Bancroft Family Correspondence, 1844-1882

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Bancroft Family Correspondence, 1844-1882

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Papers of the family of book dealer and historian Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918). The collection consists of letters from his first wife, Emily Ketchum, to her family, 1859-1869; and to her sister, Mrs. Coit, 1860-1869. It also includes the journal of Bancroft's daughter, Kate, 1874, describing her travels to the California missions and her visit to the Vallejo family in Sonoma in 1874, and correspondence and documents relating to the Civil War activities of General Henry Clay Pleasants and Lt. Charles Israel Pleasants.

1.00 linear feet; (4 archives box)

eng,

University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6664818

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Bancroft, Kate

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Bancroft, Emily Ketchum

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Bancroft family

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Biography Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) was a Pacific Coast historian, book dealer, bibliophile, and entrepreneur. Having no formal schooling, Bancroft educated himself through travel and reading. A native of Granville, Ohio, he began his career as a bookstore clerk in Buffalo, New York. He came to California in 1852, and in 1856 he opened a successful bookstore in San Francisco with his brother Albert. By 1870 Bancroft had purchased a fiv...

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Swisher, Ruth Lineaweaver

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Bancroft, Matilda Griffing

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Pleasants, Charles Israel

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