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THE BLAIR FAMILY
A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Paul Ledvina
Revised and expanded by Margaret McAleer
1997
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540-4680
Edited Full Draft
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress
Manuscript Division,1998
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Table of Contents for THE BLAIR FAMILY
Collection Summary
Selected Search Terms
* Names:
* Subjects:
Administrative Information
Biographical Notes
* Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876)
* Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875)
* Gist Blair
* Montgomery Blair
Scope and Content Note
Description of Series
* Family Correspondence, 1831- 1924, n.d.
* Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) Papers, 1829- 1876, n.d.
* Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875) Papers, 1839- 1884, n.d.
* Gist Blair Papers, 1830- 1968, n.d.
* Montgomery Blair Papers, 1842- 1887, n.d.
* Woodbury Blair Papers, 1866- 1892.
* Other Family Papers, ca. 1755- 1921, n.d.
* Miscellany, 1793- 1906.
* Addition, 1822- 1936, n.d.
* Oversize, 1854- 1882.
Container List
* FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, 1831- 1924, n.d.
* FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR (1791-1876) PAPERS, 1829- 1876, n.d.
* FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR (1821-1875) PAPERS, 1839- 1884, n.d.
* GIST BLAIR PAPERS, 1830- 1968, n.d.
* MONTGOMERY BLAIR PAPERS, 1842- 1887, n.d.
* WOODBURY BLAIR PAPERS, 1866- 1892
* OTHER FAMILY PAPERS, ca. 1755- 1921, n.d.
* MISCELLANY, 1793- 1906
* ADDITION, 1822- 1936, n.d.
* OVERSIZE, 1854- 1882
Appendix
List of Informal Names Found in the Blair Family Correspondence
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Collection Summary
Creator: Blair Family
Title: Blair Family Papers 1755-1968, bulk 1829-1892
Extent: 28 linear feet; 18,000 items
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Abstract: 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 including
Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876), journalist, founder and editor of the
Washington (D.C.) Globe; Frank P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), lawyer, U.S. army
officer, U.S. representative and senator from Missouri; Montgomery Blair
(1813-1883), lawyer, U.S. army officer, public official of Missouri, and
U.S. postmaster general (1861-1864); and Gist Blair (1860-1940), lawyer.
Selected Search Terms
Names:
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867--Correspondence
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858--Correspondence
Bernays, Charles S.--Correspondence
Blair family
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868--Correspondence
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893--Correspondence
Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880--Correspondence
Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866--Correspondence
Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903--Correspondence
Corwine, R. M. (Richard Mortimer), b. 1812--Correspondence
Cowles, Edwin, 1825-1890--Correspondence
Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863--Correspondence
Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894--Correspondence
Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897--Correspondence
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Davis, Varina, 1826-1906--Correspondence
Dawes, Henry L. (Henry Laurens), 1816-1903--Correspondence
Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 1799-1871--Correspondence
Eads, James Buchanan, 1820-1887--Correspondence
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865--Correspondence
Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898--Correspondence
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883--Correspondence
Fox, Virginia L. Woodbury--Correspondence
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890--Correspondence
Gamble, Hamilton Rowan, 1798-1864--Correspondence
Glover, Samuel T. (Samuel Taylor), 1813-1884--Correspondence
Gratz family--Correspondence
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872--Correspondence
Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872--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
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860--Correspondence
Parton, James, 1822-1891--Correspondence
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901--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.
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874--Correspondence
Stevenson, Andrew, 1784-1857--Correspondence
Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871--Correspondence
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862--Correspondence
Ward, Henry Dana, 1797-1884--Correspondence
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878--Correspondence
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
United States. Postmaster General
Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876. Papers
Blair, Frank P. (Frank Preston), 1821-1875. Papers
Blair, Gist, 1860-1940. Papers
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883. Papers
Smith, William E. (William Ernest), 1892- The Francis Preston Blair family
in politics (1933)
Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851. Papers
Subjects:
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
Slavery--United States--Legal status of slaves in free states
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
Administrative Information
The Blair family papers were given to the Library of Congress between 1903
and 1996 by various donors, including members of the Blair family, William
E. Smith, the Breckinridge Long family, Patrick T. Lanigan, and the Blair
House in Washington, D.C. Additional papers were acquired by purchase.
Some prints and photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints
and Photographs Division, where they are identified as part of these
papers. Maps and atlases have been transferred to the Library's Geography
and Map Division, where they are also identified as part of these papers.
The original register prepared by Paul D. Ledvina in 1987 was revised and
expanded by Margaret McAleer in 1997.
The Blair Family Papers have been described most recently in Library of
Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division, 1982, pp. 12-15.
A microfilm edition of these papers on forty-seven reels is available from
the Library's Photoduplication Service for purchase subject to the
Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). This microfilm
edition may also be requested on interlibrary loan through the Library's
Loan Division. Ten reels may be requested at a time for a loan period of
one month.
