blistering summer of 1861, President Lincoln began pressuring and ordering the physical shutdown of any Northern newspaper that voiced opposition to the war. These attacks were sometimes carried out by soldiers, sometimes by angry mobs under cover of darkness. Either way, the effect was a complete dismantling of the free press. In the midst stood publisher John Hodgson, an angry bigot so hated that a local newspaper gleefully reported his defeat in a bar fight. He was also firmly against Lincoln and the war--an opinion he expressed loudly through his newspaper. When his press was destroyed, first by a mob, then by U.S. Marshals "upon authority of the President of the United States," Hodgson decided to take on the entire United States. Thus began a trial in which one small-town publisher risked imprisonment or worse, and the future of free speech hung in the balance. Based on 10 years of original research, Lincoln's Wrath brings to life one of the most gripping, dramatic and unknown stories of U.S. history. |
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... charges billed by physicians in the preceding calendar year . The mid - point of these actual charges by a physician for a service is established as his customary charge for that service . The prevailing charge is then established at ...
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... Charge to his Clergy 165 205 in the Year 1753 , The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charge to his Clergy in the Year 1758 , The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charge to his Clergy in the Year 1762 , 245 287 The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charge ...
... Charge to his Clergy 165 205 in the Year 1753 , The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charge to his Clergy in the Year 1758 , The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charge to his Clergy in the Year 1762 , 245 287 The Archbishop of Canterbury's Charge ...
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D. PROCEDure . ART . 18. PREFERRING CHARGES.- No charge shall be preferred for trial before a general or special court unless it shall be signed by a person subject to military law who shall make oath that he has actual personal ...
D. PROCEDure . ART . 18. PREFERRING CHARGES.- No charge shall be preferred for trial before a general or special court unless it shall be signed by a person subject to military law who shall make oath that he has actual personal ...
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... charges applicable to other lots . This charge averaged highest for potatoes produced in Idaho , 11 cents per hundredweight , or 1.6 percent of the consumer's dollar . Brokerage charges were smallest for potatoes produced in Florida and ...
... charges applicable to other lots . This charge averaged highest for potatoes produced in Idaho , 11 cents per hundredweight , or 1.6 percent of the consumer's dollar . Brokerage charges were smallest for potatoes produced in Florida and ...
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... Charge ( 1 ) The posting of a " cover charge " shall be made in accordance with M.G.L. c . 140 , ยง 183D . Said " cover charge " shall not be collected in advance of gaining entrance to the licensed premises , and can only be charged ...
... Charge ( 1 ) The posting of a " cover charge " shall be made in accordance with M.G.L. c . 140 , ยง 183D . Said " cover charge " shall not be collected in advance of gaining entrance to the licensed premises , and can only be charged ...
Contents
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A True Account of the United States of Ameria vs the Jeffersonian Newspaper | 193 |
Epilogue | 299 |
the Full Text of Judge Lowries Charge to the Jury | 309 |
About the Authors | 317 |
Bibliography | 319 |
Notes | 333 |
Index | 351 |
Back Cover | 359 |
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Lincoln's Wrath: Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission ... Jeffrey Manber,Neil Dahlstrom No preview available - 2005 |
Lincoln's Wrath: Fierce Mobs, Brilliant Scoundrels and a President's Mission ... Jeffrey Manber,Neil Dahlstrom No preview available - 2005 |
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