Blackford, William M., 1801-1864

found: William M. Blackford Letters, 1842-1844:(William M. Blackford, 1801-1864, U.S. Charge d'Affaires at Bogota, New Granada (Colombia), 1842-1844)

found: NUCMC data from LOC, MSS Division for His Papers, 1841(Blackford, William Matthews, 1801-1864)

found: Finding aid for Blackford family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Apr. 2, 2020(Correspondence of three generations of the Blackford family of Virginia comprise the bulk of the collection. Letters written in the 1830s document the involvement of Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896) in the American Colonization Society. Volumes include the 1840s diaries of William Mann Blackford (1801-1864)) - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01912/

found: Encyclopedia Virginia WWW site, Apr. 2, 2020(William Mathews Blackford was born on August 19, 1801, at Catoctin Furnace in Frederick County, Maryland, died at his Lynchburg home during the night of 14-15 April 1864; married Mary Berkeley Minor in 1825; lawyer, journalist, and diplomat; from 1828 to 1841 he owned the Fredericksburg Political Arena and Literary Messenger, which supported the Whig Party; cashier of the new Exchange Bank of Lynchburg, 1853-1864) - https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Blackford_William_1801-April_1864