Blair & Rives
A Register of Its Records in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Paul D. Ledvina
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2006
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007079
Title: Records of Blair &
Rives
Span Dates: 1821-1905
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1830-1848) ID No.: MSS12922 Creator:
Blair &
Rives Extent: 800 items;
3 containers;
1.2 linear feet;
3 microfilm reels
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C. Abstract: Publishing firm.
Correspondence, speeches, business records, and printed matter relating to the
firm founded by Francis P. Blair and John C. Rives and its publications,
including the
Globe and the
Congressional Globe, concurrent Washington, D.C.,
newspapers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names Blair,
Francis Preston, 1791-1876--Correspondence. Church,
John R. (John Robert), 1899---Correspondence. Fogg,
Godfrey M.--Correspondence. Harris,
John C.--Correspondence. Jackson,
Andrew, 1809-1865--Correspondence. Rives,
John C. (John Cook), 1795-1864--Correspondence.
Organiz,ations Bank of
the United States (1816-1836) Blair
& Rives.
Subjects American
newspapers--Washington (D.C.) Congressional
globe. National
intelligencer (Washington, D.C. : 1898) Publishers and
publishing--Washington (D.C.) United States
telegraph.
Locations United
States--History--1815-1861.
Provenance:The records of Blair & Rives, a publishing firm founded in
Washington, D.C., by Francis P. Blair (1791-1876) and John C. Rives
(1795-1864), were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1921. Additional
manuscripts were acquired through purchase and a gift, 1966-1968.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Blair &
Rives is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Microfilm:A microfilm edition of these papers is available on three reels.
Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning
availability for purchase or interlibrary loan.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Records of Blair & Rives,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The records of Blair & Rives, Washington, D.C., publishers of the
daily Washington, D.C.,
Globe and weekly
Congressional Globe newspapers, span the years 1821-1905,
with the bulk of the material from 1830 to 1848. The collection consists of
general correspondence, 1821-1871, and miscellany, 1826-1905.
The general correspondence consists chiefly of the day-to-day business
operations of the
Globe. Many letters are readers' responses to issues
discussed in the newspaper and usually concern national political topics,
especially the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States. There are
also letters between Francis P. Blair (1791-1876) and John C. Rives about
financial matters. Letters written from the period 1847-1855 by Andrew Jackson
(1809-1865), Francis P. Blair, his son Frank P. Blair, and Godfrey M. Fogg,
concern their efforts to protect President Andrew Jackson's homestead, the
"Hermitage," from creditors. Other letters, 1828-1848, sent to Benjamin B.
French, Henry S. Foote, and John E. Norris, the secretary of Washington's
Jackson Democratic Association, concern that organization's activities.
Correspondents also include Mark Alexander, Henry Baldwin, James L. Blair,
Benjamin Gratz Brown, John R. Church, Warren R. Davis, Henry Dilworth Gilpin,
Duff Green, William H. Haywood, Jr., John C. Harris, William A. Harris, John W.
Hungerford, Ralph Isaac Ingersoll, Amos Kendall, Robert Mayo, Alfred O. P.
Nicholson, David Settle Reid, Thomas Ritchie, Benjamin G. Shields, Lawrence
Taliaferro, William Wirt, and Silas Wright, Jr.
The miscellany contains legal documents, bills and receipts, and
printer's copy and proofs for government and private printing work produced in
the Blair & Rives establishment. Also in the miscellany is genealogical
material relating to the Arthur Donaldson, Franklin Rives, John Tree, and
Hubell families, and research notes by Jeannie (Mrs. Franklin) Rives concerning
the history of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 19,717
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BOX 1 REEL 1
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General correspondence |
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BOX 1 REEL 1
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1821-1833
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(9
folders)
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BOX 2 REEL 2-3
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1834-1854
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(10
folders)
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BOX 3 REEL 3
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1855-1871, n.d. fragments
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(3
folders)
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BOX 3 REEL 3
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Miscellany |
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BOX 3 REEL 3
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Legal documents, memoranda, bills
and receipts,
1826-1858
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BOX 3 REEL 3
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Printed matter, printer's copy,
and proofs,
1829-1873, n.d
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(4
folders)
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BOX 3 REEL 3
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Printing orders and lists,
1866-1872, n.d.
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BOX 3 REEL 3
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Rives and Tree family papers,
ca. 1899-1905
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