The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) May 1, 1896 page 7
Col. Alexander Bliss, a graduate of Harvard, and a man prominent in army and diplomatic life, died at his residence, 820 Connecticut avenue, yesterday afternoon, after a short illness. He was born in Boston, served in the quartermaster’s department in the war, and later in the regular army; was secretary of legation at Berlin in 1867 – 1874, and the author of several works on diplomatic subjects. He leaves a son, Prof. Bliss of Johns Hopkins University. Funeral services will be held at St. John’s Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, and the interment will be made at Arlington.
Col. Alexander Bliss, a graduate of Harvard, and a man prominent in army and diplomatic life, died at his residence, 820 Connecticut avenue, yesterday afternoon, after a short illness. He was born in Boston, served in the quartermaster’s department in the war, and later in the regular army; was secretary of legation at Berlin in 1867 – 1874, and the author of several works on diplomatic subjects. He leaves a son, Prof. Bliss of Johns Hopkins University. Funeral services will be held at St. John’s Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, and the interment will be made at Arlington.
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) May 1, 1896 page 7
Col. Alexander Bliss, a graduate of Harvard, and a man prominent in army and diplomatic life, died at his residence, 820 Connecticut avenue, yesterday afternoon, after a short illness. He was born in Boston, served in the quartermaster’s department in the war, and later in the regular army; was secretary of legation at Berlin in 1867 – 1874, and the author of several works on diplomatic subjects. He leaves a son, Prof. Bliss of Johns Hopkins University. Funeral services will be held at St. John’s Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, and the interment will be made at Arlington.
Col. Alexander Bliss, a graduate of Harvard, and a man prominent in army and diplomatic life, died at his residence, 820 Connecticut avenue, yesterday afternoon, after a short illness. He was born in Boston, served in the quartermaster’s department in the war, and later in the regular army; was secretary of legation at Berlin in 1867 – 1874, and the author of several works on diplomatic subjects. He leaves a son, Prof. Bliss of Johns Hopkins University. Funeral services will be held at St. John’s Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, and the interment will be made at Arlington.
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