Albert C. Janin Correspondence 1888-1889

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Albert C. Janin Correspondence 1888-1889

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Letters written by Janin to his wife, Violet "Vivie" Blair, in Maryland, while he was in New Orleans running a rice farm and building a canal. The letters discuss his work, her health, their relatives, local events, and gossip.

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Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6361949

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Janin, Albert

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Albert Covington Janin (1844-1928) was a New Orleans attorney and business entrepreneur. Violet Blair (1848-1933) was a socialite from a prominent Washington, DC family. The two married in 1874 and had a highly unconventional marriage for the times. They generally lived in separate places without a shared household, and remained financially independent from one another. For more information about Janin and Blair, see Virginia Jeans Laas's research, especially her book Love and Power in the Ninet...

Janin family.

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Blair family.

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Blair, Violet, 1848-1933

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