mixed material monographic eng 19,050 73 1 49 29.5 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. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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. 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 Blair, Frank P. (Frank Preston), 1821-1875 Blair, Gist, 1860-1940 Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 Blair, Woodbury. Clapp, Charles Q., 1799-1868 Stevens, Samuel, 1778-1860 Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851 mm 79012930 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms998026 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998026 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 790320 20260227111654.0 mm 79012930