Title: Blair family papers, 1755-1968
Description: The Blair family was involved in national politics, and the family's papers illustrate Maryland politics at the time of the Civil War. The collection also contains a file on the Dred Scott case. The collection allows researchers to examine state and national politics in the decades before the Civil War, and offer insights on the Dred Scott case and on the legal status of slaves in free states.
Subjects: Archives, Sources, Politics and government, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Places: United States
People: Blair family, Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876), Montgomery Blair (1813-1883), Frank P. Blair Jr. (1821-1875), Gist Blair (1860-1940)
Time periods: 19th century, 1861-1865