Nov 29, 2012 - Sale 2296

Sale 2296 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 4,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
FOUNDING OF THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH PULITZER, JOSEPH. Document Signed, partnership agreement forming the Dispatch Publishing Company for the purpose of printing the St. Louis Post and Dispatch. Additionally signed by John A. Dillon, Blanche V. Dillon, and William Patrick. 6 pages, tall 4to, four leaves bound at top edge, ruled paper; minor scattered soiling. St. Louis, [11] December 1878
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". . . Joseph Pulitzer, John A. Dillon, Blanche V. Dillon and William Patrick . . . have . . . become a body corporate . . . by the name of 'The Dispatch Publishing Company' . . . for the purpose of printing and publishing a daily evening paper to be known as the St. Louis Post and Dispatch . . . . 150 shares . . . should be issued to . . . Blanche V. Dillon . . . in payment to her for the sale and delivery . . . of . . . the St. Louis Evening Post . . . . 150 shares . . . should be issued to . . . Joseph Pulitzer . . . in payment . . . for the sale and delivery . . . of . . . the St. Louis Evening Dispatch . . . .
". . . [T]he political course of the St. Louis Post and Dispatch should be independent with a Democratic leaning. . . ."
Weeks later, the St. Louis Post and Dispatch was renamed the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.