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Blair and Lee Family Papers
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The Blairs were a prominent United States political family based in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Along with members of the related Lee family, individuals in the Blair family were active in American politics, business, journalism, law, and philanthropy throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Francis Preston Blair Sr. (1791-1876) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and politician. Blair was born in Virginia, raised in Kentucky, and later made a home at an estate he named Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland, where his descendants lived after his death. He was a member of Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet and advised Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. From 1831 to 1845, Blair ran The Globe (Washington, D.C.), a newspaper that promoted the interests of the Democratic Party during the administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Blair married Eliza Violet Howard Gist (1794-1877), with whom he had five children, Montgomery Blair (1813–1883), Juliet Blair (1816-1819), Elizabeth Blair (1818-1906), James Lawrence Blair (1819-1852), and Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875). His son Frank P. (Francis Preston) Blair Jr. (1821–1875) was a politician, lawyer, and major general in the United States Army during the Civil War. He became a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1852 to 1856 and later represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives (1857-1864) and Senate (1871-1873). He and his wife, the philanthropist and organizer Apolline Agatha Alexander Blair (1828–1908), had eight children, including chemist Andrew A. Blair (1848-1932), Christine Biddle Blair Graham (1852-1915), James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904), and Francis Preston Blair III (1856-1914). Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906), who was also active in Washington, D. C., political and philanthropic circles, married Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897), a naval officer, in 1843. They had one son named Blair Lee (1857-1944), who became a lawyer, legislator and social reformer.
The collection consists of the personal and family papers of five members of the Blair and Lee families of Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia -- Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876); his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906); her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897); their son, Blair Lee (1857-1944, Princeton Class of 1880); and his cousin, Andrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932) -- reflecting their various political, journalistic, naval, family, business, legal, and domestic interests. While the collection largely pertains to these five family members, their papers also contain a significant amount of correspondence, documents, and writings of other members of the Blair and Lee families. Among other topics, materials in this collection document the families' involvement in American politics spanning from the Jacksonian Era through World War I.
The Blair family papers consist primarily of papers of politician and journalist Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876), including writings and lectures, documents, family correspondence, articles and other materials related to his editorship of the Globe, estate records, and correspondence with prominent political figures, including many involved with the administration of Andrew Jackson. The papers of his daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee, document the political and social lives of the Blair and Lee families, as well as her work with the Washington City Orphan Asylum. The papers of Blair's grandson, Andrew Alexander Blair, contain additional family correspondence and span his time at the United States Naval Academy prior to becoming a chemist.
The Lee family papers include the papers of Samuel Phillips Lee, which document his service in the United States Navy, including his involvement in the U.S. Coast Survey, as well as the management of the Silver Spring Farm, real estate ventures, and family and domestic life. The papers of his son, the lawyer and politician Blair Lee, relate to his life as a student, work as a lawyer and United States senator during World War I and the administration of Woodrow Wilson, service in various organizations, and personal and family life.
The papers were originally deposited at Princeton University Library on August 1, 1942, and later gifted to the university by P. Blair Lee (Class of 1918) and E. Brooke Lee (Class of 1916) in 1965-1969 (AM 21313).
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The collection was initially arranged by a Mrs. Larrabee, whose work was completed by Caroline W. Hiatt in 1948.
The collection was later processed by Judith Golden in 1992. Finding aid written by Judith Golden in 1992.
Portions of the finding aid were revised by Kelly Bolding in 2017, with assistance from Julia English '19 and Fiona Bell '18.
A box of oversize materials, formerly housed in Box 441, were rehoused into flat files in September 2021. As a result, there is no Box 441.
Some materials in this collection were treated for mold in 2018.
During 2022, restrictions were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
No materials were separated during 2017 processing.
People
- Brooks family
- Lee family
- Gist family
- Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
- Lee, Blair (1857-1944)
- Lee, Elizabeth Blair
- Lee, Samuel Phillips (1812-1897)
- Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
Organization
- College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
- College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Class of 1880.
- College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.). Ivy Club.
- Columbian Law School.
- Brandywine (Ship)
- Democratic National Publishing Company
- Democratic Party (Md.)
- Dolphin (Ship)
- The Episcopal Church
- George Washington (Ship : 1793-1798)
- Washington City Orphan Asylum (Washington, D.C.)
- Young Rover (Ship)
- United States Naval Academy
- United States. Congress
- United States. Navy
- United States. Navy Department
- Vandalia (Ship)
- Vincennes (Ship)
- Severn (Ship)
- Silver Knight-Watchman (Washington, D.C.)
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia
- Legare (Ship)
- K. F. R. Society
- Marion (Ship)
- National Mary Washington Memorial Association
- Nautilus (Ship)
- Newborn (Ship)
- Oneida (Ship)
Subject
- Administration of estates -- Maryland
- Bimetalism
- City Planning -- United States -- 20th century
- Criminal law -- Maryland
- Education -- New Jersey. -- 19th century
- Elections -- United States
- English literature -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 19th century
- Estates (Law) -- Maryland
- Fathers and daughters -- Washington (D.C.). -- 19th century
- Fathers and sons -- Maryland
- French spoliation claims
- Governors -- New Jersey. -- 20th century
- Husband and wife -- Maryland -- Silver Spring. -- 19th century
- Husband and wife -- Washington (D.C.). -- 19th century
- Law -- United States -- Cases
- Local government -- Maryland. -- 20th century
- Mothers and sons -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
- Municipal government -- Maryland
- Naval education -- Maryland -- Annapolis. -- 19th century
- Naval history. -- 19th century
- Patronage, Political -- Maryland -- Montgomery County
- Political clubs -- Maryland -- Montgomery County
- Political conventions -- United States
- Politicians -- Maryland
- Presidents' spouses -- United States
- Real property -- Maryland -- Montgomery County
- Real property -- Missouri -- St. Louis
- Real property -- Washington (D.C.)
- Students and war -- United States -- 19th century
- World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- photographs
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
- Journalists -- Washington (D.C.)
Place
- Maryland -- Governors. -- 19th century
- Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources
- Maryland -- History -- 1775-1865.
- Maryland -- History -- 1865-1950.
- Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
- Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
- Maryland -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
- Montgomery County (Md.) -- History. -- 19th century -- Sources
- Montgomery County (Md.) -- History. -- 20th century -- Sources
- United States -- History -- Civil war, 1861-1865.
- United States -- History, Naval. -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1853-1857.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
Occupation
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Judith Golden
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
- Sponsor
- Reprocessing and description enhancement for portions of this collection were sponsored by the Delafield Fund.
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Collection Inventory
The papers of Francis Preston Blair, journalist and politician, consist of writings, correspondence, documents, materials regarding Blair as a subject, printed matter, papers of other persons, and additional papers. The writings include his speeches, editorials, addresses, articles, essays, and general works; these date from 1830, when Blair was called to Washington, D.C., by President Andrew Jackson to edit the Globe, the official newspaper of the Democratic administration. Although he never held an elected office, Blair was considered a person of political importance and influence in the mid-19th century, and his correspondence is indicative of this, containing letters from Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), and Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), as well as senators Lewis Cass (1782-1866), John Charles Fremont (1813-1890), and John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863), and congressmen Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Edward Livingston (1764-1836), and Thomas Patrick Moore (1797-1853).
Also included is family correspondence, especially with his sons, Francis "Frank" Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875, Princeton Class of 1841), lawyer, general, and politician, and Montgomery Blair (1813-1883), lawyer, statesman, and postmaster general in President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet, and daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee, wife of Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee and mother of Blair Lee.
In addition, there are documents including Blair's last will and testament, financial papers such as receipts, checks, checkbooks, and account books. Among papers of others persons, there is correspondence of Andrew Jackson, manuscripts contributed to the Globe, and old family papers, many of them relating to the family of Eliza Violet Gist, Blair's wife.
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BlairFrancis Preston Blair Sr. (1791-1876) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and politician. Blair was born in Virginia, raised in Kentucky, and later made a home at an estate he named Silver Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland. He was a member of Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet and advised Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. From 1831 to 1845, Blair ran The Globe (Washington, D.C.), a newspaper that promoted the interests of the Democratic Party during the administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Blair married Eliza Violet Howard Gist (1794-1877), with whom he had five children, Montgomery Blair (1813–1883), Juliet Blair (1816-1819), Elizabeth Blair (1818-1906), James Lawrence Blair (1819-1852), and Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821–1875).
Physical Description54 boxes
Contains addresses, speeches, tracts, articles, essays, and notes dealing with political subjects including the elections of 1852 and 1856, repeal of the Missouri Compromise, the reviving of the Democratic Party, and the Civil War, as well as politicians such as Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, and Sam Houston. Some of Blair's articles were written for the Globe, which he edited.
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Includes writings regarding drafts for articles in the Globe.
