EXTRA GLOBE, Washington, May 3, 1838  

* Jacksonian loyalist Francis Preston Blair

There would appear to have been three titles with this name as Miles ("The People's Voice") notes a campaign newspaper from 1832 and another from 1836. This is the one founded in 1834. In its first issue it noted: "The Extra Globe, which we publish today, is the beginning of the series of weekly papers in which it is our intention to condense the political information which, in our judgment, may be useful to the people in forming their opinions on the great subjects involved in the approaching elections throughout the Union...", which certainly indicates it, too, is a campaign newspaper.
Published by the same man who did the 1832 and 1836 titles, Francis Preston Blair (along with Rives), member Andrew Jackson's famous Kitchen Cabinet. Filled with political news & events favorable to the campaign & political actions of Andrew Jackson. Blair would later become one of the founders of the Republican party and an advisor to Lincoln.
Note: The Blair House in Washington. D.C., the official state guest house of the President of the United States, was once the home of Mr. Blair & remained in his family for many years.
Sixteen pages, 8 3/4 by 11 1/2 inches, some minor loss at the blank margin of the first leaf only, generally good.

Background: The May 3, 1838, issue of the Extra Globe represents a critical moment in the evolution of American political media, illustrating how the "Kitchen Cabinet"—specifically Jacksonian loyalist Francis Preston Blair—systematically weaponized the press to build the modern Democratic Party and solidify the spoils system. As a dedicated partisan organ, this publication bypassed traditional, localized political networks to deliver centralized, highly curated pro-Jackson and pro-Van Buren rhetoric directly to voters ahead of crucial mid-term elections. This specific text underscores a broader, pivotal shift in 19th-century American politics where the presidency became directly tethered to mass media mobilization. Furthermore, the historical footprint of its publisher connects this Jacksonian propaganda effort to the subsequent realignment of American politics; Blair’s journey from a fierce defender of Jacksonian democracy to a founder of the anti-slavery Republican Party and advisor to Abraham Lincoln mirrors the tumultuous ideological shifts that ultimately led to the American Civil War, a legacy physically anchored in Washington, D.C., by the survival of Blair House as the nation's official state guest house.