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While Zenger is associated primarily with New York, he petitioned the Maryland Assembly in 1720 for the "liberty of printing the Laws for several counties, the Provincial Court, and Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly." Zenger stayed in Maryland for slightly less than two years, making his residence in Kent County near Chestertown. While the Maryland Assembly records that he completed his order for printing the Laws for 1720, no copy survives. In early 1722, Zenger moved to New York.
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Zenger became a symbol for freedom of the press and was the subject of the first libel case in the American colonies. Shown here is a later London printing of the trial proceedings: The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New York, printer, Who was charged with having printed and published a libel against the Government. (London: Printed for J. Almon, 1765).