archives.nypl.org -- Francis Preston Blair and John Cook Rives papers (original) (raw)

Francis Preston Blair and John Cook Rives were publishers of the Globe and the Congressional Globe, Washington, D.C. newspapers. Collection consists of letters and business papers relating to the sale of the Globe by Blair and Rives to Thomas Richie and John P. Heiss, 1845-1847, including a signed agreement dated 12 Apr. 1845, and a letter to Thomas Ritchie from his attorney Thomas Green, 1846; also, a subscription to the Globe, 1837; and an affidavit of William Blanchard by his attorney, licensing his patent for use by John C. Rives, 1860.