Papers, 1782-1836.

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Papers, 1782-1836.

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Correspondence, wills, and legal papers of the family of Boston lawyer Francis Blanchard. The correspondence from 1791 to 1810 is mainly between Francis's father, Captain Samuel Blanchard, and Samuel's brother-in-law Samuel Pickering Gardner, a prosperous Boston merchant, concerning their trading business with France. Captain Blanchard survived the wreck of the ship Barbara off the coast of France in 1793. A notebook contains extracts of letters from Eliza Blanchard Winthrop in which she discusses her husband, Robert C. Winthrop; social life in Washington, D.C., from 1840-1842; and the characters of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Other correspondents include Elizabeth Gardner Blanchard, Timothy Pickering, and Francis Cabot. Also included are copies of the wills of Francis Blanchard, Samuel Blanchard, and Elizabeth Gardner Blanchard.

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House. He was the seventh House speaker and the ninth secretary of state. He received electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He also helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Grea...

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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Timothy Pickering (b. July 17, 1745, Salem, MA–d. January 29, 1829, Salem, MA) was a politician from Massachusetts who served as the third United States Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of Congress as a member of the Federalist Party. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Pickering began a legal career after graduating from Harvard University. He won election to the Massachusetts General Court and served as a cou...

Blanchard, Francis, 1784-1813.

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Winthrop, Eliza Blanchard, 1809-1842.

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Blanchard, Elizabeth Gardner, 1759-1816.

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Gardner, Samuel

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Barbara (Ship)

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Blanchard, Samuel, 1753-1807

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Blanchard family.

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Cabot, Francis.

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