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 BLATCHFORD, Richard Milford, lawyer, b. in Stratford, Conn., 23 April, 1798; d. in Newport, R. I., 3 Sept., 1875. ...

 BLATHWAYT, or BLATHWAYTE, William, politician, b. at St. Martin in the Fields, England, about 1649; d. at Dyrham Park, Worcestershire, in August, 1717. ...

 BLAUVELT, Augustus, clergyman, b. in ...

 BLAVATSKY, Helene Petrovna, theosophist, b. in Russia about 1831; d. in London, England, 8 May, 1891. She was the widow of Gen. Nicephore V. Blavatsky, some time governor of Armenia, and was prominent in the modern movement toward