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Blanks, James Braxton

expert accountant, was born Jan. 9, 1839, in Petersburg, Va. He has been an accountant the greater part of his life, and for fifteen years teller and assistant cashier of three different banks; and commissioner of the revenue of the city of Petersburg for six years. He has been grand secretary of the Royal Arch Masons of Virginia; grand recorder of Knights Templars of Virginia, and grand secretary of Royal Arcanum of Virginia. BLASHFIELD, EDWIN HOWLAND, painter, was born Dec. 15, 1848, in New York city. His favorite subjects are figures, with carefully studied landscape or architecture. Historical subjects and por-- traiture, with particular devotion to accuracy of detail, also claim his attention. Some of his principal paintings are A Poet; Toreador; Monseigneur; The Augur; A Roman Emperor; The Fencing Lesson-Roman Ladies; and The Besieged, a fine picture, has been exhibited in the royal academies of London and Edinburgh. He has been president of the Society of American Artists.