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Blanchard Randall (November 12, 1856 - August 24, 1942) was born in Annapolis in the Bordley-Randall house. He was educated at home before attending St. John’s College, where he graduated in 1874.
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Accordingly, he headed up to Baltimore and obtained a position in the counting house of Messrs. Spence and Montague. Every Friday evening, Blanchard would board the train from Camden Station, catching the connection from Annapolis Junction down to his parents’ house. Every Monday morning, he would take the first train to Baltimore, arriving in time for the business of the week.
Many years later, he wrote his memories of Baltimore in the 1870s, a short paper he titled ''Reminiscences''. One memorable brush with history occurred when he was an eager eighteen year old “gopher.” In his own words:
::Shortly after coming to Baltimore in 1874, I was sent over to the Merchant’s Bank on a message to Mr. William L. Gill…
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::Her son [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jérôme_Napoléon_Bonaparte Jerome] I remember seeing on Charles Street driving a pair of horses and seated in a high English cart, full smooth face somewhat Napoleonic but rather fat. My mother called my attention to this figure telling me that he was Napoleon’s nephew and the son of Jerome. This must have been somewhere about 1868 or 69.
[[file:CJBonaparte.jpg|thumb|upright|Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851 – 1921) was Blanchard Randall's neighbor in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_Baltimore Mount Vernon] area in Baltimore and was a colleague of Blanchard's brother, John Wirt Randall.]]
::[Soon after the encounter with Madam Bonaparte], I met [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Bonaparte Mr. Charles Joseph Bonaparte] who had been a friend of my brother, [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001600/001611/html/msa01611.html John Wirt Randall], they having some law business together. He was always very kind to me and on more than one occasion I was invited to his house on the corner of Park Avenue and Center streets. He was [a] ….great friend of [Johns Hopkins University] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman President Gilman’s] and also an intimate friend of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt President Theodore Roosevelt], who then was slightly built and weigh[ed] very much less than Mr. Bonaparte. In twenty years this order changed; Mr. Bonaparte seemed always to keep his figure, Roosevelt did not.
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