Papers, 1844-1882.

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Papers, 1844-1882.

Bound volumes of letters from Emily Ketchum Bancroft to her family. Kate Bancroft's journal of her travels with her father in 1874 to California missions, her visit to the Vallejo family in Sonoma, letters to her father, and a few letters to her stepmother (Bancroft's second wife), Matilda Griffing Bancroft.

1 linear ft. (4 archives boxes)

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Bancroft, Matilda Griffing,

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Pleasants, Charles Israel,

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Swisher, Ruth Lineaweaver,

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Pleasant family

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918

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Ezekial Thatcher was clerk of the Parkville School District, Shasta County, Calif. He emigrated to California from Pennsylvania in 1850 and helped establish the first school district in the Parkville area. He is descended from the Thatchers of Uffington, England, the same family as Denis Thatcher, husband of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. From the description of H.H. Bancroft letter : San Francisco, Calif., to E. Thatcher, Parkville, Shasta County, Calif. : ALS (photocopy)...

Bancroft, Emily Ketchum.

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Emily Ketchum of Buffalo, N.Y., married Hubert Howe Bancroft in 1859, attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Conn. From the description of Emily Ketchum Bancroft correspondence : ALS, 1851-1869 (bulk1851-1859). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 74712928 ...

Bancroft, Kate.

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Pleasants, Henry, 1833-1880

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Bancroft family.

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Hubert Howe Bancroft was a historian, bibliophile, book dealer, and entrepreneur, born in 1832 in Granville, Ohio. Opened a bookstore in San Francisco in 1856, which became extremely important in the trade of Western history materials. Bancroft's library later formed the nucleus of the Bancroft Library at the Univ. of California, Berkeley. Most materials in this collection were written by Bancroft's first wife Emily Ketchum or their daughter Kate. From the de...