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Contains mainly letters to Blair by members of his family, such as his wife, Eliza Violet Gist Blair, daughter, Elizabeth Blair Lee, sons, Montgomery, James, and Francis "Frank" Preston, Jr., as well as other family members. Also included are letters by people in government, politics, journalism, and the military, such as Andrew Jackson Donelson, William Henry Haywood, John Bigelow, James C. Pickett, John Albion Andrew, and John C. Rives, Roger B. Taney, as well as many ordinary citizens. Also included are some drafts of letters written by Blair.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Includes letters from President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).
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Includes letters from President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).
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Includes letters to and from President Martin Van Buren (1782-1862).
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Contains Blair's will, petitions, receipts, checkbooks, canceled checks, and account books, most of the material dealing with his personal life and the running of the Globe. There are also documents related to land ownership.
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Includes records of financial arrangements between Blair, Amos Kendall, and John C. Rives.
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Includes lists of congressmen (1832) and data from Missouri elections, presumably from the 1850s.
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Includes receipts from Franklin County Court, where Blair was clerk of the court from 1812 t0 1830 (1824-1828); documents concerning debts, court cases, and payments (1819-1846); and records concerning hired help and running his estate (1840s-1868).
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Includes materials related to laws regarding the Plank road and rates charged, with lists of rates and the overcharges. These papers were in a packet marked "for F. P. Blair Sr.".
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Contains writings and correspondence about Blair.
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Contains congressional speeches and debates, official reports, material dealing with the Preston family, announcements appearing in the Globe, and miscellaneous newspaper clippings.
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Consists of papers of others, including correspondence of Andrew Jackson, as well as writings, documents, and correspondence of other individuals, primarily members of the Blair family. Notably, these materials also include contributions from various authors to the Globe during Blair's editorship in the 1830s and 1840s.
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Physical Description14 boxes
Contains contributions sent to Francis Preston Blair and his co-editor John C. Rives for publication in the Globe, as well as a small number of writings by others not directly related to the Globe.
There is a file group of contributions to the Globe, followed by additional writings by others, arranged alphabetically by author name.
Physical Description6 boxes
Consists of materials submitted for publication in the Globe, including manuscript drafts of essays and articles, letters to the editor, summaries of congressional proceedings and addresses, and handwritten extracts copied from correspondence, reports, and articles from other newspapers, along with occasional poems, financial statements, and clippings from other newspapers.
While authors have been identified where names are recorded, many of the articles and letters to the editor were submitted, and often published, anonymously. Anonymous works are often signed under the names of ancient Roman politicians or using generic geographical identifications such as "A Virginian." For titled works, titles have also been included in the description for each file, where possible.
Arranged into two file groups: contributions arranged alphabetically by author name, and contributions arranged topically.
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Also includes a group of unidentified writings, arranged chronologically.
Arranged alphabetically by author name, with anonymous and unidentified writings at the end.
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Includes "The Rallying Points" by Thomas H. Averett (November 18, 1837); "To the Virginia Democracy" by Samuel P. Beach (undated); copies of Carter Beverley correspondence with Noah Jane[?] (June 24-25, 1827); Abraham Bockee correspondence with General Duff Green (1831); "Fragment of a Poem" by N. Brashears (undated); a petition to the United States House of Representatives by Jeheil Brooks (January 10, 1843); "Presumptions of Egotism" by O.B. (December 20, 1836); A.B. Brown on the U.S. Bank (1831 February 29); notes on the meeting of the Convention of Editors of Newspapers by Henry A. Bully (Secretary) (1838); and letters to the editor by A.B. (undated), John S. Bagg (March 8, 1831), D. D. Baker (undated), Samuel Barron (July 29, 1831), George Mortimer Bibb (undated), William Boling (July 27, 1836), F. Bosworth (October 28, 1843), W. C. Bowyer (March 29, 1831), James M. Bradford (1833), T. G. Bradford (1833), N. Braiheam (1831), Bedford Brown (1834 June-July) with editors Francis P. Blair, R.B. Taney, and William J. Barry, Peter Hardeman Burnett (1843), H.B. (undated), and W.A.B. (undated).
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Includes writings by William Castleman Jr. (October 22, 1831), Chase (undated), R.S. Church (June 13, 1833), Thomas Church (undated), Daniel Cockeran (and others) (undated), John Cramer (1836), "To the Public" and "The North American" by Morris Croxall (July 10, 1834), R.P. Currier (undated), and L.A.C. (undated).
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Includes writings by Pardon Damon (March 26, 1831), D. Davis [?] (undated), James Dean (July 17, 1832), William DeBroy (March 13, 1838), Edward C. Delvan (undated), Edward Delony (March 13, 1831), Thomas W. Dorr (undated), John A. Douglas and others (May 12, 1833), Joseph Dudley (undated), M.C.D. (February 12, 1837), Thaddeus David (September 14, 1836), and "Political Portraits No. 1: The Old Politician: An Enigma" by J.E.D. (December 1838).
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Includes writings by John Henry Eaton (September 17, 1831), R. Elee (June 22, 1833), Horatio Etting (undated), F.A.P. (undated), a poem by F.B.P (May 16, 1841), E. Fanning on British discovery of land (May 26, 1834), "The Burial Site" by Jonas Fauche (September 11, 1831), "The Next Presidential Nomination" by Edward Fisher [1844], Gardner Furness (August 30, 1837), G.W.F. (November 18, 1834), and an extract from Virginia Governor John Floyd's message of December 1831.
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Includes "Mr. Southard" by H.M. Garland (March 22, 1834), A. Gentzel (March 26, 1831), Gordon (undated), "Annals of Baltimore" by Thomas W. Griffith (undated), J.L.G. (undated), Carlos Hammer-ón (July 24, 1831), P.S.V. Hamot (February 5, 1839), Hinton Rowan Helper (November 15, 1858) Addison Hill (January 16, 1838), John Z. Hitch (May 1, 1834), [Joseph] Hopkinson (1837), and G.R. Hunter (July 1839).
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Includes writings by Andrew Jackson (undated), Andrew Jackson (circa 1831), "Constitutionality of the Bank of the U.S. no. 1" by Andrew Jackson (undated), "[?] by Diplomacy" and "United States Bank" by George Jackson (undated), and James H.C. Johnson (August 26, 1843). Most of the Andrew Jackson writings do not appear to be in Jackson's hand.
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Includes writings by George Kesling (June 23, 1841), L. Landers (undated), a fragment from Thomas Lawson (December 13, 1842), "How Richard M. Johnson" by John Lewis (February 23, 1837), "To the Public" by William B. Lewis (undated), Harry Lindsly (June 3, 1840), a fragment from John Lyon (undated), Johnston Lykins (September 21, 1834), and John W. Leod (undated).
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Includes "Our Minister in Colombia" (January 30, 1832), "An Error Explained" (undated), "The Late Cabinet" (undated), and two untitled letters (undated).
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Includes "Prejudice against Virginians securing office" (April 26, 1843) and "Review of the 'defined position' of Senator Rives" (1839).
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Includes writings by James Mcdowell (August 24, 1834), M. M. (August 1, 1831), B. McCaffrey (October 23, 1844), A.W. Maclean (October 21, 1844), Thomas M.S. McKennan (1838), McMell (undated), Madison (July 7, 1831), "[?] for a Prospectus," by J.L. Martin (undated), Joseph Martin (July 18, 1835), Virgil Maxcy (undated), James Might (March 9, 1831), Thomas P. Moore (September 18, 1834), "Objection to the Constitution U.S." by Colonel George Mason (undated), and transcriptions of writings by and about Chief Justice John Marshall (1791-1855).
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Includes a letter to the editor by John Norvell (August 13, 1831), J.M. Nab (September 15, 1835), "To the Honorable K. Polk, Chairman of the Commitee of Ways and Means," by Necker (February 24,1834), Richard N. Neveatt (undated), A.O.P. Nicholson (undated), John Milton Niles (undated), "Mr. Calhoun" by Christian Neck (undated), and "Remarks of Mr. Noland on the passage of the Bill to suppress Dueling" as transcribed from the Norfolk Gazette (1810).
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Includes writings by Daniel T. Patterson (undated), William Paxton (April 23, [1834]), Amos Peabody (September 6, 1836), W.R. Penn (October 16, 1838), "Elegy on the death of Mrs. Rachel Jackson" by Benjamin E. Phanes (November 15, 1833), Thomas H. Pitts (March 8, 1834 and June 2, 1832), "Mr. Burke's Repent" by E.R. Potter (January 11, 1845), "To the Natives of Fairfax," by John Powell (undated), "The Indians - Frontier Defenses," found with J.R. Poinsett (undated), "A Matrimonial Adventure [?]," by J.P. (undated), and "On the treatment of Cholera" by J. Parkin (July 1832).
