NUCMC data from LC Mss. Div. for Smith, B. Papers, 1702-1857 (George Bancroft)
WWWA, 1607-1896 (Bancroft, George, historian, sec. of navy, diplomat; b. Worcester, Mass., 10-3-1800; s. Aaron and Lucretia (Chandler) B.; grad. Harvard 1817; m. Sarah H. Dwight, 1827; a founder of Round Hill Sch., Northampton, Mass., 1823; U.S. sec. of navy, 1845-46; est. U.S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md., 1845; U.S. minister to Gt. Britain, 1846-49; to Prussia, 1867-71; to German Empire, 1871-74; d. Wash., D.C., 1-17-1891)
