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Blackstone, Thomas, soldier, was born in He served in the war of 1813; in 1813 attained the rank of second lieutenant; in 1814 attained the rank of first lieutenant; and became captain in 1817. Virginia.

Blackstone, Timothy Beach, railroad preswas born March 38, 1839, in Branford, Conn. In 1861 he became president of the Joliet and Chicago railway; and was president of the Chicago and Alton railroad in 1864-99. He died May 36, 1900, in Chicago, 111. ident,

Blackstone, William, pioneer clergyman, in 1595 in England. He was the first settler of Rhode Island ; and planted the first apple orchard. He died May 36, 1675, in

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Blackwell, Alice Stone, journalist, publisher, author, was bom Sept. 14, 1857, in Orange, N.J.; and is a daughter of Henry B. Blackwell and Lucy Stone. In 1881 she graduated from Boston university; and at once began to help her father and mother in editing the Woman's Journal of Boston, Mass. She is recording secretary of the National American woman suffrage association and a trustee of the Boston university. She is the author of a book of translations of Armenian poems; translations of Russian poems; and compiler, with Rev. Anna H. Shaw and Miss Lucy E. Anthony, of The Yellow Ribbon Speaker.

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Jan. 39, 1843, in Georgia. He entered the confederate army in the third regiment Georgia volunteers. In 1883 he took up a site at what is now Blackwell, on the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma territory, a location not at the time highly prized by others. He has been its mayor and justice of the peace. He also founded the town of Rock Palls, Okl.; and is president of the North Oklahoma railroad. Blackwell, Mrs. Antoinette Brown, minister, author, was bom May 30, 1835, in Henrietta, N.Y. She is a unitarian minister pro-

minent in the woman suffragist's movement and in other reforms. She is the author of Studies in General Science The Market Woman; The Island Neighbors; a novel of

American life; The Sexes Throughout Nature; The Physical Basis

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One; and The Philosoof Individuality. Blackwell, Elizabeth, physician, author, was born Feb. 3, 1831, in Bristol, England. She is a physician of New York City; and with her sister Emily organized the woman's medical college of the New York infirmary. She is the author of Laws of Life, or the

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Physical Education of Girls; Counsel to Parents in the Moral Education of Their Children; and Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women. Blackwell, Emily, educator, physician, founder, was born in 1836 in England. She established in New York City a hospital conducted entirely by women; and was the head and a professor in that institution. Blackwell, James Shannon, educator, was born Nov. 30, 1844, in Kentucky. In 1879-94 he was a professor of languages and for a short time chairman of the university of Missouri. He is the author of German Prefixes and Suffixes ; and other works on different languages. Blackwell, John, colonial govej-nor. In 1688-93 he was colonial governor of Pennsylvania. Blackwell, Julius W., congressman, was born in Virginia. In 1839-45 he was a representative from Tennessee to the twentysixth and twenty-eighth congresses. He died in Tennessee.

Blackwell, Mrs. Lucy Stone, abolitionist, was born Aug. 13, 1818, in West Brookfield, Mass. She became an agent and lecturer for

the Massachusetts anti-slavery society, in which capacity she often pleaded for the rights of women as well as for those of the slave. In 1855 she was married to Henry B. Blackwell, but still retained her maiden name. She died Oct. 18, 1893, in Dorchester,

Mass. Blackwell, Robert Emory, educator, college was bom Nov. 14, 1854, in Warrenton, Va. He is president of RandolphMacon college at Ashland, Va. He is the author of Were the Ancients Acquainted with president, author,

America ? Blackwell, Sarah Ellen, artist, author,

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1838 in England. Her especial subjects of interest are land and labor reform,

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Ella Carroll. Blackwood, Alexander Leslie, physician, surgeon, author, was born July 38, 1853, in Quebec, Canada. Since 1888 he has practiced medicine and surgery in Chicago, 111. He is the author of Diseases of Heart and Lung; and other medical works. Blackwood, William G., lawyer, jurist, was born in Pennsylvania. He settled in Missouri, from which state he was appointed a justice of the United States court for the territory of New Mexico. Bladen, Thomas, governor, lived in the eighteenth century. In 1743-46 he was colonial governor of Maryland; and during his administration the western boundary of the province was fixed by treaty with the Indians; and the manufacture of flour began to attract the attention of the government. Blaikie, William, lawyer, author, was born May 34, 1843, in York, IST.Y. In 1873 he commenced the practice of law in New York City; and for eight years was commissioner of the United States court of claims. He was