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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03209.15 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of correspondence relating to the Blair family, including letters of Roger B. Taney, Jackson, Welles |
| Title | Freeman Harlow Morse to Francis Preston Blair regarding the establishment of a Republican newspaper in Washington |
| Date | 28 May 1857 |
| Author | Morse, Freeman Harlow (1807-1891) |
| Recipient | Blair, Francis Preston |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Maine Representative Morse expresses approval regarding the establishment of a Republican newspaper in Washington, D.C. to Blair. Recommends as editor George Weston (possibly Augusta, Maine lawyer and author George Melville Weston) to Blair, who formerly served as editor of the Washington, D.C. newspaper The Globe. Informs Blair that Weston was the editor of a democratic state paper (The Augusta Age) in Maine. |
| Subjects | Republican Party Journalism Washington, D.C. Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Politics |
| People | Morse, Freeman Harlow (1807-1891) Blair, Francis Preston (1791-1876) Weston, George Melville (1816-1887) |
| Place written | Bath, Maine |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |