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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Blair, Samuel, clergyman, legislator, was born in 1741 in Fogg's Manor, Pa. He was the principal founder of the English presbyterian church at Germantown, Pa. He was several times a member of the Pennsylvania assembly ; and was for two years chaplain to

the continental congress. 1818, in Germantown, Pa.

He

Blair, William Allen, educator, lecturer, author, was born June 4, 1860, in High Point, X.C. After graduating in 1882 from Harvard university he entered actively into educational work. In 1889 he was commissioned as state representative of the Paris exposition,

and has thoroughly examined the school systems of Europe. He has been president of several societies and in 1890 became president of the People's national bank of Winston, N. C. In 1899 he was president of the Xorth Carolina state bankers' association. He is the author of The History of Banking in North Carolina; Banks of Issue; and other works. Blair, William B., soldier, was born in Virginia. In 1838 he graduated from the

United States military academy. In 1840-52 he was

first

lieutenant; and became captain

in 1850. In 1861-65 he was a major in the service of the confederate states army. He

died

March

23, 1883. H.,

soldier, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Dec. 7, 1888, in Bellefonte, Pa. Blaisdell, Albert Franklin, physician, author, was born Aug. 31, 1860, in Southampton, N.H. In 1878 he commenced the practice of medicine in Providence, R.I. and was physician to the Rhode Island hospital. He is the author of Study of the English Classics Our Bodies and How We Live; How to Keep Well; Child's Book of Health; and First Steps with American and British Authors. Blaisdell, Daniel, lawyer, congressman, was bom in 1760 in New Hampshire. He was a, state councilor in 1803-08. In 1809-11 he was a representative from New Hampshire to the eleventh congress. He died in 1832 in New

Blair,

William





Hampshire.

Blaisdell, Alfred, lawyer, statesman, was born in 1875 in Fairmont, Minn. In 1894 he graduated from Fairmont high school; in 1898 graduated from the university of Minnesota with the degree

died Sept. 34,

Blair, Samuel S., congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1859-63 he was a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses. He died Dec. 8, 1890, in Holidayburg, Pa. Blair, William, merchant. About 1848, after the opening of the Illinois and Michigan canal, he closed the retail branch of his business, thus becoming the first to establish an exclusively wholesale hardware house in Chicago, 111.; and being at the time the only one in the west outside of St. Louis. He died in Chicago, 111.

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of bachelor of science; and in 1901 graduated from the college of law at the university of Minnesota. In 1900 he began the practice of law in Minot, N.D.

has been United States commissioner; a trustee of the state normal board; and a director in the state historical society. He is a member of the masonic and various fraternal and patriotic orders; and has been a successful promoter of various business enterprises in the state of North Dakota. In 1907-08 he was secretary of state for North Dakota. Blaisdell, Elija Whittier, lawyer, journalist, statesman, author, poet, was born July 18, 1826, in Montpelier, Vt. In 1854 he moved to Rookford, 111.; participated with Abraham Lincoln in the formation of the republican party in 1856;

and was the first editor in the United States

who raised Lincname for the pre-

oln's

sidency of the United States. He canvassed the state of Illinois for General Grant and

Governor Oglesby and

was afterward a Cleveland

He was

a candidate for congress three times; and was a member of the Illinois state legislature in 1859-60. He was the author of The Hidden Record; a drama entitled Shabbona; The Rajah, a burlesque poem; and a volume of poems. He died Jan. 14, 1901, in Rockford, 111. Blaisdell, Henry G., governor, was born in 1825. He was the first governor of Nevada after it became a state; and served as such in 1864-71. He died July 30, 1900, in Oakland, Cal. Blaisdell,

Mary

was born April

elector.

Frances, educator, author,

Manchester, N. H. Since 1896 she has been an instructor in the schools of Brockton and Medford, Mass. She is the author of The Child-Life Primer;

The

20, 1874, in

Blaisdell Spellers;

The Child-Life Fifth

Reader Boy Blue and His Friends er works.



and oth-

William, soldier, was born in Hampshire. In 1841-53 he served as corporal and sergeant in the United States amy; and in 1864 was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He died June 23, 1864, in Petersburg, Va. Blake, Charles Dupee, organist, musician, composer, was born Sept. 13, 1847, in WalBlaisdell,

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