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BLAKESBURG, t. Penobscot co. Me. 20m. N. from Bangor . Pop. 403.

BLANCO, cape of N. America , on the coastof the Pacific ocean. Lat. 43° 23' N.; Ion. 47° \V. from W.

BLANDFORD, t. Oxford co. U. C. on theThames.

BLANDFORD, t. Prince George co. Va.on S. side of the Appomatox, bordering on Pe-tersburg, and included within the borough ofPetersburg.

BLANDFORD, t. Hampden co. Mass. 1Gm.W. from Springfield, 116 WSW. from Bos-ton , and 331 from W. Pop. 1,594.

BLANNERHASSET’S ISLAND, isl. inthe Ohio , opposite Bclpre; 13 m. below Ma-rietta. It is a beautiful and fertile island,containing about 300 acres. It is so namedfrom a Mr. Blannerhasset, an Irish gentlemanof large fortune, who having, with his family,left Ireland in 1801, purchased and removedto this island, where he reared a costly andsplendid edifice for his dwelling-house. A con-siderable part of the island was laid out ingardens after the most approved models ofEuroj>can taste, and the whole scenery com-bined, seemed like the fabled fields of Elysium.But the house was most unfortunately burntdown in Dec. 1810, and shortly afterwards,the garden was totally destroyed, and few orno vestiges now remain of its transient splen-dor and magnificence.

BLAS, SAN, a seaport town of Mexico , onan island at the mouth of the Rio Grande , orSantiago r. which falls into the Pacific ocean in lat. 21° 30' N. and 104 3 46' W. Ion.

BLEDSOE, co. in W. part of Ten. Chieftown, Pikevillc. Pop. 6,448.

BLENHEIM, t. Schoharie, co. N. Y. 47 m.SW. from Albany . Pop. 2,280.

BLENHEIM, t. in the W. Riding of theco. of York, lies to the northward of Dundas-street, opposite Benford, U. C.

BLENHEIM, t. Oxford co. U. C.

BLEURIE, Seigniory, Bedford co. L. C. onthe r. Sorel, 25 m. SE. from Montreal .

BLIGH’S ISLAND, off the NW. coast ofAmerica , in Prince William’s sound. Lon.213° 43' E.; lat. 60° 52' N.

BLOCK ISLAND, off the coast of RhodeIsland , 24 m. SSW. from Newport, 21 E. byN. from Montauk point on Long Island . Itconstitutes the town of New Shoreham , inNewport co. It is about 7 m. long and 4broad. Pop. 955. Lon. 71° 30'W.; lat. 41'8'N.

BLOCKLEY, t. Philadelphia co. Pa. on W.side of the Schuylkill; 3 m. W. from Phila-delphia .

BLOODY-BROOIC, v. Franklin co. Mass.100 m. NW. by W. from Boston .

BLOODY-RUN, t. Bedford co. Pa .

BLOOM, t. Columbia co. Pa .

BLOOM, t. Scioto co. 16 m. E. of Ports-mouth, Ohio .

BLOOM, t. Morgan co. Ohio .

BLOOM, t. Northumberland co. Pa .

BLOOM, t. Fairfield co. Ohio .

BLOOM FIELD, t. Somerset oo. Maine , on

W. side of the Kennebeck, opposite Canaan,

5 m. E. from Norridgewock. It is a consider-able town, and contains an academy.

BLOOMFIELD, t. Ontario co. N. Y. It isa large and excellent agricultural town, di-vided into E. and W. Bloomfield; E. Bloom-field is 6 m. W. from Canandaigua, and 373from W. W. Bloomfield, or Bloomville, is 12m. W. from Canandaigua.

BLOOMFIELD, t. Essex co. N. J. 5 m.NW. from Newark . It is a pleasant village,and contains an academy. In its neighbor-hood are quarries of freestone.

BLOOMFIELD, v. Loudon co. Va.

BLOOMFIELD, v. Nelson co. Ken.

BLOOMFIELD, t. Jackson co. Ohio .

BLOOMFIELD, t. Trumbull co. Ohio ; 346m. from W.

BLOOMFIELD, t. Pickaway co. Ohio ; 8m. N. from Circleville, and 17 S. from Co-lumbus .

BLOOMFIELD, t. Crawford co. Pa . Pop.114.

BLOOMFIELD, v. Jefferson co. Ohio , 14m. W. from Steubenville .

BLOOMFIELD, t. Knox co. Ohio . Pop. in1820,468.

BLOOMFIELD, v. Oakland co. Mich. 18m. from Detroit .

BLOOMINGBURG, v. Fayette co. Ohio ,35 m. SE. from Columbus .

BLOOMINGBURG, v. Sullivan co. N. Y100 m. from Albany .

BLOOMINGBURG, v. in Mamakating, N.York.

BLOOMINGDALE, v. on the Hudson, 7m. above N. York.

BLOOMING GROVE, v. Richland co.Ohio .

BLOOMING GROVE, t. Richland coOhio . Pop. in 1820, 168.

BLOOMING GROVE, t. Orange co. N. Y. 12 m. W. from West-Point, and 258 from W.Pop. 2,099.

BLOOMINGSBURG, v. Fayette co. Ohio ,40 m. SW. from Columbus .

BLOOMINGTON, v. cap. Monroe co. In-diana, 70 m. NE. from Vincennes .

BLOOMSBURG, v. Halifax co. Va.

BLOOMSBURG, t. Hunterdon co. N. J. near the entrance of the Musconecunk intothe Delaware ?

BLOOMSBURG, v. Columbia co. Pa. onFishing creek, and on the road from Danvilleto Nescopeck.

BLOOMSBURG, v Northumberland co. Pa .

BLOOMINGVILLE, v. Huron co. Ohio .

BLOOMSVILLE, v. Ontario co. N. Y. 13m. from Canandaigua.

BLOOMVILLE, v. Del. co. N. Y. by thepost-road 117 m. SW. from Albany . SeeBloomsville, Del. co. N. Y.

BLOUNT, co. East Ten. Chief town, Ma-ryville. Pop. 11,027.

BLOUNT, co- of Ala. Pop. 4,233. Bloimts-ville is the capital.

BLOUNTSVILLE, v. Jones co. Geo.

BLOUNTSVILEE, t. and cap. Sullivan co