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Bancroft, William L

was born Aug. 12, 1825, in Martinsburg, N. Y. In 1859 he was a representative; in 1865 a senator of the Michigan state legislature, and was secretary of the state senate in 1849. He has been a democratic nominee for congress and for secretary of state. He was the first mayor of Port Huron, Mich., and has been postmaster of that city.

BANDELIER, ADOLPH FRANCIS AL- PHONSE, archæologist, author, was born Aug. 6, 1840, in Switzerland. He is the author of The Art of War and Mode of Warfare; Tenure of Land and Inheritances of the Ancient Mexicans; Historical Introduction to Studies among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Archæological Tour in Mexico in 1881; and The Delight Makers, a novel of Pueblo Indian Life.