Biographical Notes
Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876)
1791 , Apr.
12 Born, Abingdon, Va.
1811 Graduated, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.
1812 Volunteer, War of 1812
Married Eliza Violet Howard Gist
1817 Admitted to Kentucky bar
1818 - 1825 Contributor, Argus of Western America, Frankfort, Ky.
1830 - 1845 Founder and editor, Democratic newspaper Washington Globe,
Washington, D.C.
Member, Andrew Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet"
1856 Changed support to the Republican party
1860 - 1865 Supported and advised Abraham Lincoln
1868 Returned to the Democratic party
1876 , Oct.
18 Died, Silver Spring, Md.
Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875)
1821 , Feb.
19 Born, Lexington, Ky.
1841 Graduated, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
1842 - 1843 Studied law, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.
1843 Admitted to Kentucky bar
Served in Mexican War
1847 Married Apolline Alexander
1852 - 1856 Member, Missouri House of Representatives
1857 - 1864 Member, United States House of Representatives
1861 Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
1862 Major General, United States Army
1868 Unsuccessful Democratic nominee for United States vice
president
1871 - 1873 Member, United States Senate
1874 Appointed Missouri superintendent of life insurance
1875 , July
9 Died, St. Louis, Mo.
Gist Blair
1860 , Sept.
10 Born, Washington, D.C.
1880 Graduated, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
1880 's-
1896 Practiced law, St. Louis, Mo.
1897 Moved to Washington, D.C.; practiced law
1912 Married Laura Lawson
1940 , Dec.
16 Died, Washington, D.C.
Montgomery Blair
1813 , May
10 Born, Franklin County, Ky.
1835 Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
Lieutenant, United States Army, serving in Seminole Indian
War
1836 Studied law, Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.
Married Caroline Buckner (died 1844)
1837 Moved to St. Louis, Mo., admitted to the bar and practiced
law
1839 - 1841 Appointed United States district attorney for the State of
Missouri
1842 - 1843 Mayor, St. Louis, Mo.
1843 - 1849 Judge, Court of Common Pleas, St. Louis, Mo.
1844 - 1852 Delegate, Democratic National conventions
1846 Married Mary Elizabeth Woodbury
1853 Moved to Maryland
1855 Solicitor, United States Court of Claims
Counsel for Dred Scott
1860 President, State Republican Convention, Baltimore, Md.
1861 - 1864 United States postmaster general
1876 Electoral Committee counsel for Samuel J. Tilden
1878 Member, Maryland House of Delegates
1882 Unsuccessful candidate for United States Congress
1883 , July
27 Died, Silver Spring, Md.
Scope and Content Note
The Blair Family Papers span the years 1755-1968, with the bulk of material
dating from 1829 to 1892. The collection chronicles the activities of a
politically prominent family that included Francis Preston Blair
(1791-1876), journalist and advisor to presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin
Van Buren, and Abraham Lincoln; Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875), soldier,
United States senator, and lawyer; and Montgomery Blair (1813-1883),
lawyer, politician, and postmaster general under Abraham Lincoln. The
collection is organized in nine series: Family Correspondence, Francis
Preston Blair (1791-1876) Papers, Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875) Papers,
Gist Blair Papers, Montgomery Blair Papers, Woodbury Blair Papers, Other
Family Papers, Miscellany, and Oversize. An addition, appended to the
papers in 1997, is organized as a separate series.
The Family Correspondence series comprises letters written by family
members to one another. The most prolific correspondent represented is
Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875). His many letters to his wife, father,
and brother while serving as a Union Army officer during the Civil War
provide vivid descriptions of the military campaigns in which he was
involved. Montgomery Blair's letters to his wife and various family members
depict the political and social scene from the 1850s to the early 1870s in
St. Louis, Missouri, and later in Washington, D.C.
The series also contains numerous letters to Gist Blair from his mother,
Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Blair, from about 1875 until her death. Those from
his sister, Minna Blair Richey, provide a comprehensive source of
information about private family matters and activities during the last
decades of the nineteenth century. Letters written by Virginia Woodbury Fox
and her husband, Gustavus Vasa Fox, in the late 1860s and early 1870s
during their extensive travels in the southern states provide poignant
accounts of the social and economic conditions in the postwar South. There
are at least a few representative letters written by all major Blair family
members, including several sisters and aunts of Francis Preston Blair
(1791-1876). Also included in this series is correspondence of the extended
Blair relations, most notably the Gratz family of Philadelphia.
The papers of Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) span the period from 1829
to 1876. His general correspondence begins about the time he moved from
Kentucky to Washington, D.C., at the request of Andrew Jackson's
supporters, to establish and edit the Washington Globe newspaper. Prominent
correspondents include James Buchanan, William O. Butler, John J.