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Three untitled writings by the same author with the initials "O.P.Q."
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Includes writings by Philip Rainey (November 21, 1831), Jonathan J. Renner (undated), "A new song on an old subject" by Samuel Phillips Reynolds (February 10, 1834), Thomas Richmond (February 2, 1831), and James Ronaldson (undated).
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Includes writings by J. de Paula Santander (June 11, 1831), H.C. Scott (July 14, 1840), Robert Scrogin (January 16, 1832), "Voice of the South" by Jack Shackleford (undated), "Doty and the Sioux Treaty" by Jonathan P. Sheldon (circa 1841), "On Our Agriculture" by Joseph L. Smith (undated), Thomas Jefferson Smith (undated), W. Smith (undated), Baron Stackelberg (August 21, 1834), John C. Stone (June 5, 1834), "The Public Domain" (July 4, 1834) and "The President's Protest" (undated) by James Neal Swouga, and writings related to Judge Charles Shaler (1834-1835).
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Includes "To the Freemen of Maryland," by William S. Taneyhill (October 24, 1836), "The Prescriptive System- James H. Covens and the Patriot Clique," by John B. Taylor (July 20, 1841), [William] Terrell (undated), George Tenan (May 23, 1840), George Thomas (December 10, 1832), G. Thompson (undated), John Tipton (1836?), and "Leslie Combs" by George J. Trotter (September 1, 1832).
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Includes writings by Samuel Van Camper (November 30, 1842), "Removal of the deposites" by Wallace (undated), Alphonso Wetmore (October 8, 1836), C.H.W. Wharton (July 9, 1832), John H. Wheeler (July 1, 1834), J. Williams (undated), R.H. William (September 30, 1837), R.K. Williams (undated), George F. Wilson (undated), and Levi Woodbury (undated).
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Arranged chronologically.
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Includes "Extract from a debate in the Virginia Convention" (1829), "To the People" (1832), and anonymous letters to the editor and corrections.
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Includes "Mr. Adams remarks on Heister petitions which were reformed" (1833), "Union of unpolluted Democracy - to the Emporer Nicholas & his Counsil" (February 22, 1834), "Statements of balances of Naval appropriations which remained in the Treasury on the first of September 1834," and anonymous writings and letters to the editor.
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Includes "Extract of a letter from a gentleman residing at Key West to his friend in this city" (January 15, 1839), and other anonymous or unidentified letters to the editor.
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Includes a poems titled "The Brave" (August 1841) and "Address to a Shinplaster" (June 24, 1841), an essay titled "Romancing" (1842, on Washington Irving), responses to articles published in other newspapers, anonymous letters to the editor, and a group of letters and essays from the same author, including those titled, "Sir Robert Peel...", "The New Secretary of State," and "The Glentworth Pamphlet of Mr Clay's 'Signal Victory'."
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Includes writings titled "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal," "Natural Law and Crisis," "Consular System," "The Navy and 'Innez Barbor[?]' for old sailers," "A Patriot of the Revolution has fallen to the Tomb," "Aye stand erect - a Parody," "Superb Attraction," "The Mediterranean Squadron," "Pennsylvania," "What Shadows we are - and what Shadows we pursue" (Burke), "Long-Lately sung in this city at a recent meeting of the Cabal some time formed to dissolve the Union - by a prominent conspirator, with unbounded applause," "The Old Flannel Petticoat," "Declaration of Independence No. 2 by the inhabitants of the City of Washington" (Thomas Jefferson), "Remarks of a Foreigner in the United States - III. Laws and Time," "Great Attraction! W. Kennedy's Benefit!!," "Editorial remarks upon the 8th wonder from 'The Ohio Statesman'," "A Statement of allowances owed to Mr. Williams on the settlements of his accounts," "Public Lands," and "An act providing for the graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands."
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Includes untitled writings and anonymous letters to the editor.
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Includes untitled writings and letters to the editor.
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Arranged alphabetically by topic.
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Includes a description of proceedings and vote count for a petition to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia (January 26, 1835), a document with notes about the abolition of slavery in various United States territories from 1819 to 1833, and Philip Doddridge's report on debates over the abolition of slavery (December 12, 1831).
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Includes writings titled "Black Hawk" and "Georgia Case" (April 1, 1832), an interrogation of Hiram Todd (July 1836), and anonymous writings and letters to the editor regarding Black Hawk, Pontiac, American Indian removal policies, colonization programs related to African Americans, and wars between white settlers and Native Americans, including writings about the Sauk, Creek, and Ottawa peoples.
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Includes anonymous writings and letters to the editor about the Second Bank of the United States. Printed materials include a supplement to the Globe (July 19, 1832) that contains President Andrew Jackson's veto message regarding the Bank Bill, a circular titled "Resolutions Passed at the Great Meeting of the Friends of the Administration and Opponents to the United States Bank, at Faneuil Hall, March 14, 1834," and a copy of Bill S. 40 (24th Congress, 2nd Session) regarding the removal of deposits from the United States Bank (1836). There are also writings titled "A Sketch of the Treasury System" (1837), "Statements regarding the judgement of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana in the case of the Bank v. Lawson" (June 22, 1837), "Federal Bank Celebrations in Georgetown, D.C.," "United States Bank - A Text of the Intelligencer, United States, and National Gazettes," "Benedict Arnold and Mordecai the Jew: A Parallel," "To the Honorable William L. May," "Governor Campbell's Message," "Contract of Public Money," "State of the Case," and "Bank of the United States."
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Includes writings titled "Bank facilities for land speculators," "A Voice from Ohio," "Communication to the Senate on March 2nd, 1811" ("Clay's report against allowing time to the Bank"), "Turning to Clay," "Bankrupt Law," "Of Public Moneys in Ohio and Indiana," "The Treasury Order," "The Senate's Bank Committee," "Artificial Security and High Prices," "U.S. Bank Stock," "Bank United States," "Bank of the United States," "Evils of the Banking System," "An Address on Paper Money," "Demand of the Bank upon Government," "The True Issue," "Office Holders," "New York Journal of Commerce," "The Albany Regency," "The Divorce," and other anonymous writings and letters to the editor.
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Includes a statement from Amos Lane (April 20, 1836), "Proceedings on abolition in 1828 and 1829, with extracts from Alexander's report," "Poindexter's Resolution," "Motion submitted by Mr. Poindexter," "Extract from Mr. Clay's speech in reply to General Hayne" (February 1832), "Mr. Ritchie and his influence" (August 10, 1832), "Senate Journal - Synopsis of the abolition question in the Senate" (1836), "Pickney's Resolution" (1836), "To Mr. Slade, M.C. from Vermont" (March 28, 1840), "A thank you for Mr. Duncan's speech" (April 10, 1840), "Mr. Poindexter and Mr. Moore of the Senate, and M. M. Noah and James Nathan Webb," "About Bouldin and Rives of Va.," "Mr. Poindexter and his writings," "Extract of a letter from a distinguished gentleman of Virginia, of the old republican school on the President's protest," "Extract of a letter from a Gentleman of Virginia," "Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster," "Mr. Hill," and "Mr. Ward's Speech on the 4th of July Celebration." Also includes anonymous letters and drafts of articles, including writings about various members of Congress, including Senators Henry Clay and George Poindexter, letters directed at members of Congress, a eulogy for Judge William R. King, and an account written by James Blair of the nomination of S.D. Hays as Surveyor General of Public Lands.
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Contains various writings and extracts regarding congressional printing, including one titled "Extract from N.P.T. to Mr. Madison."
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Contains various writings and letters to the editor about John C. Calhoun, including those titled "Mr. Calhoun - and his new Deputy Mr. Dole," and "Vice President and his correspondence," among others.
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Includes writings titled "The opinion of a Western gentleman of distinguish and talents on the President's late Treasury Order requiring... of public lands" (February 21, 1837), "Banks without Bank notes," "The Specie Order," "Branch Mints," "Sound Currency," "Supression of Small Notes," "Remarks on the speech of Mr. Webster in Congress on Currency" (November 1837), "Suppression of Specie Payments," and "Currency or Money," along with other untitled writings and anonymous letters to the editor.
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Includes writings titled "The Extra Telegraph," "Hear any talk of wool?," "Mr. Monroe and the Telegraph," "The Infamous Globe," "A Series of Articles on Duff Green on Telegraph Style," and "Duff Green's Predictions," along with anonymous letters to the editor.
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Includes writings titled "To the Honorable John M. Patton," "Anecdote," "The Verdict of the people on the New Jersey Congressional election," "To the People of the United States - The Presidential Election I-VII" by Patrick Henry (February 1836), "To Philip P. Barbour, Esquire," "War, Pestilence and Famine," and "Tories!!," meeting minutes from a Democratic Republican Meeting taken by Alonzo Cressy, and various untitled writings, extracts, and letters to the editor.
