The first book
printed in Montana was in 1864, and in August of the same year John
Buchanan founded the _Montana Post_ at Virginia City. John Dunlap
(1747-1812), an Ulster Scot born in Strabane, was Congressional
Printer and first printed the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Ritchie (1778-1854), born of Scottish parentage. He wielded a
powerful influence for good in both the national and state politics of
Virginia, and his funeral was attended by nearly all the distinguished
men of the times, including the President. Ritchie County, West
Virginia, was named in his honor. Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876),
political writer, negotiator of peace conference at Hampton Roads in
1864, and editor of the Washington _Globe_, was a descendant of
Commissary Blair of Virginia. James Gordon Bennett (1795-1872), born
near Keith, Banffshire, pioneer of modern American journalism and
founder of the New York _Herald_, a newspaper which has long wielded a
great influence on political affairs. Horace Greeley (1811-72),
founder of the New York _Tribune_, unsuccessful candidate for the
Presidency in 1872, anti-slavery leader, and author of "The American
Conflict" (1864-66), was of Ulster Scot descent. Of the same origin
was Joseph Medill (1823-99), proprietor of the Chicago _Tribune_
(1874); and Robert Bonner (1824-99), founder of the New York _Ledger_
(1851), was born in Londonderry of Ulster Scot origin. James Thompson
Callender (d. 1806), a political exile from Scotland, a controversial
writer of great power, a severe critic of the administration of John
Adams, founded the _Richmond Recorder_, predecessor of the _Richmond
Enquirer_.
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