Francis P. Blair

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Apr 08, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 16, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 14, 2023
	Add new Web site: Mr. Lincoln's White House - Francis P. Blair, Sr.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 19, 2021
	Add new Web site: Tulane University - Biography of Francis P. Blair.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 10, 2017
	Add new Web site: Official Site of Blair House.	Parul Jain	Oct 17, 2011
	Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - White House Area.	Parul Jain	Oct 17, 2011
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jan 26, 2010
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998