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Consists of an essay titled "Sketch of New Granada," an essay about the Belgian legation, and a copy of a report by United States Ambassador to Spain George W. Erving.
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Includes several anonymous writings, extracts, and letters to the editor regarding France, including an essay titled "Washington and Bonaparte" and a bound collection of extracts of articles from other newspapers including the Intelligencer, the U.S. Telegram, the Philadelphia Gazette, the Boston Daily Advertiser, and the Baltimore Chronicle (December 4-16, 1834).
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Includes an address titled "New Year's Address" and several anonymous letters to the editor.
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Includes extracts titled "From the Journals of the House of Commons / From the Journals of the House of Lords" (1641-1768, transcribed later), "From the United Service Journal" (London, February 1836), and "History of British India Vol. III pages 56, 57"; writings titled "The Working Class of Great Britain," "Balance of Trade" (April 5, 1832), "Settlement of Accounts," "Lord Melbourne and Mrs. Norton" (circa 1836), "England," "Ship Money," and "The Boundary Question;" along with other calculations and writings.
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Includes writings and extracts titled "Reform Advocated," "Philosophical Miscellanies..." (1838), "Reasons Against Jacksonism and ways to prove or disprove them," "Born to Command," "Stronger than the Strongest," "Signs of the Times," "Ode Written for the Celebration of the 4th of March, 1828" by Harriet Gouch[?], "General Jackson North and South No. II," an extract by Thomas Butler from the National Intelligencer (1814-1815), and "The President's House," D. L. Barringer's account of Andrew Jackson's conversation with Colonel Danforth (April 1832), an untitled essay by Alexander Hunter, copies of indentures (1801), and anonymous writings, lists, and letters to the editor.
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Includes a document titled "Conversation with the President" (February 24, 1832) and other anonymous writings, extracts, and letters to the editor.
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Includes writings and extracts titled "The Union it must be preserved" (March 2, 1837), "On Nullifaction: The Old man and his Sons," "Parallel Cases," "A Horizontal Tariff," "The Crisis No. 1 - To the Freemen of Maryland," "The Effects of Duties upon the importing of Foreign Manufactures" (Babbage), "Pennsylvania to South Carolina," and other anonymous writings and letters to the editor.
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Includes writings titled "General Jackson's Religious Opinions" (September 1, 1832), "A Letter to the Rev. Dr. Brownlee and the Rev. George Bourne of New York," and "To Jews in North America, particularly those now residing in the United States, and their territories," and several other anonymous writings and letters to the editor.
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Consists of several anonymous writings and letters to the editor.
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Includes writings and extracts titled "Whigs and Tories" (September 1, 1834), "The St. Louis Whig Celebration of the Battle of Fort Meigs" (May 5, 1840), "Log! Cabins!! Hard Cider!!! Koon Skins!!!!," "Harrison Reform in Florida," "Incantation for a Whig Election from the rear Melodrama of the 'Hard Cider Suckers'," "Choice Extracts from Whig Chronicles," "I would not be a Whig," "Notes of a conversation with Col. Croghan," "The Whigs of 1834," "The Richmond Whig," and "Mr. Webster's Letter to [?], communicated by a Whig" (1840), and other anonymous writings and letters to the editor. Includes articles about the William Henry Harrison and John Tyler administrations.
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Consists of a partial manuscript draft (pages 8-14) of a long tract regarding various offenses and rifts between John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) and other members of Andrew Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet. In the tract, Eaton accuses his fellow Cabinet members of slander, as well as of excluding him from the Cabinet.
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Consists of a manuscript list of recommendations regarding arrangements for a proposed publication titled The Washington Review.
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Manuscript essay regarding General William Orlando Butler.
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Includes an essay titled "The Previous Question" and related notes regarding debates over the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, along with other loose notes.
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Manuscript comments on the Election of 1856.
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Includes a manuscript essay titled "The Vice Presidency" and an untitled manuscript essay fragment.
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Includes an essay titled "Ashes, Not fire, in the 'Southern Heart'" (March 12, 1865) and undated notes titled "Bentonian queries to [?]"
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Contains correspondence between Blair family members, political figures, and people associated with the Globe.
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Contains miscellaneous documents relating to the Blair family.
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Includes papers regarding a court case and petition to Congress; an ALS by John C. Calhoun (1823), and other official correspondence regarding Charles Wilkins.
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Includes: U.S. vs. Thomas Fillebrown (1829); Extract from Declaration of Colonel Anthony Crockett (1832); a document concerning Joseph Nourse, signed by L.S. Smith (1831); Extract of Minutes of Washington [Religious?] Society, signed by N. Callan, Jr. (1832); Recommendation for R.J. Powell, copy, signed by George Bomford (1839); Receipt for Mr. Vance (1851); Abstract of letters concerning colonization in South America (1863); a document concerning Franklin Minor, Esq., as administrator of an estate (1866); a package receipt for Isaac Jerome, Jr. (1866); a passport for Mrs. Martha Stanard (1865); a bet on a gubernatorial election; power of attorney to Hyman Grate for shares in the Northern Bank of Kentucky; "A Mahometan Sermon;" and a manuscript map, possibly of James Blair.
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Contains miscellaneous empty envelopes and billing slips.
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Contains mainly letters to Jackson by figures in politics and government including James K. Polk, Martin Van Buren, Levi Woodbury, Thomas Hart Benton, James Buchanan, Benjamin Franklin Butler, and John C. Calhoun, as well as some of Jackson's writings and documents.
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Contains a journal by Thomas Gist and others during a trip down the Mississippi, and letters and documents by members of the Gist and Lee families, including Samuel Phillips Lee, Blair's son-in-law.
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Nephew of Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797)
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Includes papers of Francis Preston Blair discovered after the collection had been organized.
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Contains drafts of articles by Blair for the Evening Post and two speeches.
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Contains miscellaneous letters to Blair including several to John C. Rives.
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Contains miscellaneous documents of Blair.
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Contains material about the Cecil and Davis families, the Blair and Fenwick families, and the Plank Road in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
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Contains miscellaneous printed matter of interest to Blair.
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Contains a letter from F. A. Dick to Montgomery Blair (1862) and a letter from Hiram Barton to James Guthrie (1855).
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The papers of Samuel Phillips Lee, naval officer and farmer, consist of miscellaneous writings and notes, diaries, memoranda books, and account books (1858-1896), logs and journals (1847-1866), correspondence, documents, naval records (1861-1872), maps, photographs, memorabilia, artifacts, miscellaneous material, printed matter, and papers of others. Although a professional naval officer (1825-1873), Lee spent his retirement years (1873-1897) at Silver Spring Farm, the management of which had been transferred to him by his father-in-law, Francis Preston Blair. The collection reflects these dual careers as well as Lee's business interests in real estate, especially holdings in St. Louis, Missouri, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. An avid record keeper and commentator, his logs, journals, notebooks, and correspondence contain memoranda of explanation and insightful personal notations.
Of special interest is the correspondence between Lee and his wife, Elizabeth Blair Lee, during the long periods when he was at sea and she remained at home in Washington, D.C., observing and reflecting on the political and social scenes, especially during the Civil War years (1861-1864). The Civil War correspondence of Elizabeth Blair Lee, dating from December 5, 1861 to March 4, 1865, has been published in Wartime Washington: The Civil War Letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee, by Virginia Jeans Laas. The correspondence also contains letters by family members such as his brother, John Fitzgerald Lee (1813-1884), and sister, Frances A. Lee (1837-1889), as well as miscellaneous Blair and Lee family members. Also included are naval personnel such as surgeon John Croxall Palmer (1811-1883), scientist John Mercer Brooke (1826-1906), Gideon Welles (1802-1878), secretary of the navy during the Civil War, and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), superintendent of the Coast Survey. Many of the letters deal with promotions, transfers, and requests for supplies.
The documents contain both personal (naval appointments, powers of attorney, wills, and financial papers) and real estate (tax receipts, deeds, leases, insurance policies, and memoranda of agreement). About a quarter of Lee's papers contain naval records, coal records, lists of officers, passengers, and seamen, descriptions of ships, and prizes, to name but a few, for ships such as the Brandywine, Young Rover, Vandalia, Newborn, Dolphin, Severn, and Worcester. There are 101 maps in the collection pertaining to Lee's duty with the U.S. Coast Survey and later during the Civil War as commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and the Mississippi Squadron. The papers of others contain mainly family correspondence.
