Bancroft family

Biographical Note

George Bancroft

• 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

• 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)