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illness which carried him of. Death
occurred at $40 O'Clock Saturday after
noon. The end was quiet and peaceful
and came after . period of unconscious,
ness lasting about twenty-four hours.
1t has been decided to hold funeral
services at II o'clock next Tuesday
morning In st. Johns Episcopal Church.
The interment will take place al
Worcester, Mass, where Mr.. Bancroft's
wife is buried.
George Bancroft Was born In Worcester;
Mass, October le00. He Was one of . numer.
Gus family. was educated ss bxeter. N. H..
under DR.. Abbott. who saw that he had The
stamina Of . distinguished man" In 1913 he
entered Harvard College, and graduating
With high honors in 1917. went the fol-
lowing year TO Germany to pursue his
studies, receiving his degree - doc
tor Of philosophy n 9ottingen In
16e0 Mr.. Bancroft later visited Berlin. and
made an extensive tour Of Germany. Switser-
land. Italy and England. erjoying personal &C.
Quaintances with many OF the most dis
tinguished men Of the period In those coun
tries. He returned to Apaerica in i022, and WAS
for . year tutor Of Grceh st Harvard College.
he lad been designed for the ministry and
preached some sernens but abandoned
that profession for the pursuit Of
letters Mr. Bancroft's most enduring fame
will rest upon his History OF the United States
from the discovery Of tie American continent
Of which the nrst volume appeared in 1894
Mr. Bancroft had carly associated himself
with the Democratic party. and was In
the lecture-room and on the stump .
frequent and earnest advocate OF its
principles. In January, 1854 he was sp-
pointed BY President Van Buren, collector Of
the port Of Boston an once which he held
until tho accession Of Harrison In 1871, dis
charging its duties with marked energy and
fidelity. In LA he WAS the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor OF MAssa-
chusetts. but WA not elected In March
Of the following year he WAS called
by President Polk 70 . seat in his Cabinet A.
held until September, 1S4a His brief tenure
Of the Navy Department was signalized BY
several needed reforms. and especially by two
important additions TO its usefulness the
naval school 8 Annapolis and the astronomical
observatory at Washington Mr.. Bancroft
resigned his seat In the Cabinet 70 accept the
appointment Of Minister Plenipotentiary to
Great Britain, where he remained until the
summer Of $50. His residence in London,
apart from the distinguished post he occupied
- bis c9uutry's representative. derived yet
further lSster from the intimate association into
which hs was called with the eminent men OF
letters end statesmen Of the day. OF such were
Macsuley, NilmAn, Grote, Rogers, Dickens,
Whewell. Peel and BroughAm, In England
and in rrsuce, Guizot, Mignet, Lamartine. De
TocQuev.lle and others. The historian aid
not fail to avail himself OF the rare opportuni-
ties which his public and private relations
Afforded for enriching his store Of docu-
ments upon American history. The public
ay~hfvnA n ENGLAND Eranra wara fhroHu
open TO him. and many private collections OF
manuscripts were placed Of his disposal Upon
his return TO America Mr.. Bancroft msde New
York his place Of residence and resumed ect
i've work upon his history. Al ths OBJ
sequies hold in New York upon the passage
Of the remains Of President Lincoln
through that city after the assassination
IN April. 1855, Mr.. Bancroft, by request OF the
municipal government delivered the euiogy.
In February following. b. invitation of Con
gress and in the presence Of that body and Of
the assembled oficers q the Government be
pronounced IN GRAFTON upon the life apd serv-
ices Of Abraham Lincoln in the House o; Rep
resentatives at Washington. In the
summer OF 1857 Mr.. Bancroft received
the appointment Of Minister Plsnipo-
Tertiary st Berlin. The Kingdom Of Prussia
ct this time - . result Of the civil var u the
previous year With Austria had formed with
German Confederation and 70 IL she new e.
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once applied himself 70 the settlement q -
international question which for three
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