Blair family papers, 1755-1968 (bulk 1829-1892).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 19,050 items; 73 containers plus 1 oversize; 49 microfilm reels; 29.5 linear feetSubject(s): - Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867 -- Correspondence
- Barnard, J. G. (John Gross), 1815-1882 -- Correspondence
- Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 -- Correspondence
- Bernays, Charles S. -- Correspondence
- Blair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury -- Correspondence
- Blair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury -- Estate
- Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 -- Estate
- Blair family
- Blair family -- Correspondence
- Bradford, Augustus W. (Augustus Williamson), 1806-1881 -- Correspondence
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 -- Correspondence
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 -- Correspondence
- Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880 -- Correspondence
- Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832 -- Correspondence
- Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866 -- Correspondence
- Chaffee, Calvin Clifford, 1811-1896 -- Correspondence
- Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903 -- Correspondence
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 -- Correspondence
- Cowles, Edwin, 1825-1890 -- Correspondence
- Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863 -- Correspondence
- Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894 -- Correspondence
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
- Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 -- Correspondence
- Dawes, Henry L. (Henry Laurens), 1816-1903 -- Correspondence
- Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879 -- Correspondence
- Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871 -- Correspondence
- Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 -- Correspondence
- Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 -- Correspondence
- Field, Roswell M. (Roswell Martin), 1807-1869 -- Correspondence
- Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883 -- Correspondence
- Fox, Virginia L. Woodbury -- Correspondence
- Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 -- Correspondence
- Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 -- Correspondence
- Gratz family -- Correspondence
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Correspondence
- Haywood, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1852 -- Correspondence
- Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865 -- Correspondence
- Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862 -- Correspondence
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 -- Correspondence
- Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 -- Correspondence
- Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869 -- Correspondence
- Lee, Elizabeth Blair -- Correspondence
- Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897
- Lewis, William Berkeley, 1784-1866 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence
- Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836 -- Correspondence
- Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860 -- Correspondence
- Parton, James, 1822-1891 -- Correspondence
- Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901 -- Correspondence
- Pratt, Thomas George, 1804-1869 -- Correspondence
- Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902 -- Correspondence
- Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 -- Correspondence
- Richey, Minna Blair, 1850-1919 -- Correspondence
- Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854 -- Correspondence
- Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 7-1857 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 -- Correspondence
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Correspondence
- Smith, William E. (William Ernest), b. 1892
- Stevenson, Andrew, 1784-1857 -- Correspondence
- Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864 -- Correspondence
- Thomas, Philip F. (Philip Francis), 1810-1890 -- Correspondence
- Van Buren, John, 1810-1866 -- Correspondence
- Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862 -- Correspondence
- Ward, Henry Dana, 1797-1884 -- Correspondence
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 -- Correspondence
- Wells, R. W. (Robert William), 1795-1864 -- Correspondence
- Wright, Silas, 1795-1847 -- Correspondence
- United States. Congress. House
- United States. Congress. Senate
- United States. Postmaster General
- Congressional Globe
- Globe (Washington, D.C. : Daily)
- American newspapers -- Washington (D.C.)
- Land grants -- West (U.S.)
- Newspaper editors -- Washington (D.C.)
- Practice of law -- Washington (D.C.)
- Publishers and publishing -- Washington (D.C.)
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
- Maryland -- Politics and government
- Missouri -- Politics and government -- To 1865
- Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social life and customs
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
- Selected printed material available only on microfilm, no. 4,991.
- Microfilm edition of correspondence between Francis P. Blair and Martin Van Buren available, no. 17,631.
- Microfilm edition available, no. 19,713.
Open to research.
Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
Correspondence, diaries, lectures and speeches, financial and legal papers, military papers, biographical and genealogical data, printed material, and other papers of various Blair family members.
Francis P. Blair's papers primarily document his editorship and publication of the Globe and Congressional Globe in Washington, D.C., his association with Martin Van Buren, and his secret meeting with Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Va. (January 1865) to negotiate a compromise ending the Civil War.
Montgomery Blair's papers include his files concerning slavery in western territories and free states, his legal files as counsel in Dred Scott v. Sanford, records from his Washington, D.C., law firm relating primarily to land patents and grants in the western United States, papers relating to his service as U.S. postmaster general in the Lincoln administration, and correspondence pertaining to national, Maryland, and party politics and to military affairs chiefly during the Civil War.
The papers of Frank P. Blair, Jr., include Civil War letters and documents and several speeches and papers documenting his service as U.S. representative and senator from Missouri.
Gist Blair's papers consist primarily of his research file on the Blair family and of the correspondence and research files of William E. Smith, author of The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics (1933). Includes a political diary (1840-1843) and other papers of Levi Woodbury. Family correspondence documents the political and social scene in St. Louis, Mo., and Washington, D.C. (1850s-1870s), economic and social conditions in the South during Reconstruction, and family matters.
Papers of Woodbury Blair chiefly concern the settlement of the estate of Montgomery and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Blair. Other papers include a ledger (1822-1826) maintained by Charles Q. Clapp, a merchant in Portland, Maine, and financial records (1838-1860) of Maryland governor Samuel Stevens.
Correspondents include Blair family members and extended relations including Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Blair, Gustavus V. and Virginia (Woodbury) Fox, Samuel P. and Elizabeth Blair Lee, Minna Blair Richey, and the Gratz family of Philadelphia, Pa. Other correspondents include John A. Andrew, John G. Barnard, Thomas Hart Benton, Charles S. Bernays, Augustus W. Bradford, James Buchanan, Benjamin F. Butler, William Orlando Butler, Charles Carroll, Lewis Cass, Calvin Clifford Chaffee, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Henry Clay, Edwin Cowles, John J. Crittenden, George Ticknor Curtis, Varina Davis, Henry L. Dawes, John A. Dix, Andrew Jackson Donelson, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Edward Everett, Roswell M. Field, Jessie Benton Frémont, John Charles Frémont, Horace Greeley, William H. Haywood, Thomas Holliday Hicks, Charles Jared Ingersoll, Andrew Jackson, Reverdy Johnson, Amos Kendall, William Berkeley Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, Edward Livingston, Theodore Parker, James Parton, Fitz-John Porter, Thomas George Pratt, William Henry Purnell, Whitelaw Reid, Thomas Ritchie, Winfield Scott, William T. Sherman, Andrew Stevenson, Roger Brook Taney, Philip F. Thomas, John Van Buren, Martin Van Buren, Henry Dana Ward, Gideon Welles, Robert W. Wells, and Silas Wright.
Selected printed material available only on microfilm, no. 4,991.
Microfilm edition of correspondence between Francis P. Blair and Martin Van Buren available, no. 17,631.
Microfilm edition available, no. 19,713.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1979-1988.
Microfilm of selected printed material made in 1936 from originals in private hands.
Most atlases and maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Some photographs and prints transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Family members include Francis Preston Blair, journalist, founder and editor of the Washington (D.C.) Globe, politician, and advisor to Presidents Jackson, Van Buren, and Lincoln; Frank P. Blair, Jr., lawyer, U.S. army officer, and U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Missouri; Montgomery Blair, lawyer, U.S. army officer, public official of Missouri, and U.S. postmaster general; and Gist Blair, lawyer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.
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