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LeeSamuel Phillips Lee (1812-1897), an officer in the United States Navy, was born in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Francis Lightfoot Lee, grandson of Richard Henry Lee, and great nephew of Francis Lightfoot Lee, both signers of the Declaration of Independence. In 1825 he was appointed a midshipman and proceeded to work his way through the ranks, becoming a rear-admiral in 1870. When commanding the Dolphin in 1851, Lee was employed in coastal survey duty making deep-sea soundings, testing currents, and searching for shallow ocean spots. His report of this work, The Cruise of the Dolphin (1854), was of considerable help to Matthew F. Maury, the oceanographer. During the Civil War, Lee remained loyal to the Union and participated in the Charleston blockade, the attack on New Orleans, and the battle of Vicksburg, and commanded both the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and the Mississippi Squadron. After the war, he served at various posts, and his last command was as head of the North Atlantic fleet (1870-1872). In 1873 he retired from the navy.
While a young officer, Lee courted Elizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906), the only daughter of Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876). After a lengthy courtship, Elizabeth Blair and Samuel Phillips Lee were married in 1843. Their only child, (Francis Preston) Blair Lee, was born in 1857. The family lived in Washington and at Silver Spring, Maryland, the country estate of Francis Preston Blair. After his retirement from the navy, Lee ran the day-to-day activities of the farm, and it was there that he died in 1897.
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Contains Lee's brief notations regarding naval matters both during and after his naval career.
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Contains some notes pertaining to Lee's genealogy.
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Consists of the diaries, memoranda books, and account books of Samuel Phillips Lee. Contains daily descriptions of social events, the weather, health records, lists of naval orders and ships, and financial notations and daily accounts of the running of the farm, such as projects to be completed, groceries and equipment to order, people to contact, etc.
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Contains daily descriptions of social events, the weather, health records, lists of naval orders and ships, and financial notations.
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Contains daily accounts of the running of the farm, such as projects to be completed, groceries and equipment to order, people to contact, etc.
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Contains fragments of miscellaneous jottings.
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Consists of the logs, journals, notebooks, and registers of Samuel Phillips Lee, primarily pertaining to naval subjects and the Silver Springs Farm.
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Contains logbooks and journals for ships, including the Washington, Legare, Vincennes, Brandywine, Oneida, as well as notebooks on naval surveys and exploration, and registers of bills, signals, requisitions, surveys vessels boarded, and orders.
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Contains daily accounts of farm projects accomplished, equipment and supplies needed or laid in, new long-term plans as well as short-term goals, the status of crops, etc.
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Consists of the correspondence of Samuel Phillips Lee, including letterbooks from his time in the Navy, family correspondence, naval correspondence, real estate correspondence, and general correspondence.
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Contains copies of letters written while Lee was an officer in the navy, as well as letters written to naval personnel after his retirement in 1873, and copies of personal and business letters, particularly those dealing with real estate.
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Contains letters received while Lee was an officer in the navy, as well as letters written to naval personnel after his retirement in 1873, and copies of personal and business letters, particularly those dealing with real estate.
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Includes 19 letters dated 1852-1884, and 33 undated letters.
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Contains correspondence with tradesmen, craftsmen, farm workers, and business people, as well as invitations both professional and personal.
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Includes information regarding a Mexican War Pension.
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Contains correspondence with family members involved in real estate transactions, such as Francis Preston Blair, Arthur Lee, John F. Lee, Jr., and Blair Lee, as well as agents in St. Louis, Mo., Kentucky, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., including Baggot and Haley, Isaac H. Keim, and Samuel Simmons.
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Includes records regarding taxes and insurance.
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Contains correspondence with several secretaries of the navy and with officers and staff at naval bases on the East Coast, as well as with ships at sea regarding personnel, requisitions, surveys, and reports on engine departments, foreign vessels, and the store ship Brandywine.
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Consists of Lee's personal documents such as deeds, law suits, naval appointments, powers of attorney, wills, receipts (1834-1897), canceled checks (1844-1897), checkbooks (1846-1897), and account books (1857-1896). Also contains documents regarding real estate in St. Louis (Missouri), Kentucky, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., such as tax receipts, deeds, insurance policies, leases, memoranda of agreement, and general documents.
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Physical Description27 boxes
Contains Lee's personal documents such as deeds, law suits, naval appointments, powers of attorney, wills, receipts (1834-1897), canceled checks (1844-1897), checkbooks (1846-1897), and account books (1857-1896).
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Contains documents regarding real estate in St. Louis, Mo., Kentucky, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., such as tax receipts, deeds, insurance policies, leases, memoranda of agreement, and general documents.
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Contains records and reports of naval vessels, during and after the Civil War, including the Brandywine, Young Rover, Vandalia, Newborn, Dolphin, and Severn.
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Contains 101 maps, many of them part of the U.S. Coast Survey both before and during the Civil War, also military, topographical, and railroad maps, with several charts and drawings.
Maps are rolled. Please use caution when handling.
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This map shows the disposition of the Union naval forces at Charleston and the progress made by Union forces in vicinity of Charleston by September 7, 1863.
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5 copies.
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Slightly damaged at left edge; detached fragment attached within. Unroll with care.
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Undated but in envelope dated 1890.
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Set of seventeen maps. Published by the Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department.
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Contains photographs of Samuel Phillips Lee, as well as Ulysses S. Grant, Foxhall A. Parker, William T. Sherman, and others, with several engravings including those of Matthew F. Maury, Grover Cleveland, and Zachary Taylor.
Arranged alphabetically by subject of photograph or engraving.
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Contains naval material such a epaulets and buckles, a visiting list (1866-1867), a lock of Henry Clay's hair (1852), and copper plates of photographs and maps.
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Physical Description1 box
Consists of miscellaneous artifacts of Samuel Phillips Lee, including eye glasses, keys, pens, a drinking flask, a letter opener, and a large wooden object.
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Physical Description1 box
Includes family estate papers, calling cards, envelopes, maps and charts related to properties, and other personal materials.
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Physical Description4 boxes
Contains correspondence, documents and financial papers regarding the estates of Francis Preston Blair, Eliza Violet Gist Blair, and John Fitzgerald.
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Contains cards of naval personnel, political persons, family, and friends.
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Contains miscellaneous envelopes, lists, real estate maps, and papers of Lee held by his brother, John F. Lee (1853-1866).
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Consists of personal, real estate, and naval printed matter.
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Contains speeches and offprints as well as miscellaneous material.
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Contains notices of sales.
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Contains notices to mariners, pamphlets, coastal survey material, and miscellaneous material.
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Contains clippings from the Army and Navy Journal (1869-1870), Globe (1853-1857), Montgomery County Sentinel (1879), National Republican (1880), and American Industries (1896), with material about Thomas Hart Benton (1858), the Blair and Lee families (1858-1891), David G. Farragut (1864-1873), the Civil War (1861-1865), and Cuba (1872), as well as clippings on miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Contains mainly of letters between Blair family members, as well as correspondence and documents of others, and an unidentified commonplace book.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
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The papers of Elizabeth Blair Lee consist of correspondence, documents, photographs, memorabilia, artifacts, miscellaneous material, and papers of others. The correspondence contains letters by her husband, Samuel Phillips Lee, and her father, Francis Preston Blair, as well as other family members and friends, including Rachel Jackson (1767-1828) and Jessie Benton Fremont (1824-1902), whose photographs are also included in the collection. Locks of hair belonging to Elizabeth Blair Lee can be found among her memorabilia, while the artifacts contain bobbins, a necklace, a pair of satin slippers, and sewing tapes. Other materials, such as cookbooks, notebooks, recipes, prescriptions, and papers relating to the Washington City Orphan Asylum, of which she was an active member, are also included.
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LeeElizabeth Blair Lee (1818-1906), the only daughter of Francis Preston Blair and Eliza Violet Gist Blair, grew up in Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Maryland, immersed in the politics of the day. A favorite of Andrew Jackson, "Lizzie" lived in the White House for a time to please him. After she married Samuel Phillips Lee, a naval officer, in 1843, she often wrote to him keeping him up to date not only on family matters but also on local and national politics. She actively gathered this information through the comments of her father, editor of the Democratic organ, the Globe, and her brothers, Montgomery Blair, postmaster general under Lincoln, and Francis "Frank" Preston Blair, Jr., a general in the Civil War. Her political role also included serving as her father's amanuensis and sometime ghostwriter of his speeches.
Aside from being an avid follower of the political scene, Elizabeth Blair Lee spent much of her time raising her only child, (Francis Preston) Blair Lee, born in 1857; meeting the obligations of a large extended family; and participating in the busy social scene in Washington and Maryland. She also served for many years as a director of the Washington City Orphan Asylum. In 1906, Elizabeth Blair Lee died at Silver Spring where she had lived with her son and his family.
Physical Description21 boxes
Consists of the correspondence of Elizabeth Blair Lee, including letters from Samuel Phillips Lee and Francis Preston Blair as well as letters by other family members and friends, both social and political, such as Jessie Benton Fremont, Rachel Jackson, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Angelica Van Buren, as well as letters pertaining to the Washington City Orphanage Asylum (1852-1905).
