Smiley Bancroft papers, 1840-1897.

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Bancroft, Smiley. Smiley Bancroft papers, 1840-1897.

Smiley Bancroft papers, 1840-1897.

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Family papers, letters, deeds, accounts, receipts, diaries, and commission as captain of militia (1850), of Smiley Bancroft of East Calais, Vt., 1840-1897. The collection also includes correspondence, 1861-1862, to and from Charles F. Bancroft, of the 4th Vermont Regiment, Co. H, including a letter by George F. Davis informing Smiley Bancroft and his wife of their son Charles' death, April 30, 1862. There are also a series of letters settling Charles' affairs. W.E. Bliss of the 4th Vermont Regiment, H.P. Bruce, and F.D. Bliss, also wrote from Civil War camps to the Bancrofts. There are papers concerning the death and pension of George Lowell of the 1st Vermont Cavalry, Co. D.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Vermont Historical Society