The development of freedom of the press in Massachusetts

Clyde Augustus Duniway

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• Freedom of the press
• Massachusetts
• HIStory

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Volume XIIIJJ'ONOCX
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
IN MASSACHUSETTS
BY
CLYDE AUGUSTUS DUNIWAY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY
IN LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON AND BOMBAY
1906Copyright, igob.
the President and Fellows ofBy Harvard College.
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—J. S. Cashing& Co. Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.PREFACE.
is result ofThis monograph the an extended
thesis for the degree of Doctor ofrevision of a
in Political Science, which was acceptedPhilosophy
Harvard University in That thesis, en-by 1897.
" The History of Restrictions upon the Free-titled
of the Press in Massachusetts," was honoreddom
same year by the award of theToppan prize.in the
fourteen years ago the author formed theSome
writing a comprehensive history of the rightplan of
freedom of discussion in the United States. Asof
first step, an investigation of restrictions upon thea
freedom of the press in British-American colonies
undertaken. Research in all printed mate-was
historical study of the period yieldingrials for
unexpected paucity, it became evidentresults of
satisfactory treatment of the topic was pos-that no
without examination of unpublished manu-sible
script archives in England and in each of the
colonies within the scope of the inquiry. The
magnitude of the task led to a decision to limit
investigation to Massachusetts. In that nar-thePREFACE.vi
field it seemed possible to treat everyrower aspect
of the subject with sufficient fulness to give a true
picture of historic development; but even here the
loss of contemporary records in a few instances
ofhas prevented the solution certain problems.
resultsIn the main, however, the set forth in tlie
should explainfollowing pages the significant fea-
tures of the rise of a free press in Massachusetts.
The point of view maintained throughout has
thatrequired treatment of questions and influences
external to Massachusetts should be kept strictly
subordinate to the main topic. The effects of
British precedents and of imperial regulations in
the colonial period have been duly considered, and
incidental allusions to parallel developments in
other states have been introduced in the footnotes;
but there has been no attempt at any adequate
discussion of the wider relations of the general
subject, or of events which have not apparently in-
fluenced the status of the press in Massachusetts.
The thanks of the author are due to many per-
sons for incourtesies extended the prosecution of
this work. Especial mention should be made of
the late Professor Moses Coit Tyler, under whose
advice the investigation was first carried on at
Cornell University, and of Professor Edward Chan-
ning, under whose guidance the detailed research