@article{883237, recid = {883237}, author = {Blair family.}, title = {Blair family papers, 1755-1968 [electronic resource],}, pages = {1 online resource (241 manuscripts; 12,804 items).}, note = {Reproduction of the original from the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.}, abstract = {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.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/883237}, }