Crittenden, Andrew Jackson Donelson, John Charles and Jesse B. Frémont,
Charles Jared Ingersoll, Amos Kendall, William B. Lewis, James Parton,
Thomas Ritchie, Andrew Stevenson, and Gideon Welles. A special
correspondence subseries contains most of the letters written to Blair by
his longtime friend, Martin Van Buren, covering the period 1836 to 1861. A
few letters from Van Buren to Blair are filed with the general
correspondence subseries. Other letters sent and received by Blair and
forwarded by him to his son, Montgomery Blair, are interfiled with the
latter's general correspondence.
Blair's speeches and writings file contains rough drafts of exhortations to
presidents, letters to newspaper editors, and political campaign speeches.
A small group of miscellany contains manuscripts documenting secret
meetings between Blair and Jefferson Davis in January 1865 in Richmond,
Virginia. Included in this file are lists of points of negotiation and a
memorandum of conversations which occurred during Blair's attempts to
negotiate an end to the Civil War. Another file contains working notes and
drafts emanating from the meeting of the Republican Party National
Executive Committee in Pittsburgh in 1856.
The papers of Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875) consist of a small body of
correspondence (1853-1874) and a miscellany file. A few letters relate to
his military career during the Civil War. His political career is
documented through several speeches, fragments of political lists,
clippings, and a legal file concerning his contested congressional election
in 1862. Some of Blair's correspondence was forwarded to his brother,
Montgomery Blair, for comment or action and has been retained as a part of
Montgomery Blair's papers.
The papers of Montgomery Blair span the years from 1842 to 1887. The papers
relate chiefly to his professional career after his return from St. Louis
to Washington, D.C., in 1853. The most extensive files concern his law
practice before and after his cabinet appointment as postmaster general.
Most of his cases pertained to land patents and grants in the western
United States. Also included are three volumes containing lists of the
names of postmasters and post office revenues for the state of Maryland
from around 1861 to 1864. Financial papers record Montgomery and Mary
Elizabeth Blair's personal financial activities, especially from 1870 to
1873. Speeches and writings by Blair chiefly concern political and
religious topics, as does a substantial collection of printed matter.
Included among Montgomery Blair's correspondence are letters received and
rough drafts of letters written by Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) and
Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875). His father and brother often sought his
advice and frequently forwarded letters received by them. Prominent
correspondents besides those already mentioned include John A. Andrew,
Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858), Charles S. Bernays, Benjamin F. Butler,
Lewis Cass, Edwin Cowles, George Ticknor Curtis, Varina Davis, Henry L.
Dawes, Edward Everett, Horace Greeley, Andrew Jackson, Reverdy Johnson,
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Parker, Fitz-John Porter, Whitelaw Reid, and
Henry Dana Ward.
The papers of Gist Blair (1860-1940), lawyer and businessman, span the
period from 1830 to 1968. A journal (1887-1888), general correspondence
(1876-1925), and financial papers (1889-1917) chiefly concern his law
practice and land speculation prior to his return to Washington, D.C., from
St. Louis in 1897. There is an extensive file of college papers while he
attended Princeton University.
The most significant portion of Gist Blair's papers consists of his
historical research files. Blair assumed the role of family historian and
was instrumental in placing in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division
the Andrew Jackson Papers, the Levi Woodbury family papers, the Asa Clapp
family papers, and the Blair family papers. The files contain indexes,
lists, and other material related to the history and ownership of the
Andrew Jackson Papers. Also included are typewritten transcripts of
correspondence between Andrew Jackson and Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876)
written between 1830 and 1845. Blair was also involved in the preparation
of William E. Smith's history of the Blair family and retained Smith's
files of interviews, genealogical data, and related correspondence before
and after the publication in 1933 of his The Francis Preston Blair Family
in Politics.
The papers of Woodbury Blair (1852-1933), lawyer and businessman, span the
period from 1866 to 1892 and chiefly concern the settlement of the estate
of Montgomery and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Blair. There are a few additional
financial papers, a legal file, and a school catalog.
The series designated as Other Family Papers pertains to individuals
related to the Blair family, most of whom are represented by a small number
of manuscripts. There is, however, a substantial amount of general
correspondence received by Elizabeth Blair Lee, as well as general
correspondence of her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee. A diary (1840-1843)
written by Levi Woodbury, some of his letters received, law lecture notes,
and a miscellany of notes and memoranda are also located in this series.
The Miscellany series contains genealogical material and files relating to
the Silver Spring and Falkland estates in Montgomery County, Maryland, and
to the Blair House at 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
The Addition includes two drafts of writings by Francis Preston Blair
(1791-1876). The first, probably dated 1832, criticized New York editors
James Watson Webb and Mordecai M. Noah for deserting Andrew Jackson. The
second was written as a newspaper column or a speech probably during the
summer of 1860. The addition also contains a ledger maintained by Charles
Q. Clapp, a merchant in Portland, Maine, between 1822 and 1826 and a
journal kept by Gustavus Vasa Fox between 1851 and 1855 when, on leave from
the navy, he served as an officer on various transatlantic steamships.
