Blair & Rives records, 1821-1905 (bulk 1830-1848).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 800 items; 3 containers; 3 microfilm reels; 1.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876 -- Correspondence
- Church, John R. (John Robert), 1899- -- Correspondence
- Fogg, Godfrey M. -- Correspondence
- Harris, John C. -- Correspondence
- Jackson, Andrew, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence
- Rives, John C. (John Cook), 1795-1864 -- Correspondence
- Bank of the United States (1816-1836)
- Congressional globe
- National intelligencer (Washington, D.C. : 1898)
- United States telegraph
- American newspapers -- Washington (D.C.)
- Publishers and publishing -- Washington (D.C.)
- United States -- History -- 1815-1861
- Microfilm edition available, no. 19,717.
Open to research.
Chiefly letters received (1830-1850) together with business records, speeches, and printed matter. Letters relate to national politics, selection of printers by the U.S. Congress, the rechartering of the United States Bank, publication of the Congressional Globe, policies of the editors of the United States Telegraph and the National Intelligencer, and other topics. Correspondents include Francis P. Blair, John R. Church, Godfrey M. Fogg, John C. Harris, Andrew Jackson (1809-1865), and John C. Rives.
Microfilm edition available, no. 19,717.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988.
Publishing firm, founded by Francis P. Blair (1791-1876) and John C. Rives, which issued the Globe and the Congressional Globe, concurrent Washington, D.C., newspapers.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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