Arranged by genre of correspondence.
Physical Description19 boxes
Contains letters by friends, both social and political, such as Jessie Benton Fremont, Rachel Jackson, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Angelica Van Buren, as well as letters pertaining to the Washington City Orphanage Asylum (1852-1905).
Arranged alphabetically.
Physical Description5 boxes
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Contains letters by Lee to his wife mainly written between 1842 and 1891 during his naval tours of duty on the U.S. coastal survey, during the Civil War, and with the North Atlantic fleet.
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Contains letters by Blair to his daughter (1832-1873) citing both family and political events.
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Contains letters to Elizabeth Blair Lee by various family members, especially Montgomery Blair, Ellen A. Lee, Horace Moses, and Frances Lee Robinson.
Physical Description9 boxes
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Includes an undated letter to Samuel Phillips Lee.
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Includes an 1845 letter to Samuel Phillips Lee.
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Contains an insurance policy, indentures, death certificate for Elizabeth Blair Lee, and receipts.
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description1 box
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Contains photographs of Jessie Benton Fremont and her son, Charles (circa 1869).
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains locks of Elizabeth Blair Lee's hair, invitations, and cards.
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Physical Description1 folder
Contains a pair of satin dancing slippers, ribbons, a tape measure, a miniature thermometer, and two wooden bobbins.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains calling cards, recipes, and biographical material regarding the death of Elizabeth Blair Lee, domestic notebooks, notes on Blair genealogy, prescriptions, and some material relating to the Washington City Orphan Asylum.
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description2 boxes
Included are descriptions of her life in Washington in the 1830s-1860s, as well as her relations with Presidents Jackson, Van Buren, Buchanan, and Lincoln.
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Contains a cookbook, The Virginia Housewife (1860), by Mary Randolph with handwritten recipes enclosed, as well as miscellaneous clippings, pamphlets, announcements, and advertisements.
Arranged by genre of material.
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Consists of the papers of Elizabeth "Betty" Blair Comstock, as well as other family and miscellaneous correspondence.
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description1 box
Elizabeth "Betty" Blair Comstock was the daughter of Montgomery Blair, and the adopted daughter of Francis Preston Blair and Eliza Violet Gist Blair. Included are letters to her, notices of school awards, and financial accounts.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains several letters between Blair family members.
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The papers of Andrew Alexander Blair, son of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), consist of correspondence, miscellaneous material, and papers of others. The correspondence contains primarily letters by family members, especially his mother, Apolline Alexander Blair, written mainly when Blair was a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy (1866). Among the papers of others, Samuel W. Very (1846-1919), Blair's roommate at Annapolis, is represented by diaries (1859-1860, 1863), notebooks, correspondence with family members and friends, photographs, and memorabilia, including an autograph album.
Arranged by genre of material.
BlairAndrew Alexander Blair (1848-1932), son of Francis "Frank" Preston Blair, Jr., and grandson of Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876), graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1866, being the youngest graduate to complete the full course up until that time. He served in the navy for two years and then resigned because of illness. Blair then became an analytical chemist and was a founding member of the firm of Booth, Garrett and Blair. He was well-known in his field, publishing many papers and reports.
Physical Description4 boxes
Consists of the correspondence of Andrew Alexander Blair, including family correspondence, naval correspondence, and letters written by Andrew Alexander Blair to Apolline Alexander Blair, Francis Preston Blair, Eliza Violet Gist Blair, and Samuel Phillips Lee.
Arranged into Letters to Blair and Letters from Blair.
Physical Description2 boxes
Contains letters to Blair by members of his family, especially his mother, Apolline Alexander Blair, and including letters by his grandfather, Francis Preston Blair, father, Francis Preston Blair, Jr., uncle, Samuel Phillips Lee, and cousin, Blair Lee, as well as letters by friends and miscellaneous naval personnel.
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Contains letters by Blair to the family members noted above as well as to his grandmother, Eliza Violet Gist Blair.
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Contains academic material relating to Blair's tenure at the U.S. Naval Academy (1863- 1866) when it was housed at Newport, Rhode Island, during the Civil War, as well as calling cards, and some printed matter.
Arranged by genre of material.
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Consists primarily of family correspondence and the papers of Samuel W. Very, including his diaries, notebooks, correspondence, photographs, drawings, and printed matter.
Arranged by author of material.
Physical Description3 boxes
Contains some correspondence of Francis Preston Blair, Jr., as well as letters by others.
Physical Description1 folder
Contains diaries, notebooks, correspondence, photographs, drawings, memorabilia, miscellaneous material, and printed matter of Very, a rear-admiral, who attended the naval academy (1863-1866) with Andrew Alexander Blair.
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Consists primarily of letters written to Samuel W. Very.
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The papers of Blair Lee, lawyer and U.S. senator, consist of his writings, correspondence, legal files, documents, financial material, miscellaneous material, printed matter, and papers of others. The writings contain essays in literature, philosophy, and politics, and course notebooks in languages, science, the Bible, and other subjects while an undergraduate at Princeton (1876-1880), as well as notes taken at Columbian Law School (1880-1883), and manuscripts of political speeches.
The correspondence is indicative of the close relationship between Lee and his parents, Elizabeth Blair Lee and Samuel Phillips Lee, as well as the warm family ties he held with the extended Blair and Lee families and later with the Brooke family, the relatives of Anne Clymer Brooke Lee, whom he married in 1891. Of special interest are the letters to Lee written from France by his sons who served as officers in the U.S. army during World War I. The active political role Lee took on a local, county, state, and national level, culminating in his election to the U.S. Senate in 1913 to fill the unexpired term of Isidor Rayner (1850-1912), is reflected in the correspondence which includes letters by William Jennings Bryan (1860-1825), congressman and unsuccessful candidate for president in 1896, 1900, and 1908, President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), and John Walter Smith (1845-1925), congressmen and senator from Maryland. The correspondence also includes letters regarding Lee's ill-fated Maryland gubernatorial race (1911) and the presidential election campaign of Woodrow Wilson (1912).
In addition, there are letters pertaining to Lee's legal and business interests, as well as general correspondence containing letters dealing with Grace Episcopal Church in Silver Spring, recreational clubs such as the Takoma Park Gun Club, Princeton and Ivy Club alumni activities, the administration of Silver Spring Farm, and friends dating back to Lee's youth and Princeton years. The correspondence also contains letterbooks including copies of his letters to family and friends, as well as political, legal, and business letters, and invitations, calling cards, and address books. Among the legal files are papers for cases handled by Lee, such as the Brown and Munsell gun case, the estates of Senator James Beck (1822-1890), Morgan Lester, Francis W. Lusby, Allan McLane (1823-1897), and Thomas W. Wise, as well as a challenge to the will of Judge Joseph Holt (1807-1894), references to some French spoliation claims, and many other miscellaneous cases. The documents and financial matters contain receipts, checkbooks, ledgers, account books, canceled checks, and insurance policies for Lee's farm, real estate holdings, and personal matters.
His interests encompassed legal, philanthropic, fraternal, and political groups, and the organizational files include correspondence, documents, and miscellaneous material in varying degrees for the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Metropolitan Club, the National Junior Republic, the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia, the National Mary Washington Association, the Washington City Orphan Asylum, and the Democratic National Publishing Company, primarily for the Silver Knight-Watchman.
The collection also includes family photographs, juvenilia, and memorabilia relating to Lee's early academic and religious training as well as his years at Princeton and Columbian Law School. There are political, legal, and business papers contained in the miscellaneous material of the collection, as well as blueprints, maps, and architectural renderings. Scrapbooks containing political newspaper clippings and other printed matter concerning Lee's political, legal, and business interests are included in the papers.
The material in papers of others pertains mainly to Lee's family as represented by his wife, parents, and sons, Edward Brooke Lee and Phillips Blair Lee as well as miscellaneous family members. Also found are the legal papers and correspondence of George H. Lamar (1865-1945) and William H. Lamar (1859-1928), lawyers of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and correspondence and printed matter of Judge Joseph Holt.
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LeeBlair Lee (1857-1944), lawyer, legislator and social reformer, was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the only child of Samuel Phillips Lee and Elizabeth Blair. He was educated at Princeton University (Class of 1880), where he was a founding member and president of the Ivy Club, and at Columbian (now George Washington) Law School earning a law degree in 1883. A practicing attorney in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, Lee also participated in Democratic politics, an interest which had been nurtured by his mother and grandfather, Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876). He was twice elected to the Maryland State Senate (1905 and 1909), and among his accomplishments there was the passage of legislation establishing the primary law for party nominations and the creation of the Maryland State Roads Commission. Although narrowly defeated in 1911 in a race for governor of Maryland, Lee was elected to the United States Senate in 1913, the first senator elected under the 17th Amendment, in a special election following the death of Isidor Rayner. While in the United States Senate, he was active in passing legislation such as the Farm Loan Law, the amending of the Federal Reserve Law, and the Hay-Wadsworth Bill. A delegate to eight Democratic national conventions, he worked actively for the election of William Jennings Bryan (1896 and 1900) and Woodrow Wilson (1912 and 1916).
