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George Bancroft
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1800, 3 Oct.:
Born, Worcester, Mass. -
1817:
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. -
1818 -1822 :Studied in Germany, France, England, Switzerland, and Italy -
1820:
M.A., Ph.D., University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany -
1822 -1923 :Tutor in Greek, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. -
1823:
Published Poems. Cambridge, [Mass.]: University Press Established with J. G. Cogswell Round Hill School, Northampton, Mass. -
1823 -1831 :Teacher, Round Hill School, Northampton, Mass. -
1827:
Married Sarah H. Dwight (died 1837) -
1834 -1875 :Published History of the United States. Boston: Little, Brown -
1837:
Appointed collector, port of Boston, Mass. -
1838:
Married Elizabeth Davis Bliss (died 1886) -
1845 -1846 :Secretary of the navy -
1846 -1849 :U.S. minister to Great Britain -
1867 -1874 :U.S. minister, Berlin, Germany -
1882:
Published History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. New York: D. Appleton (2 vols.) -
1889:
Published Martin Van Buren to the End of His Public Career. New York: Harper -
1891, 17 Jan.:
Died, Washington, D.C.
Alexander Bliss
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1827, 29 Dec.:
Born, Boston, Mass. -
1847:
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. -
1853:
Admitted to the bar, New York, N.Y. -
1861:
Entered Union Army -
1862:
Captain and assistant quartermaster, volunteers -
1863:
Captain and assistant quartermaster, regular army Lieutenant colonel and quartermaster of volunteers -
1864:
Published with John Pendleton Kennedy Autograph Leaves of Our County's Authors. Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey -
1865:
Breveted colonel, U.S. Army Married Eleanor Taylor Albert (died 1874) -
1866 -67 :Colonel and quartermaster of volunteers -
1867 -74 :Secretary, U.S. Legation, Berlin, Germany -
1868:
Resigned from the army -
1896, 30 Apr.:
Died, Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the Bancroft-Bliss Families Papers, 1788-1928, (bulk 1815-1875), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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creatorOf | Bancroft-Bliss Families Papers, 1788-1928, (bulk 1815-1875) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division |
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associatedWith | Bancroft family |
associatedWith | Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis, 1803-1886 |
associatedWith | Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 |
associatedWith | Bliss, Alexander, -1896. Alexander Bliss papers. |
associatedWith | Bliss, Alexander, 1792-1827 |
correspondedWith | Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 |
correspondedWith | Crane, Joseph G. |
correspondedWith | Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 |
correspondedWith | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 |
correspondedWith | Estcomb, Caroline B. |
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