George Bancroft Correspondence 1844-1881

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George Bancroft Correspondence 1844-1881

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Papers of the American historian, diplomat. Bancroft served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, and later as U.S. minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), to Prussia (1867-1871), and to the German Empire (1871-1874).Consists of correspondence, chiefly outgoing; includes recommendations for appointments, letters of introduction, responses to social invitations, and acknowledgements of receipt of books, historical documents, and various other items. Correspondents include A.D. Bache, John H. Campbell, G.W. Childs, Joel Munsell, Ambrose Sevier, Edward H. Wright, and Hendrick B. Wright.

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Campbell, John H. (John Hull), 1800-1868

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Sevier, Ambrose Hundley, 1801-1848

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Wright, Edward H. (Edward Henry), 1824-1913

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