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A political newspaper... The Blair House...
A political newspaper... The Blair House...
Item # 724603
May 03, 1838
EXTRA GLOBE, Washington, May 3, 1838 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.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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