Informal Names Used in Correspondence
Initials and Informal Blair Family Names
Members of the extended Blair family were often referred to in correspondence by one or more nicknames or initials. This list may help researchers in deciphering some of the initials and informal names used within the family.
| Initials or Informal Name | Full Name |
|---|---|
| Al | Albert Covington Janin |
| Alice | Alice Bradley (reared by Charles Levi Woodbury) |
| Apo | Apolline (Alexander) Blair |
| Arch | Archibald Lowery |
| Aunt Trigg | Susannah Blair (sister of Francis Preston Blair) |
| Betty | Elizabeth (Blair) Comstock |
| Blee | Francis Preston Blair Lee |
| Clew | Charles Levi Woodbury |
| Cousin Mary | Mary Jane Emerson Clapp |
| EBL | Elizabeth (Blair) Lee (see also Lizzie) |
| ECdQW | Ellen Carolina de Quincy Woodbury (see also Nell) |
| E. Jane | Eliza Jane (Blair) Speer |
| EVG | Eliza Violet Howard Gist |
| EWC | Elizabeth Williams (Clapp) Woodbury |
| Flinders | Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox (see also Ginny, Pettie, Sam) |
| FPB | Francis Preston Blair |
| Frank | Frances Anstriss (Woodbury) Lowery (see also FWL) |
| Frank | Francis P. Blair |
| FWL | Frances Anstriss (Woodbury) Lowery (also Frank) |
| GB | Gist Blair |
| Ginny | Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox (also Flinders, Pettie, Sam) |
| Ginny | Virginia Woodbury (Lowery) Brunetti |
| GVF | Gustavus Vasa Fox |
| Jack | Brunetti, Duke of Arcos |
| James | James Blair (see also JB) |
| JB | James Blair (see also James) |
| Jep | Jesup Blair |
| Jimmie | Lucy James Blair |
| Judge | Montgomery Blair |
| Lizzie | Elizabeth (Blair) Lee (see also EBL) |
| Lizzie | Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair (used until marriage, 1846) (see also MEB, Minna) |
| LLE | Laura (Lawson) Ellis Blair |
| LOW | Woodbury Lowery |
| LW | Levi Woodbury |
| Mary | Mary Serena Eliza (Jesup) Blair |
| MB | Montgomery Blair |
| MEB | Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair (see also Minna) |
| Midge | Mira Alexander Dick |
| Min | Minna (Blair) Richey (see also Minta) |
| Minna | Mary Elizabeth (Woodbury) Blair (see also MEB) |
| Minta | Minna (Blair) Richey (see also Min) |
| Mont | Montgomery Blair, Jr. |
| Nan | Anne Clymer Brooke Lee |
| Nell | Ellen Carolina de Quincy Woodbury (see also ECdQW) |
| Pettie | Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox (see also Ginny, Sam, Flinders) |
| Phil | Samuel Phillips Lee |
| Sam | Virginia Lafayette (Woodbury) Fox (see also Ginny, Pettie, Flinders) |
| SPL | Samuel Phillips Lee |
| Uncle William | Asa Henry William Clapp |
| VB | Violet Blair |
| Wood | Woodbury Blair |