Blunt, James

G., born at Hancock co., Ma ., 1826. In early life a medical practitioner in Kansas; lieutenant colonel of volunteers 1861; brigadier-general April 8, 1862, and major-general Nov. 29, same year; routed the Confederates at Old Fort Wayne, Oct. 22, 1862; defeated them at Cane Hill, Nov. 28, and again at Prairie Grove, Dec. 7; captured Fort Van Buren Dec. 28; defeated Gen. Cooper at Honey Springs, July, 1863, and effectually checked Price's invasion of Mi ouri, at Newton i a, Oct. 28, 1864. Died at Washington, D. C., 1881. Board of Trade. An a ociation among the busine men of a city for the purpose of promoting its commercial interests; also called "chamber of commerce." A National Board of Trade was organized in this country in 1868, composed of delegates from the local boards, and devoting itself to the discu ion of commercial questions of general interests. Boards of trade or chambers of commerce are also common in Europe, where they exert a large influence.