Other manuscript collections in the Manuscript Division related directly to
the Blair Family Papers include the Levi Woodbury family papers, the Asa
William Henry Clapp family papers, the Samuel Phillips Lee Papers in the
Naval Historical Foundation Collection, the Breckinridge Long Family
Papers, and the Blair & Rives Papers which relate to the publishing
business partnership of Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) and John C.
Rives.
There are also substantial manuscript collections related to the Blair
family at the Princeton University Library, Stanford University Library,
and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
Description of Series
BOX
1-13 Family Correspondence, 1831 - 1924 , n.d.
REEL
1-9
Letters sent and received by family members.
Arranged alphabetically by author and chronologically therein.
BOX
14-18 Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) Papers, 1829 - 1876 , n.d.
REEL
9-12
BOX 14-16 REEL
9-11 General correspondence, 1829 - 1873 , n.d.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 17 REEL 11 Special correspondence, 1836 - 1861 .
Letters from Martin Van Buren to Francis Preston Blair
(1791-1876).
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 17-18 REEL
11-12 Speeches and writings file, 1863 - 1870 , n.d.
Printed copies, rough drafts, notes, and memoranda from
speeches and writings by Francis Preston Blair
(1791-1876).
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 18 REEL
11-12 Miscellany, 1831 - 1876 .
Correspondence, circular letters, deeds, notes, memoranda,
bills and receipts, printed matter, and newspaper
clippings.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically
therein.
BOX
18-20 Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875) Papers, 1839 - 1884 , n.d.
REEL
12-13
BOX 18-19 REEL
12 General correspondence, 1853 - 1884 , n.d.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 19-20 REEL
12-13 Miscellany, 1839 - 1884 .
Financial and legal papers, speeches and writings,
military papers, political files, printed matter, notes,
and memoranda.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material and
chronologically therein.
BOX
21-28 Gist Blair Papers, 1830 - 1968 , n.d.
REEL
13-21
BOX 21 REEL
13-14 Journal, 1887 - 1888 .
BOX 21-23 REEL
13-17 General correspondence, 1876 - 1925 , n.d.
Letters sent and received, with miscellaneous attachments
and enclosures, and letterbooks.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 23-24 REEL
16-18 Financial papers, 1889 - 1917 .
Account books, checkbooks, and business records.
Grouped by type of material and arranged chronologically
therein.
BOX 24-26 REEL
17-19 Historical research file, 1923 - 1968 .
Correspondence, transcripts of letters and interviews, and
indexes pertaining to William E. Smith's history of the
Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) family and the papers of
Andrew Jackson .
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 26-28 REEL
19-21 Miscellany, 1844 - 1928 , n.d.
Invitations, programs, legal papers, newspaper clippings,
notes, memoranda, memorabilia, school papers, and writings
by others.
Organized by type of material.
BOX
28-61 Montgomery Blair Papers, 1842 - 1887 , n.d.
REEL
21-44
BOX 28-38 REEL
21-29 General correspondence, 1847 - 1883 , n.d.
Letters sent and received with miscellaneous attachments
and enclosures.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 38-52 REEL
29-39 Legal files, 1842 - 1882 , n.d.
Correspondence, notes, memoranda, briefs, opinions, deeds,
indentures, depositions, powers of attorney, court
dockets, and research material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of client.
BOX 52-56 (NOT
FILMED) Financial papers, 1842 - 1887 .
Account books, bank books, bills and receipts, checkbooks,
and cancelled checks comprising the financial papers of
Montgomery Blair and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Blair.
Arranged by person and by type of material therein.
BOX 57-60 REEL
40-43 Printed matter, 1842 - 1882 .
Circular letters, a journal, and newspaper clippings.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and
chronologically therein.
BOX 60-61 REEL
42-44 Miscellany, 1849 - 1882 .
Address and memoranda notebooks, speeches and writings,
business cards, certificates, memorials, United States
postmaster lists, notes, and memoranda.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX
62-63 Woodbury Blair Papers, 1866 - 1892 .
(NOT
FILMED)
Financial papers, chiefly concerning the estates of Montgomery
and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Blair, a legal file, and a school
catalog.
BOX
64-67 Other Family Papers, ca. 1755 - 1921 , n.d.
REEL
44-46
Papers of other individuals related to the Blair family, most of
whom are represented by a small number of manuscripts. These
papers include a diary, correspondence, notebooks, scrapbooks,
and financial and legal papers.
Grouped by name of family member and then organized by type of
material and chronologically therein.
BOX 68
REEL Miscellany, 1793 - 1906 .
46-47
Correspondence, genealogical material, last wills and testaments,
obituaries, material related to the Blair family estates, and
unidentified items.
