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General Bancroft as Cambridge’s public spirit and rail leader
A portrait of Maj Gen William A Bancroft of Cambridge and Boston Elevated Railway fame. Born 1855 in Groton, he rose from Harvard rowers to Harvard graduate and militia captain to brigadier general and U S volunteer service in the Spanish War. He later led civic and private ventures and became president of the Boston Elevated Railway Company.
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Cambridge
William A. Bancroft
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Harvard
Lawrence Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy
Bancroft
Fifth Regiment
Massachusetts Militia
McKinley
United States Volunteers
Army Corps
Militia
General Court
Cambridge Railroad
Cambridge Company
General Bancroft
Chelsea
The
Puritan
United States Trust Companies
Phillips Exeter
Mayors’ Club of
Massachusetts
Cambridge Club
New England
Exeter Academy
Commercial Club of
Boston
Cincinnati
Colonial
the Middlesex
Union
Exchange
Art Club