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in that regiment. He lias been probate judge of his county for two terms; was countv attorney two terms;, and a state senator of Kansas for two terms. In 1895-97 he was a representative to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican. He died in 1907 in Pleasanton, Kan. Blue, Victor, naval officer, was born Dec. 6, 1865. During the war with Spain in 1898 he was ordered to the gunboat Suwanee; on June 11 he landed before Santiago; and proceeded with guides to the hills overlooking the city and harbor, where he distinctly saw and located the Spanish fleet in the harbor. He then traveled about seventy-two miles through the enemy's country; and his report dispelled the last lingering doubt there may have been as to the presence of Admiral C'ervera's fleet in Santiago harbor. In September he was given command of one of the Spanish prizes; and in 1899 was made ii

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of the republican party. He was the author of Historical Sketch of the Formation of the

American Confederacy; Speeches, Reviews and Reports; and Merchants' and Shipmasters' Assistant. He died June 16, 1860, in New

York

City.

Blunt,

James

decoration hall of

in

Mendelssohn glee club City. He was a national died in 1903 in New York

the

New York

academician.

He

City.

Blunt, Asa, Peabody, soldier, was born in Vermont. He attained the rank of brigadiergeneral in the United States army. In 1865

he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Oct. 4, 1889, in Manchester, N.H. Blunt, Edmond March, merchant, author, was born June 20, 1770, in Portsmouth, N. H. He was a bookseller of Newburyport, Mass. He was the author of The American Coast Pilot, still in use; and Stranger's Guide to New York City. He died Jan. 2, 1862, in Sing Sing, N.Y. Blunt, Edmund, hydrographer, inventor, was born Nov. 23, 1799, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1855-56 he furnished the points to determine the exterior line of New York harbor. While he was on the coast survey his attention was directed to the inferiority of the lights in the American lighthouses;

and he was the proposer and advocate of the introduction of Fresnel's system of signal-

He also invented the dividing engine. died Sept. 2, 1866, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Blunt, George William, hydrographer, author, was born on March 11, 1802, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1845 he was one of a committee to organize the present system of pilotage for New York; and in 1857 was made a harbor commissioner to protect the harbor of New York. He was the author of Atlantic Memoir; Sheet Anchor; Harbor Laws of New York; and Plan to Avoid the Center of Violent Gales. He died April 19, 1878, in New York City. Blunt, Joseph, lawyer, author, was born in February, 1792, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a lawyer; and was one of the founders lights.

He

soldier,

was

physician,

colonel

in

the

third

regiment Kansas volunteers. He commanded the cavalry in Gen-

James Lane's brigade; and in 1862 was eral

promoted to brigadiergeneral. In 1862, in the battle of Old Fort

Wayne, and Ch

lieutenant.

Blum, Robert Frederick, painter, artist, was born July 9, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He traveled and studied in Italy, Spain, Holland and Japan. His chief work was the

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born in 1826 in Hancock county, Maine. In 1861 he entered the army as lieutenant-

Arkansas.

On

Kansas

his

troops routed the confederate forces at Maysville, on the western border of Nov. 28 he attacked and deliee

feated Marmaduke's forces at Cane Hill, Ark. On Dec. 7, 1862, he encountered and defeated, with the aid of General Herron, the confederates under Hindman at Prairie Grove. He died July 25, 1881 in Washington, D.C. Blunt, Stanhoiw English, soldier, author, was born Sept. 29, 1850, in Boston, Mass. He was educated in the public schools of Boston, Mass; studied in Oswego, N.Y. and in 1872 graduated from the IJnited States military academy at West Point. He became second lieutenant of the thirteenth regiment United States infantry; and served as flrst lieutenant to lieutenant-colonel in the ordnance department of the United States army at various arsenals and staff duties. In 18971907 he was commanding Rock Island arsenal of Illinois; and since 1907 has been commanding Springfield armory, Mass. He is is the author of various publications on small arms and target practice; and of a standard work entitled Firing Regulations

for Small Arms, adopted for and in use by the United States army from 1884 to 1903. Blydenburgh, Charles Edward, engineer of mines, lawyer, jurist statesman, was born March 19, '1854, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1878 he graduated from Columbia college school of mines with the degree of engineer of mines. In 1881-82 he was county superintendent of schools in Wyoming; and in 1888 was a member of the house of representatives In the tenth legislature

of

Wyoming

territory.

In 1890 he became city attorney of Rawlins, Wyo.; and served three terms. In 1892-94 he was president of the city council and in