BOX
69-70 Addition, 1822 - 1936 , n.d.
(NOT
FILMED)
Correspondence, journals, drafts of writings, account ledger, and
scrapbooks.
Arranged alphabetically by name of author or creator.
BOX OV
1 (NOT Oversize, 1854 - 1882 .
FILMED)
Plats and surveys.
Organized and described according to the series, containers, and
folders from which the items were removed.
Container List
FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, 1831 - 1924 , n.d.
BOX 1 REEL 1 Alexander family, 1858-75
Blair, Andrew A., 1858-1924
Blair, Apolline Alexander, 1848-77
(5 folders)
Blair, Caroline Buckner, 1838-41
Blair, Christine, 1861-67
Blair, Edith Draper, and children, 1894-1907
BOX 2 REEL
1-2 Blair, Eliza Violet Gist, 1860-77
Blair, Francis Preston (1791-1876), 1831-73
(5 folders)
Blair, Francis Preston (1821-1875)
1833-39
BOX 3 REEL 2 1840-67
(6 folders)
BOX 4 REEL 3 1868-74, n.d.
(3 folders)
Blair, Francis Preston, III, 1873-83
Blair, Gist, 1873-1915
(3 folders)
BOX 5 REEL
3-4 Blair, James L., 1836-52
Blair, James L., II, 1864-91, n.d.
Blair, Laura Lawson, 1900-1912
(3 folders)
Blair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury
1831-83
(3 folders)
BOX 6 REEL 4-5 1884-87
(7 folders)
Blair, Mary Serena Jesup, 1853-66
BOX 7 REEL 5 Blair, Montgomery
1831-79
(7 folders)
BOX 8 REEL 6 1880-82, n.d.
(2 folders)
Blair, Montgomery, Jr., 1874-1910
(2 folders)
Blair, Woodbury, 1864-1910, n.d.
(5 folders)
BOX 9 REEL
6-7 Blair family, 1833-1924
Brunetti, Virginia Lowery, Duchess d'Arcos, 1866-1910
Clapp, Asa William Henry, 1852-88
Clapp family, 1858-1912
Comstock, Cyrus B., 1872-79
Comstock, Elizabeth Blair, 1849-61
Dick family, 1870-83
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1868-82, n.d.
(2 folders)
Fox, Virginia Woodbury, 1867-1907, n.d.
(4 folders)
Gist family, 1842
BOX 10 REEL Gratz family, 1831-1901, n.d.
7-8 (3 folders)
Joseph, Sara Gratz Moses, 1834-91, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 11 REEL 8 Lee, Francis Preston Blair, 1887-1914
Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1840-77
Lee, John F. and Ellen A., 1842-88, n.d.
(2 folders)
Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1845-86
Lee family, 1848-91
Lowery, Frances Woodbury, 1847-85, n.d.
Lowery, Woodbury, 1896-1904
Marshall, Agatha, 1836-40
Richey, Minna Blair
1876-88
(3 folders)
BOX 12 REEL 8-9 1890-1907, n.d.
(6 folders)
BOX 13 REEL 9 Robinson, Fanny A. Lee, 1849
Speer, Bettie, 1856-58
Speer, Eliza Jane Blair, 1838-57
Stevenson, Susan Blair, 1833-68
Woodbury, Charles Levi, 1861-96, n.d.
(2 folders)
Woodbury, Elizabeth Clapp, 1847-62, n.d.
Woodbury, Ellen Caroline, 1867-95, n.d.
Woodbury, Levi, 1847-49
Woodbury family, 1861-1916
Miscellany, 1835-1922
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR (1791-1876) PAPERS, 1829 - 1876 , n.d.
General correspondence
BOX 14 REEL 9-10 1829-44
(6 folders)
BOX 15 REEL 10 1845-59
(6 folders)
BOX 16 REEL 10-11 1860-73
(5 folders)
Undated
From Thomas Ritchie
Miscellaneous, B-W
Unidentified, anonymous, and fragmentary
BOX 17 REEL Special correspondence, Martin Van Buren to Francis
11 Preston Blair (1791-1876), 1836-61
(4 folders)
Speeches and writings
1863-70
Undated and fragments
(2 folders)
BOX 18 REEL 11-12
(1 folder)
Miscellany
Blair & Rives business matters, 1844-60
Davis, Jefferson, meeting with Francis Preston
Blair (1791-1876), 1865
Legal papers, bills, and receipts, 1845-76
Printed matter, clippings, circular letter, and
name cards, 1831-62
Republican Party National Executive Committee,
meeting, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1856
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR (1821-1875) PAPERS, 1839 - 1884 , n.d.
General correspondence
BOX 18 REEL 11-12 Mar. 1853-Feb. 1863
(4 folders)
BOX 19 REEL 12 Mar. 1863-Feb. 1874, n.d.
