Papers, 1793-1968, [microform].

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Papers, 1793-1968, [microform].

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"Correspondence, diary, speeches, writings, legal and financial papers, interviews, genealogical material, notes and memoranda, and other papers. Prominently represented in the collection are Francis Preston Blair, Sr. (1791-1876), journalist and politician, of Frankfort, Ky., and Washington, D.C. ... Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), lawyer, of St. Louis, Mo. ... Gist Blair (1860-1940), lawyer and land speculator, of St. Louis, Mo. ... and Montgomery Blair (1813-1883), lawyer and mayor, of St. Louis, Mo., U.S. postmaster general, and Maryland State legislator ..."-- Prelim.

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Blair Jr., Francis Preston, 1821-1875

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Blair was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He was the third and youngest son of newspaper editor and politician Francis Preston Blair, and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair. He was the brother of Montgomery Blair, a Mayor of St. Louis and Postmaster General under Lincoln, and the cousin of B. Gratz Brown, a U.S. Senator and Governor of Missouri. Blair attended schools in Washington, D.C., was matriculated in Yale and the University of North Carolina, but graduated from Princeton University in 1841, and then...

Blair, Gist, 1860-1940

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Blair family.

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Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876

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Francis P. Blair, 1791-1876, was an influential Kentucky politician, and later, a Washington, D.C. newspaper editor. In 1814, Blair held the position of Franklin County Circuit Court Clerk, and in the 1820's was appointed Clerk of the New Court of Appeals. When the New Court collapsed, Blair became a writer for Amos Kendall's Argus of the Western America. Many pieces were printed in this publication supporting the election of Andrew Jackson over Henry Clay. From the description of Fr...

Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883

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St. Louis, Missouri, lawyer; U.S district attorney, Missouri, 1839-1841; mayor, St. Louis, 1842-1843; judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1843-1849; first solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1855; counsel for Dred Scott, 1856; postmaster general, 1860-1864; Maryland congressman, 1878. From the description of Letter: Wash[ington, D.C.] to Rev[erend] W[illiam] B[uell] Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1865 Nov. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327626 Montgomery Bl...