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- Creator
- McBlair family
- Call number
- MssCol 1932
- Physical description
- .2 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- McBlair family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
The McBlairs were a Maryland family. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Captain Charles H. McBlair, United States and Confederate naval officer; his wife, Fanny Duncan McBlair; his mother-in-law, Margaret S. Duncan, of Carlisle, Pa., and Baltimore, Md.; his brother, Thomas P. McBlair, purser in the United States Navy; and Alexander McDonald, merchant of Baltimore, Md.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Carman, Louis D, 1936Key terms
Names
- McBlair family
- Duncan, Margaret S
- McBlair, Charles H.
- McBlair, Fanny Duncan
- McBlair, Thomas P., d. 1857
- McDonald, Alexander
- Duncan family
- Confederate States of America. Navy
- United States. Navy
Places
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Commerce
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Social life and customs
- United States -- History, Naval
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Charles H. McBlair correspondence, 1860-1868, and miscellaneous persons correspondence, 1844-1872, available on microfilm; New York Public Library