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Webster's involvement with the paper ended in 1803,[3] and Zachariah Lewis replaced him as publisher.

[5] Lewis retired in 1820 and the paper taken over by William Leete Stone Sr. and Francis Hall.

[4][6] In 1831, Stone was physically attacked by William Cullen Bryant, editor of the rival New York Evening Post with whom he had had a few disputes.

[8] In 1840, Stone was sued in one of the libel lawsuits brought by author James Fenimore Cooper.

In 1923, newspaper owner and consolidator Frank Munsey bought the Globe.