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Blair, Mary, fl. 1845 to Elizabeth Blair Lee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03209.27.06 Author/Creator: Blair, Mary, fl. 1845 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 September 1845 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Discusses family members with Lee, who was the daughter of Francis Preston Blair and the wife of Navy Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee. Signed as "Mary B." Last name assumed from references the author made to family members.

Lee, Elizabeth Blair, 1818-1906
Blair, Mary, fl. 1845

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