Editing Hubert Howe Bancroft (section)

==Death==
He died on March 2, 1918, at his country home in [[Walnut Creek, California]].<ref name=Chron>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2233469/hubert_howe_bancroft_historian_dies/ "H.H. Bancroft, Historian, Dies at Age of 85: Prolific American Writer Passes Away at His Home in Walnut Creek"], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', vol. 112, no. 47 (March 3, 1918), p. 1.</ref> "Acute [[peritonitis]]" was blamed as the cause of death in published
newspaper reports.<ref name=Summoned /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=RDP19180304.2.78&srpos=4&e=01-03-1918-11-11-1918--en--20--1--txt-txIN-Bancroft-------1|title=Riverside Daily Press 4 March 1918 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SRPD19180303.2.7&srpos=9&dliv=none|title=NOTED HISTORIAN HAS PASSED AWAY Herbert Howe Bancroft Had Great Career and Succeeded in Spite of Difficulties Ul/ Associated Fret». — Press Democrat 3 March 1918 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}</ref> Bancroft was 85 at his death. His body was interred in the [[Cypress Lawn Memorial Park]] in [[Colma, California]].