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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03209.23 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of correspondence relating to the Blair family, including letters of Roger B. Taney, Jackson, Welles |
| Title | Israel Washburn Jr. to Francis Preston Blair recommending George M. Weston for the editorial position of a Republican newspaper in Washington |
| Date | 25 March 1857 |
| Author | Washburn, Israel, Jr. (1813 - 1883) |
| Recipient | Blair, Francis Preston |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Maine Representative Washburn writes to Blair, former editor of the Washington, D.C. newspaper The Globe. Recommends George M. Weston (possibly Augusta, Maine lawyer and author George Melville Weston) for the editorial position of a Republican newspaper Blair is organizing in Washington, D.C. States that Weston was chief editor of Democratic Maine newspaper The Augusta Age when "Democracy meant something besides slavery." |
| Subjects | Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Journalism Democratic Party Republican Party Slavery |
| People | Blair, Francis Preston (1791-1876) Washburn, Israel, Jr. (1813-1883) Weston, George Melville (1816-1887) |
| Place written | Orono, Maine |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Washburn also states that Weston wrote the book "Poor Whites of the South." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |