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Francis Preston Blair and John Cook Rives were publishers of the Globe and the Congressional Globe, Washington, D.C. newspapers. Francis Preston Blair, Sr. was a journalist and presidential advisor. He published the Washington, D.C. newspaper The Globe . Letters to George Bancroft (1845); to his son, Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (1864); a form letter to United States military officers concerning government printing (1830); and an undated note.
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Francis Preston Blair and John Cook Rives were publishers of the Globe and the Congressional Globe, Washington, D.C. newspapers.
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Francis Preston Blair, Sr. was a journalist and presidential advisor. He published the Washington, D.C. newspaper The Globe . Letters to George Bancroft (1845); to his son, Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (1864); a form letter to United States military officers concerning government printing (1830); and an undated note.
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