American journalist Francis Preston Blair was an advisor to United States presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren and Abraham Lincoln. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1791/04/12 | Eliza Smith Blair, wife of James Blair, gives birth to a son, Francis Preston Blair, in Abingdon, Virginia. | Born | Abingdon, VA | Virginia | |||
| 1811/00/00 | Francis Preston Blair graduates from Transylvania College (lost) in Lexington, Kentucky. The main school building was destroyed by a fire in 1829 in what is now Gratz Park. | Education | Old Transylvania College Pavilion | Lexington, KY | |||
| 1812/00/00 | Francis Preston Blair volunteers for service during the War of 1812. | Military | |||||
| 1812/07/21 | Married Eliza Violet Howard Gist, daughter of Nathaniel Gist and Judith Cary Bell Gist, marries Francis Preston Blair. | Groom | |||||
| 1836/12/00 | Francis Preston Blair buys the Lovell House from Surgeon General Joseph Lovell for $6,500. | Home | Blair House | Washington, DC | |||
| 1845/00/00 | In the 1840s, Francis P Blair moves his family to "Silver Spring", their country house in Maryland. Built in 1845, the mansion has been raed, but the spring is in Acorn Park at East-West Highway and Newell St. | Home | Silver Spring | Maryland | |||
| 1850/00/00 | Italianate-style Jesup Blair Mansion is built by Francis Preston Blair, for his son, James. | Benefactor | Jesup Blair Mansion | Silver Spring |
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