(5 folders)
Miscellany
Financial papers, 1839-84
(3 folders)
BOX 20 REEL 12-13 Knox v. Blair, re contested election, 1862
Military papers, field reports, and memoranda,
1861-66
Politics, lists, memoranda, and clippings
Printed matter, 1854-84
Speeches and writings
By Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875),
1858-72
By others
GIST BLAIR PAPERS, 1830 - 1968 , n.d.
BOX 21 REEL
13-14 Journal, 1887-88
General correspondence
1876-1915
(5 folders)
BOX 22 REEL 14-15 1917-25, n.d.
(2 folders)
Letterbooks
1883-87
(2 vols.)
BOX 23 REEL 16-17 1888-91
(2 vols.)
Financial papers
Bankbooks, 1889-93
(2 vols.)
Checkbooks, 1889-1917
(2 folders)
BOX 24 REEL 17-18 Texas & St. Louis Land Syndicate
Mortgage lists, 1890
Annual reports, 1892-96
Inventory of land
Historical research file
Smith, William E.
Correspondence, 1923-68
(2 folders)
Miscellany
BOX 25 REEL 18-19 Jackson, Andrew, papers
Indexes and history of ownership
(3 folders)
Typewritten transcripts of Jackson-Blair
correspondence
1830-39
(2 folders)
BOX 26 REEL 19 1840-45
(4 folders)
Miscellany
Invitations and programs, 1879-1925
Legal matters and related financial bills and
receipts, ca. 1880-1895
Newspaper clippings
1883-1916
(2 folders)
BOX 27 REEL 19-20 Undated
Notes and memoranda
Passports, photographs, and memorabilia, 1844-1923
School papers, Princeton University, Princeton,
N.J., 1876-80
Correspondence and notebook
Examinations and reports
Essays
Programs, cards, memorabilia, and printed
matter
(1 folder)
BOX 28 REEL 20-21
(1 folder)
Writings by others, 1889-1928
MONTGOMERY BLAIR PAPERS, 1842 - 1887 , n.d.
General correspondence
BOX 28 REEL 20-21 Mar. 1847-Dec. 1859
(5 folders)
BOX 29 REEL 21 Jan. 1860-Dec. 1862
(11 folders)
BOX 30 REEL 22 Jan. 1863-Apr. 1865
(9 folders)
BOX 31 REEL 22-23 May 1865-Dec. 1867
(7 folders)
BOX 32 REEL 23-24 Jan. 1868-Dec. 1871
(6 folders)
BOX 33 REEL 24-25 Jan. 1872-Dec. 1874
(8 folders)
BOX 34 REEL 25 Jan. 1875-Dec. 1876
(6 folders)
BOX 35 REEL 25-26 May 1877-Aug. 1879
(9 folders)
BOX 36 REEL 26-27 Oct. 1879-Sept. 1881
(6 folders)
BOX 37 REEL 27-28 Oct. 1881-Dec. 1882
(7 folders)
BOX 38 REEL 28-29 Mar.-June 1883
Undated rough drafts and fragments
By Montgomery Blair
By others
Legal file
Alexander v. Rodriguez, 1870-71
Alisal Rancho, 1877-80
Atherton v. Fowler, 1875
Basey v. Gallagher, n.d.
Belknap, William W., 1876
BOX 39 REEL 29 Berreyesa v. United States, 1876
Big Flat Gravel Mining Co., 1880-81
Blair (F. P., Jr.) v. Thompson, 1866-69
Blair (Montgomery) v. Lee, 1881
Blair (Montgomery) v. Maurice, 1874
Blair & Dick, St. Louis, Mo., 1855-82
(3 folders)
BOX 40 REEL 29-30 Blair Land and Loan Co., Montgomery County, Md.,
1873
Bolsa de Escarpinas, 1875-76
Bolsas Rancho, 1875-82
(3 folders)
Brierly, Edward, 1880
BOX 41 REEL 30-31 El Cajon Rancho, 1873
Carlos Butterfield & Co. v. Mexico, 1870-76
Carondelet v. United States, 1854-69
(3 folders)
Carpentier v. Montgomery, 1871
BOX 42 REEL 31-32 Chauvin Land Grant, 1865-81
(3 folders)
Chevanne Mine, 1879
Chouteau v. Gibson, 1869-70
BOX 43 REEL 32-33 Church School for Girls, William D. Cabell,
1880-82
Corte De Madera Rancho, 1879-82
Crockett, J. B., 1858-68
Darby, John F., 1860
District of Columbia
Claims against the Board of Public Works,
1872-80
Police wage bill, 1877-78
Dorsheimer v. United States, 1866
Emma Mining Co., 1871-76
BOX 44 REEL 33 Flagstaff Lode, 1872
Fox v. United States, 1867-68
Los Gatos Rancho, 1854
Gifford v. Mulloy, 1877-78
Gomez v. United States, 1857-62
Graham, James, 1867-74
Haggin, James B., n.d.
Hare v. United States, 1868-69
Haskin, Joseph W., n.d.
Hedrick v. Hughes, 1871-72
Henshaw v. Bisell, 1873
Ketchum, George E., 1876
LaVenture, Drayton, Kansas Indian reservations,
1858-65
Lee, Arthur, 1875-82
(2 folders)
BOX 45 REEL 33-34 Louisiana National Bank v. Alexander & Blair, 1872
Lowe v. Williams, 1876-77
Luco, Juan M., 1867-69
(2 folders)
Macomb, A. C., 1876
McGarrahan v. New Idria Mining Co., 1868-80
McPherson v. Cowan, 1873
Maguire, Constantine, 1873
BOX 46 REEL 34 Magwire, John, 1867-72
M. O. Mason & Co., 1873
Meeks v. Olpherts, 1878-79
Mepham v. Beissel, 1869
Milpitas Rancho, 1868-75
(3 folders)
BOX 47 REEL 35-36 Morehouse v. Phelps, 1858-59
Musick, David R., 1842
Northern Bank of Kentucky v. Squires, 1856-57
Pagosa Springs, 1882
Porter, Fitz-John, 1862-79
(2 folders)
Prietosy Najalayegua Rancho, 1874-75
Pueblo of San Jose, 1880-82
Rogers, William E., 1869-70
Rogers, William H., 1877-81
BOX 48 REEL 36 St. Louis, Mo.
City government, 1857-75
Benton Place real estate, 1869-70
Page Ave., property, 1865-72
San Sal Redondo Rancho, 1869-71
Sanger v. Newhall, 1875
Scharit, Augustus W., 1854-58
Scott v. Sandford, 1856
Snyder v. Sickles, 1878-79
BOX 49 REEL 36-37 Sobrante de San Jacinto, 1867-82
(3 folders)
Tayloe v. United States, 1858
Tighe, Jane A., Edwin Tanner estate, 1867-82
Vigel v. Naylor, 1858-59
BOX 50 REEL 37-38 War claims, 1866-80
Wedderburn, George, 1867
Wheeling, Parkersburg & Cincinnati Transportation
Co. v. City of Wheeling, 1875-77
White v. Luning, n.d.
Wilson, Thomas N., estate, 1874-76
Wolf, Edward J., 1872-73
Woodruff & Co. v. United States, 1875
Miscellany
Court briefs
A-C
BOX 51 REEL 38-39 F-W
(4 folders)
Deeds, indentures, depositions, and powers
of attorney, 1843-81
Docket, United States Supreme Court,
1866-78
BOX 52 REEL 39 "Index to Miscellaneous Briefs, vols. 1 to
9 Inclusive"
Notes, memoranda, and fragments
(2 folders)
Financial papers
Blair, Montgomery
Bankbooks, 1860-79
(5 vols.)
BOX 52 (NOT FILMED) Bills and receipts
1842-69
(3 folders)
BOX 53 (NOT FILMED) 1870-84
(4 folders)
Checkbooks, 1871-82
(15 vols.)
Cancelled checks
1865-70
BOX 54 (NOT FILMED) 1871-76
(5 folders)
BOX 55 (NOT FILMED) 1877-83
(6 folders)
Blair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury
Account books
1873-76
BOX 56 (NOT FILMED) 1885-87
Checkbooks, 1877-85
(27 vols.)
Printed matter
BOX 57 REEL 40 Circular letters, 1862-82
Journal, proceedings, and report, 1871-81
Newspaper clippings
1842-65
(5 folders)
BOX 58 REEL 40-41 1866-76
(6 folders)
BOX 59 REEL 41-42 1877-82
(6 folders)
BOX 60 REEL 42-43 1882
(2 folders)
Miscellany
Address and memoranda notebooks, ca. 1873-ca. 1878
(2 vols.)
Announcements, business cards, certificates,
memorials, tickets, and passes
Notes and memoranda
Speeches
By Montgomery Blair, rough drafts and
notes, 1860-82
(2 folders)
By others, 1863-79
BOX 61 REEL 43-44 Writings
"The Life of Senator F. P. Blair, Jr.,"
draft, ca. 1872
Religious matters, 1849-80
United States Post Office and Maryland patronage,
political and postmaster lists, 1860-65
(3 folders)
WOODBURY BLAIR PAPERS, 1866 - 1892
BOX 62 (NOT
FILMED) Financial papers
Bills and receipts, 1885, 1892
Checkbooks, order, 1887
Estates of Montgomery and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury
Blair, 1883-89
(2 folders)
BOX 63 (NOT FILMED)
(3 folders)
Legal file, Blair (Woodbury) v. Niles, 1887
Miscellany, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.,
catalog, 1866-67
OTHER FAMILY PAPERS, ca. 1755 - 1921 , n.d.
