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245 0 0 _aBlair family papers,
_f1755-1968
_g(bulk 1829-1892).
300 _a19,050
_fitems.
300 _a73
_fcontainers plus
_a1
_foversize.
300 _a49
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a29.5
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
506 _aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, diaries, lectures and speeches, financial and legal papers, military papers, biographical and genealogical data, printed material, and other papers of various Blair family members.
520 8 _aFrancis 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.
520 8 _aMontgomery 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.
520 8 _aThe 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.
520 8 _aGist 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.
520 8 _aPapers 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
530 _aSelected printed material available only on microfilm,
_dno. 4,991.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of correspondence between Francis P. Blair and Martin Van Buren available,
_dno. 17,631.
530 _aMicrofilm edition available,
_dno. 19,713.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1979-1988.
535 1 _aMicrofilm of selected printed material made in 1936 from originals in private hands.
544 _3Most atlases and maps
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Geography and Map Division.
544 _3Some photographs and prints
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aFamily 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.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet.
600 1 0 _aAndrew, John A.
_q(John Albion),
_d1818-1867
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBarnard, J. G.
_q(John Gross),
_d1815-1882
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBenton, Thomas Hart,
_d1782-1858
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBernays, Charles S.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBlair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBlair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury
_xEstate.
600 1 0 _aBlair, Montgomery,
_d1813-1883
_xEstate.
600 3 0 _aBlair family.
600 3 0 _aBlair family
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBradford, Augustus W.
_q(Augustus Williamson),
_d1806-1881
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBuchanan, James,
_d1791-1868
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aButler, Benjamin F.
_q(Benjamin Franklin),
_d1818-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aButler, William Orlando,
_d1791-1880
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCarroll, Charles,
_d1737-1832
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCass, Lewis,
_d1782-1866
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChaffee, Calvin Clifford,
_d1811-1896
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClay, Cassius Marcellus,
_d1810-1903
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClay, Henry,
_d1777-1852
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCowles, Edwin,
_d1825-1890
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCrittenden, John J.
_q(John Jordan),
_d1787-1863
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCurtis, George Ticknor,
_d1812-1894
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Varina,
_d1826-1906
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDawes, Henry L.
_q(Henry Laurens),
_d1816-1903
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDix, John A.
_q(John Adams),
_d1798-1879
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDonelson, Andrew Jackson,
_d1799-1871
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDouglas, Stephen A.
_q(Stephen Arnold),
_d1813-1861
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEverett, Edward,
_d1794-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aField, Roswell M.
_q(Roswell Martin),
_d1807-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFox, Gustavus Vasa,
_d1821-1883
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFox, Virginia L. Woodbury
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFrémont, Jessie Benton,
_d1824-1902
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFrémont, John Charles,
_d1813-1890
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aGratz family
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGreeley, Horace,
_d1811-1872
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHaywood, William H.
_q(William Henry),
_d1801-1852
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHicks, Thomas Holliday,
_d1798-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aIngersoll, Charles Jared,
_d1782-1862
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJackson, Andrew,
_d1767-1845
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Reverdy,
_d1796-1876
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKendall, Amos,
_d1789-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLee, Elizabeth Blair
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLee, Samuel Phillips,
_d1812-1897.
600 1 0 _aLewis, William Berkeley,
_d1784-1866
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLivingston, Edward,
_d1764-1836
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aParker, Theodore,
_d1810-1860
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aParton, James,
_d1822-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPorter, Fitz-John,
_d1822-1901
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPratt, Thomas George,
_d1804-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPurnell, William Henry,
_d1826-1902
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aReid, Whitelaw,
_d1837-1912
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRichey, Minna Blair,
_d1850-1919
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRitchie, Thomas,
_d1778-1854
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSanford, John F. A.,
_d1806 or 7-1857
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 1 0 _aScott, Dred,
_d1809-1858
_xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 1 0 _aScott, Winfield,
_d1786-1866
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSherman, William T.
_q(William Tecumseh),
_d1820-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSmith, William E.
_q(William Ernest),
_db. 1892.
600 1 0 _aStevenson, Andrew,
_d1784-1857
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTaney, Roger Brooke,
_d1777-1864
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aThomas, Philip F.
_q(Philip Francis),
_d1810-1890
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVan Buren, John,
_d1810-1866
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVan Buren, Martin,
_d1782-1862
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWard, Henry Dana,
_d1797-1884
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWelles, Gideon,
_d1802-1878
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWells, R. W.
_q(Robert William),
_d1795-1864
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWright, Silas,
_d1795-1847
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bHouse.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
_bSenate.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bPostmaster General.
630 0 0 _aCongressional Globe.
630 0 0 _aGlobe (Washington, D.C. : Daily)
650 0 _aAmerican newspapers
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aLand grants
_zWest (U.S.)
650 0 _aNewspaper editors
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aPublishers and publishing
_xWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
650 0 _aSlavery
_zUnited States
_xLegal status of slaves in free states.
651 0 _aMaryland
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aMissouri
_xPolitics and government
_yTo 1865.
651 0 _aRichmond (Va.)
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aSouthern States
_xHistory
_y1865-1877.
651 0 _aSaint Louis (Mo.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xPeace.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y19th century.
651 0 _aVirginia
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs.
700 1 _aBlair, Francis Preston,
_d1791-1876.
_tFrancis Preston Blair papers.
700 1 _aBlair, Frank P.
_q(Frank Preston),
_d1821-1875.
_tFrank P. Blair papers.
700 1 _aBlair, Gist,
_d1860-1940.
_tGist Blair papers.
700 1 _aBlair, Montgomery,
_d1813-1883.
_tMontgomery Blair papers.
700 1 _aBlair, Woodbury.
_tWoodbury Blair papers.
700 1 _aClapp, Charles Q.,
_d1799-1868.
_tCharles Q. Clapp papers.
700 1 _aStevens, Samuel,
_d1778-1860.
_tSamuel Stevens papers.
700 1 _aWoodbury, Levi,
_d1789-1851.
_tLevi Woodbury papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms998026
999 _c42128
_d42128