1800, 3 Oct.Born, Worcester, Mass.1817 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.18181822Studied in Germany, France, England, Switzerland, and
Italy1820M.A., Ph.D., University of Göttingen, Göttingen,
Germany18221923Tutor in Greek, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.1823Published Poems. Cambridge, [Mass.]: University PressEstablished with J. G. Cogswell Round Hill School,
Northampton, Mass.18231831 Teacher, Round Hill School, Northampton, Mass.1827Married Sarah H. Dwight (died 1837)18341875Published History of the United States. Boston: Little, Brown1837 Appointed collector, port of Boston, Mass.1838Married Elizabeth Davis Bliss (died 1886)18451846 Secretary of the navy18461849U.S. minister to Great Britain 18671874U.S. minister, Berlin, Germany1882Published History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United
States of America. New York: D. Appleton (2 vols.)1889Published Martin Van Buren to the End of His Public Career. New York: Harper1891, 17 Jan. Died, Washington, D.C.
Alexander Bliss
1827, 29 Dec.Born, Boston, Mass.1847B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.1853Admitted to the bar, New York, N.Y.1861 Entered Union Army1862Captain and assistant quartermaster, volunteers1863 Captain and assistant quartermaster, regular armyLieutenant colonel and quartermaster of volunteers1864Published with John Pendleton Kennedy Autograph Leaves of Our County's Authors. Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey1865Breveted colonel, U.S. ArmyMarried Eleanor Taylor Albert (died 1874)186667 Colonel and quartermaster of volunteers186774 Secretary, U.S. Legation, Berlin, Germany1868Resigned from the army1896, 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)