In 1891 he married Anne Clymer Brooke and, after her death (1903), helped raise their sons, Edward Brooke Lee (1892-1984, Princeton Class 1916) and Phillips Blair Lee (1895-1983, Princeton Class of 1918). Lee's interests included social reform and philanthropy, and he was active in the National Junior Republic, National Mary Washington Memorial Association, and the Washington City Orphan Asylum. He also participated in fraternal groups such as the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia, the Princeton Class of 1880 and the Ivy Club, and the K.F.R. Society.
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Consists of the writings of Blair Lee, including biographical and family writings, Princeton, Columbian Law School, and political writings.
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Contains a speech by Lee and reminiscences by Elizabeth Blair Lee retold by her son.
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Contains course essays, miscellaneous speeches, and course notebooks.
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Contains notes on Blackstone, as well as case studies, and miscellaneous notes.
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Contains speeches dealing with local, state, and national politics.
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Consists of the correspondence of Blair Lee, including family, legal, political, and business correspondence, as well as general correspondence and invitations and calling cards.
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Contains copies of letters written to people involved in Lee's career in politics, law, and business, as well as some family and personal letters sent to friends.
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Contains correspondence with Elizabeth Blair Lee and Samuel Phillips Lee covering the pre-Princeton, Princeton (1876-1880), and post-Princeton years, as well as letters by Lee's wife, Anne Clymer Brooke Lee, his sons, Edward Brooke Lee and Phillips Blair Lee, and Edward's wife, Elizabeth Wilson Lee, and including letters by miscellaneous family members.
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Includes 7 ALsS, 1866-1804; 8 TLsS, 1896-1903; 3 Ls, undated) in hand of Apolline A. Blair; printed sheet, telegram.
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Includes 28 ALsS, 1884-1920; 10 TLsS, 1905-1916; ACsS, 1905; 2 telegrams, undated; C, 1893; ALS (draft), undated, in Blair Lee's hand, signed by Gist Blair and Blair Lee, both members of the Class of 1880, to the "Gentlemen of the Faculty" (Princeton University; 2 TLsS, 1909, to Gist Blair by Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia.
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Includes 8 ALsS, 1888-1904; 11 ALsS, undated; ACS, undated; ALS (copy), 1802, by George M. Wheeler to Mary J. Blair; TLsS, 1896, by Frank J. Browning to Blair Lee re Mary J. Blair; 2 ADs (drafts), undated, wills of Mary J. Blair in the hand of Blair Lee.
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Includes 9 ALsS, 1893-1913; 4 ALsS, undated; 12 TLsS, 1901-1918; TLS (carbon), 1896, by Woodbury Blair to O. R. Harr; TLS (copy), undated, by Blair Lee to Woodbury Blair; C, undated, by Emily Wallach Blair (Mrs. Woodbury Blair); TLS (carbon), 1905, by Woodbury Blair to John A. J. Cassidy re Blair Lee.
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Includes ALS, 1909, by Margaret A. Gist; 9 ALsS, 1902, by Richard Relf.
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Includes 21 ALsS, 1894-1918; 9 ALsS, undated; 3 TLsS, 1904-1916; telegram, 1894; ALS, 1914, by Alice Warder Garret; TLsS, 1917, by Robert E. Brooke; TLS, 1912, by Robert B. Caverly; printed sheet.
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Includes 68 ALsS, 1893-1910; 59 TLsS, 1904-1913; 4 telegrams, 1898-1905; TLS (carbon), 1910, to G. C. Brooke; telegram (draft), undated, by Blair Lee to G. C. Brooke; ALS, 1903, by G. C. Brooke to his mother, Anne C. B. McKim; TLS (copy), 1904, by Norman M. Williams to G. C. Brooke; engraved letter by George S. Fox and Sons to "Dear Sir"; TLS (copy), 1907, by Blair Lee to G. C. Brooke; ALS (draft), 1904, by Blair Lee to G. C. Brooke; TLS, 1904, by Robert E. Brooke to G. C. Brooke.
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Includes 17 ALsS, 1894-1918; 14 ALsS, undated; 70 TLsS, 1901-1919; 10 telegrams, 1894-1909; 2 telegrams, undated; TLS, 1908, by Blair Lee to Robert E. Brooke; ALS, 1920, by Robert E. Brooke to Frederick H. Brookel; TLS, 1916, by Robert E. Brooke to Frederick H. Brooke.
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Includes 8 ALsS, 1897-1923; 44 ALsS, undated; ACsS, 1906; 4 telegrams, 1896-1905; ALS, undated, by Margaret Merrick for Anne Lee Harrison; TLsS, 1909, by Leon E. Dessez to Blair Lee re Anne Lee Harrison; AN.
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Includes 90 ALsS, 1887-1915; 2 ALsS, undated; ACS, 1898; telegram, undated; ALS, 1895, to E. R. Morey; ALS, undated, to Woodbury Blair; TLS, 1907, by John F. Lee to Henry Harrison with an AN by Henry Harrison.
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Includes TLS, 1918, by Edward Nichols to Blair Lee; telegram, 1901, by George H. Lamar to Blair Lee; 2 ALsS, 1907, by C.S. Carter to Blair Lee; 3 TLsS, 1904-1907, by John F. Lee to Henry Harrison; TLS, 1904, by John F. Lee to Blair Lee; 3 TLsS, 1898-1903, by the Loudoun National Bank to Blair Lee; 22 TLsS, 1904-1911, by American National Bank to Blair Lee; calling card of Mrs. Fairfax Harrison; ALS, 1904, by T. H. Vandevanter; TLS, 1917, by John W. Thompson & Co. to Blair Lee.
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Includes 18 ALsS, 1889-1896; 15 TLsS, 1888-1899; telegram, 1892; ALS, undated, to Henry Ives Cobb; letter of introduction.
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Includes ALS, 1904, by Blair Lee; ALS, 1905, by Harriet Lee Taliaferro, wife of Ledden Taliaferro; condolence cards, May 1905, to Blair Lee on death of Arthur Lee.
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Includes : 10 ALsS, 1892-1905; 3 TLsS, 1894-1895; 2 ACsS.
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Consists of letters, telegrams and cards of sympathy on E. B. L.'s death.
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Includes 3 ALsS, 1891-1892; 90 TLsS, 1888-1924; TLS, 1907, by F. S. Bell to J. F. Lee; 9 telegrams, 1890-1918; 5 telegrams, undated; ALS (copy), 1915, by Blair Lee to J. F. Lee; TLsS (carbons), 1890, to Palmer Trimble; TLS, 1912, by Dwight F. Davis to John F. Lee.
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Consists of letters and telegrams of sympathy from family and friends on S. P. L.'s death.
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Includes 62 ALsS, 1894-1919; 41 ALsS, undated; ACsS, 1915; 17 TLsS, 1899-1908; 5 TLsS, undated; TLS, undated, to Arthur Crisfield; TLS, 1918, to S. L. L. by Carroll Pierce.
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Includes 4 ALsS, 1881-1909; 27 TLsS, 1892-1919; 2 telegrams, 1903-1911; telegram, undated; TLS (carbon), 1921, by Blair Lee to W. H. Lee; TLS, 1904, to J. J. Turner by W. H. Lee with AN, 1904, by Blair Lee; TLS, 1904, by J. J. Turner to W. H. Lee.
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Includes 6 ALsS, 1894-1913; ACS, 1906; ALsS, 1905, to Robert E. Brooke; printed sermon, 1913; 3 printed letters, 1908; printed letter re Dr. McKim, 1908; calling card.
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Includes 20 ALsS, 1893-1918; 5 TLsS, 1897-1920; 2 telegrams, 1897-1898; ALS, 1893, by James R. Green to Alexander G. Robinson; 2 TLsS, 1893, by L.F. Chipley.
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Contains letters to individuals and organizations involved in local state and national politics and election campaigns, and from persons seeking political favors.
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Contains letters pertaining to legal cases, real estate, investments, and banking.
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Contains letters by friends, tradesmen, members of fraternal and philanthropic organizations, church groups, clubs, and workers involved in the day-to-day running of Silver Spring Farm.
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Contains miscellaneous personal, family, political, legal, and business letters during the years 1882-1887.
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Consists of correspondence, documents, notes, miscellaneous material, and printed matter pertaining to individual cases in which Lee represented one of the parties.
