11806cpcaa2201645 a 4500 mm 79012930 DLC 20260227111654.0 cr ||||||||||| 790320|||||||||||| eng mm 79012930 ms 67000589 su 79012930 DLC DLC DLC dacs N lcmd Blair family papers, 1755-1968 (bulk 1829-1892). 19,050 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 49 microfilm reels. 29.5 linear feet. 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. 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. Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876. Francis Preston Blair papers. Blair, Frank P. (Frank Preston), 1821-1875. Frank P. Blair papers. Blair, Gist, 1860-1940. Gist Blair papers. Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883. Montgomery Blair papers. Blair, Woodbury. Woodbury Blair papers. Clapp, Charles Q., 1799-1868. Charles Q. Clapp papers. Stevens, Samuel, 1778-1860. Samuel Stevens papers. Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851. Levi Woodbury papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998026 42128 42128