BOX 64 REEL
44 Blair, Apolline Alexander, 1861-63
Blair, James L., 1836-53
Blair, Laura Lawson, 1908-19
Blair, Mary Elizabeth Woodbury, 1821-87
(3 folders)
Blair, Mary Serena Jesup
Estate trust of James L. Blair, 1853-82
Cancelled check, 1881
Blair, Montgomery, Jr.
General correspondence, 1887-1907
Writings, "Martin Van Buren, Diplomat," Harper's
Monthly Magazine, 1909
Comstock, Elizabeth Blair, 1853-59
Gist, Nathaniel
Legal papers, 1793-94
Copy of map drawn by Christopher Gist, ca. 1755
Janen, Violet Blair
General correspondence, 1860-1921
Legal papers, 1849-77
BOX 65 REEL
44-45 Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1834-93, n.d.
(5 folders)
Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1848-77
Lowery, Archibald, account book, 1867
BOX 66 REEL
45 Woodbury, Ellen Clapp, scrapbook, ca. 1849-1868
Woodbury, Levi
Diary, Aug. 1840-June 1843
General correspondence, 1836, 1848
Law notes
Reeve's lectures
Vol. 1
BOX 67 REEL 46
Vols. 2-3
Notes and memoranda
MISCELLANY, 1793 - 1906
BOX 68 REEL
46-47 Genealogical material, ca. 1823-1906
Silver Spring and Falkland estates, Montgomery County, Md.
Deeds, 1793-1887
Plats, surveys, legal memoranda See also Oversize
Blair House, 1651 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.,
inventory, histories, and insurance policies
Unidentified notebook and class notes
ADDITION, 1822 - 1936 , n.d.
BOX 69 (NOT Blair, Francis Preston (1791-1876), drafts of writings,
FILMED) ca. 1832, ca. 1860
Blair, Gist
History of Blair House, 1651 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, D.C., 1911, n.d.
Journal of European travels, 1920
Blair, James L., to Elizabeth Blair Lee (sister), 1844
Blair, Montgomery, scrapbooks
1826-74, 1936, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 70 (NOT FILMED) Undated
Clapp, Charles Q., account ledger, 1822-26, 1897
Fox, Gustavus Vasa, journal, 1851-55
OVERSIZE, 1854 - 1882
BOX OV 1 (NOT
FILMED) Miscellany
Silver Spring and Falkland estates, Montgomery
County, Md.
Plats, surveys, legal memoranda, 1854-82
(Container 68)
Appendix
List of Informal Names Found in the Blair Family Correspondence
Al Albert Covington Janen
Alice Alice Bradley (reared by Charles Levi
Woodbury)
Apo Apolline (Alexander) Blair
Arch Archibald Lowery
Betty Elizabeth (Blair) Comstock
Blee Francis Preston Blair Lee
Clew Charles Levi Woodbury
Cousin Mary Mary Jane Emerson Clapp
EBL (also Lizzie) Elizabeth (Blair) Lee
ECdQW (also Nell) Ellen Carolina de Quincy Woodbury
E. Jane Eliza Jane (Blair) Speer
EVG Eliza Violet Howard Gist
EWC Elizabeth Williams (Clapp) Woodbury
Flinders (also Ginny, Pettie,
Sam) Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox
FPB Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876)
Frank (also FWL) Frances Anstriss (Woodbury) Lowery
Frank Francis Preston Blair (1821-1875)
FWL (also Frank) Frances Anstriss (Woodbury) Lowery
GB Gist Blair
Ginny (also Flinders, Pettie,
Sam) Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox
Ginny Virginia Woodbury (Lowery) Brunetti
GVF Gustavus Vasa Fox
Jack Brunetti, Duke of Arcos
James (also JB) James Blair
JB (also James) James Blair
Jep Jesup Blair
Lizzie (also EBL) Elizabeth (Blair) Lee
Lizzie (used until marriage, Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair (see also
1846) MEB, Minna)
LLE Laura (Lawson) Ellis Blair
LOW Woodbury Lowery
LW Levi Woodbury
Mary Mary Serena Eliza (Jesup) Blair
MB Montgomery Blair
MEB (also Minna) Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair
Min (also Minta) Minna (Blair) Richey
Minna (also MEB) Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair
Minta (also Min) Minna (Blair) Richey
Mont Montgomery Blair, Jr.
Nan Anne Clymer Brooke Lee
Nell (also ECdQW) Ellen Carolina de Quincy Woodbury
Pettie (also Ginny, Sam,
Flinders) Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox
Sam (also Ginny, Pettie,
Flinders) Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox
SPL Samuel Phillips Lee
Uncle William Asa Henry William Clapp
VB Violet Blair
Wood Woodbury Blair
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