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Physical Description43 boxes
Contains correspondence, documents, notes, miscellaneous material, and printed matter pertaining to individual cases in which Lee represented one of the parties.
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Includes maps.
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Contains a random gathering of notes, letters, documents, and printed matter for miscellaneous cases.
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Contains legal notes in Blair Lee's hand as well as many in shorthand.
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Consists of receipts, checkbooks, ledgers, account books, cancelled checks, insurance policies, and other documents of Blair Lee.
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Contains miscellaneous stock and bank certificates, as well as documents acknowledging membership in various organizations, and a diploma admitting Lee to practice in the U.S. Court of Claims.
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Consists of files related to the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia, National Mary Washington Memorial Association, Metropolitan Club, Washington City Orphan Asylum, and Democratic National Publishing Company.
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Contains letters and cards announcing meetings and dinners.
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Contains letters announcing meetings, advising on financial arrears, and replying to letters of recommendation for new members, and printed matter.
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Contains letters and miscellaneous material concerning the situations of the young men and announcements of meetings.
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Contains correspondence, documents, miscellaneous material, and printed matter, much of it pertaining to Lee's expulsion and reinstatement in the organization.
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Contains correspondence, photographs, account books, checks and checkbooks, documents, insurance policies, financial records, receipts, miscellaneous material, and printed matter for the organization of which Lee was the treasurer.
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Contains correspondence, documents, financial matters, minutes of trustees' meetings, miscellaneous material, and printed matter for the organization of which Lee was the secretary.
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Contains correspondence, documents including stock certificates, minutes of meetings, financial material, and miscellaneous material for the weekly newspapers Silver Knight-Watchman and its successor, The National Watchman.
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Contains photographs of family members including General Frank Blair, Anne Clymer Brooke Lee, Elizabeth Blair Lee, and others, as well as friends such as Anne M. Cropper. In addition, there are miscellaneous photographs of Montgomery County (Maryland) roads in the early 20th century.
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Contains religious and scholastic school notes and notebooks.
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Consists primarily of memorabilia related to Princeton University and Columbian Law School.
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Contains programs, grades, printed examinations, dance programs, invitations, ticket applications, and announcements.
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Contains a ticket, program, and printed examination.
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Contains tickets, programs, drawings, calendar, song lyrics, a eulogy for Lee's grandmother, Violet Gist Blair, picture postcards, locks of hair, political convention identification ribbons, and a Woodrow Wilson paperweight.
Physical Description3 folders
Consists of miscellaneous materials related to politics, legal and business matters, blueprints, maps, and architectural drawings.
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Physical Description9 boxes
Contains ledgers of Maryland political clubs, county poll books, political lists of voters, material from Woodrow Wilson's 1912 election, as well as other miscellaneous notes.
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Contains notes on cases, and financial material regarding real estate, taxes, and stocks.
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Contains minutes and programs of Princeton (1880) alumni meetings, Ivy Club announcements, dog pedigrees, notes regarding the maintenance of Lee's home and the running of Silver Spring Farm, as well as material on Silver Spring parish.
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Contains local maps of plans for Lee's home, and material pertaining to his real estate interests.
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Consists of scrapbooks, clippings, and printed matter related to politics and legal and business matters.
Arranged by genre of material.
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Contains newspaper clippings, mainly political, but including some family clippings as well.
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Consists of the papers (primarily correspondence) of other people, including Samuel Phillips Lee, Elizabeth Blair Lee, Edward Brooke Lee, Joseph Holt, George H. Lamar, and William H. Lamar, as well as others. Papers of Samuel Phillips Lee include additional survey documents related to his naval career.
Arranged by author.
Physical Description21 boxes
Contains correspondence with family and friends, documents, receipts, account books, canceled checks, and miscellaneous material.
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Includes ALS, 1891, to Samuel Phillips Lee; ALS, 1895, to E. Brooke Lee; 2 ACsS, 1902-1903, to E. Brooke Lee.
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Includes ALS by Edward Brooke, 1892; 5 ALsS, 1899-1902, by Frederick Brooke; 3 ALsS, 1902-1903, by Robert Brooke; ALS, 1903, by Anne Lee Harrison; ALS, 1903, by Henry Harrison; and 3 ALsS, 1901, by A. C. McKim.
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Contains correspondence with family, friends, and acquaintances, documents, financial matters, miscellaneous material, and printed matter including scrapbooks.
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Includes a draft and typed copy.
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Includes letters from B. Altman, Beale, Chauler, Dell, Dickerson, Dirkins, Fowler, Goldsborough, Goodloe, Hoopes, Hoxie, Martin, McCosh, Minor, Nichols, Patterson, Public Playground Committee, Redden, Reynolds, Shellabarger, Smith, Snyder, Solomons, Talcott, U.S. Dept. of Interior (pensions), Wright, Wright, Unidentified.
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Contains material covering Lee's business and personal affairs including correspondence, financial matters, and documents, as well as material pertaining to naval affairs such as miscellaneous quarterly reports, requisitions correspondence, selected surveys, reports of naval exercises, registers of letters of the North Atlantic Blockade, War Department weather maps, and signs.
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Includes "An Act to Provide a More Efficient Discipline for the Navy" and "Diagrams Illustrating the Rule of the Road at Sea."
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Two design drawings.
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Includes fifteen plans for naval yards in New York City; Philadelphia; Boston; Washington, D.C.; St. Helena, Norfolk (Virginia); and Portsmouth (New Hampshire).
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Group portrait photograph titled "Sherman and his Generals." In addition to Sherman and Blair, Major Generals O.O. Howard, J.A. Logan, W.B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, H.W. Slocum, and J.A. Mower are also pictured.
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Lithograph portrait "entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861, by Currier and Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York."
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Three copies of the same lithograph cartoon.
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Lithograph cartoon.
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Contains correspondence, childhood photographs and some taken during Lee's adolescence at the Pomfret School, juvenilia, miscellaneous material concerning the Maryland National Guard, schools and colleges, financial papers, and printed matter.
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Includes TL, 1917, to P. Blair Lee; ANS, undated, by Arthur Lee; TNS, 1904, to Arthur Lee; TLS, 1903, by John F. Lee; ALS, undated, by Annie Lee Harrison to E. Brooke Lee and P. Blair Lee; ALS, 1914, by Frederick Brooke; ALS, 1914, by Rosa Mordecai; 2 ACsS, 1903-1904, by A. C. McKim; ALS to Elizabeth Wilson Lee.
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Contains correspondence, photographs, juvenilia, miscellaneous material of schools and colleges, as well as printed matter.
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Includes 23 ACsS (initialed) by Charles M. Brooke (C. M. B.); ALS, undated, by Cornelia Brooke (Mrs. Robert E. Brooke); TLS, 1919, by Robert E. Brooke; 7 ALsS, 1912-1920, to Blair Lee; 3 ALsS and 2 TLsS, 1918, to E. Brooke Lee; 2 ALsS and 2 ACsS, 1906-1914, by A. C. McKim ("Other Mother").
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Contains papers of the Lamar brothers, lawyers of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and includes legal papers, correspondence, miscellaneous financial material, and printed matter.
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Contains correspondence and printed matter of Judge Holt in addition to the Holt estate material found in the legal files.
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Contains some correspondence by Blair and Lee family members as well as miscellaneous correspondence by others.
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Includes 5 ALsS, 1887, and telegram, undated, to Henry E. Kelley; ALS, 1887, to Lane, Kent & Kelley; ALS, 1894 to Henry E. Kelley by E. C. Scammon.
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Includes : ALS, 1877) to Eliza V. H. Gist Blair, ALS, 1883) by M. Nolan;, AL, 1883, ALS, 1904 by the Montgomery County Fair; TLS (copy), 1908 by D. Meade Massie.
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Includes ACS (initialed), 1908; ACS (initialed), 1907, by M. de V.; ACS (initialed), 1907, by C. Leede P.
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Includes AL, 1896; ACS, 1903, to Arthur Lee; 2 Cs, 1903, to Arthur Lee.
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Includes TLS, 1907, by Henry Ferguson; TLS, 1913, by W. W. H. Wilmer; 2 ACsS, 1903, by Anne B. Lee; 2 receipts.
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Includes Jorge Nelken y Waldberg to Mr. Daniels, ALS, 1899; J. A. Graham to Mr. Daniels, 4 ALsS [1899]; Mr. Daniels to Mr. Graham, telegram (copy) [1899]; H. C. Scott to Mr. Daniels, telegram, 1899; Chas. W. Knapp to W. L. Daniels, telegram.
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Includes Reports of Miss Lillie Reddinger of the Cedars School, 1880-1881; Princeton University Debating Committee Accounts; "Notice of the Late Major General Brown" by Major General Jesup; Bartholow's Solid Water-proof Cartridge Report; Police Report; James F. Early.
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