Wedding invitation on off-white paper with ornate text in black ink that reads: Mrs. George Frederic Jones requests the honour of your presences at the marriage of her daughter to Mr. Edward R. Wharton at Trinity Chapel on Wednesday, April 26 at 12 o'clock.

Invitation to the wedding ceremony of Edith Jones and Edward R. Wharton

Light blue paper with printed text in two columns under the heading “‘New-York Daily Times.’ A New Morning and Evening Daily Newspaper.”

Prospectus of the New-York Daily Times

Light blue paper with red-ruled margins covered in black ink script. A blue ribbon tied in a bow is inserted near the top to attach multiple pages

Articles of Association of the New-York Daily Times and the Weekly Times
August 5, 1851
New York Times Company Records, General files, Manuscripts and Archives Division

Articles of Association of the New-York Daily Times and the Weekly Times

The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States and namesake of New York City’s Times Square, was founded in 1851 as the New-York Daily Times by Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820–1869) and George Jones (1811–1891). They set their penny paper apart with a dedication to objective reporting intended for intellectual readers, rather than sensational “yellow journalism” pitched to a mass audience. In 1871 Jones refused a $5 million bribe from city comptroller and Tweed Ring member Richard B. Connolly, and a series of exposés published from 1870 to 1871 ended the Tweed Ring’s control of City Hall.

Adolph Simon Ochs (1858–1935) purchased the paper in 1896, reiterating its commitment to trustworthy reporting by instituting the slogan “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” This founding document comes from the New York Times Company Records, which the Library received in 2008.

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