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- Creator
- Blair, Francis Preston, 1791-1876
- Call number
- MssCol 3993
- Physical description
- 7 items (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Francis Preston Blair and John Cook Rives papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Francis Preston Blair and John Cook Rives were publishers of the Globe and the Congressional Globe, Washington, D.C. newspapers. Collection consists of letters and business papers relating to the sale of the Globe by Blair and Rives to Thomas Richie and John P. Heiss, 1845-1847, including a signed agreement dated 12 Apr. 1845, and a letter to Thomas Ritchie from his attorney Thomas Green, 1846; also, a subscription to the Globe, 1837; and an affidavit of William Blanchard by his attorney, licensing his patent for use by John C. Rives, 1860.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Lull, 1933Using 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