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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03209.27.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of correspondence relating to the Blair family, including letters of Roger B. Taney, Jackson, Welles |
| Title | Mary Blair to Elizabeth Blair Lee discussing family members |
| Date | 8 September 1845 |
| Author | Blair, Mary (fl. 1845) |
| Recipient | Lee, Elizabeth Blair |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses family members with Lee, who was the daughter of Francis Preston Blair and the wife of Navy Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee. Signed as "Mary B." Last name assumed from references the author made to family members. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Children and Family |
| People | Lee, Elizabeth Blair (1818-1906) Blair, Mary (fl. 1845) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Women in American History; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Francis Preston Blair served as editor of the Democratic Washington, D.C. newspaper, The Globe between 1829 and 1845. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |