The Suppression of free speech in New York and in New Jersey : being a true account by eye witnesses of law-breaking by the Police Department of New York City, at Lexington Hall, on May 23, 1909, by the City Authorities of East Orange, at English's Hall, on June 8, 1909 ; together with the full text of the suppressed lecture by Emma Goldman and the addresses by Leonard Abbott and Alden Freeman at the Thomas Paine Centenary observed by the members of the Open Forum of New Jersey in a stable in East Orange after the president of the Forum, the speakers and 1,500 other citizens were by force denied entrance to English's Hall, which had been legally hired for the meeting by Miss Goldman and her manager, Dr. Reitman.
East Orange, N.J., [1909] Authors listed (in WorldCat) as Emma Goldman , Alden Freeman , and Leonard Dalton. The pamphlet includes the full text of the speech that Goldman was prevented from giving in her paid-for venue,,as well as that Leonard Abbott and Alden Freeman .
Provenance: given by the Free Speech League to the Library of Congress in 1912; with the LC surplus/duplicate stamp on the front wrapper. There's a little problem with the wrapper at the spine where the pamphlet had been mis-folded years ago, but besides that it is in VG condition, good and crisp. Four copies located in WorldCat/OCLC Scarce. $350 [The Free Speech League, begun in 1902, found main advocates in Edward Bliss Foote, Emma Goldman, Theodore Schroeder, Ezra Heywood, Ben Reitman, Moses Harman, and D. M. Bennett, among others.]
The speech was "observed by the members of the Open Forum of New Jersey in a stable in East Orange after the President of the Forum, the Speakers, and 1,500 other citizens were by Force denied entrance to English's Hall, which had been legally hired for the meeting by Miss Goldman and her manager, Mr. Reitman".
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