Papers, 1819-1901.

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Papers, 1819-1901.

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This collection includes approximately one hundred letters written over a seventy year span from 1819 to 1889, and six hundred sixty-four folio sheets on which are pasted typewritten slips describing books which comprised Bancroft's personal library. The letters for the period 1819 to 1822, written from Europe, are (like almost all the letters) addressed to his family and outline his study for a Ph.D. at Gottingen, his travels, and observations about European life and customs. There are nineteen letters written in this period from Gottingen, Hamburg, Prague, Berlin, Heidelberg, Paris, Rome, and Marseilles. The letters for the period 1823 to 1863 were addressed chiefly to his sister, Eliza Bancroft (1791-1872), who married John Davis (1787-1854), Governor of Massachusetts and U.S. Senator. These letters range from discussions on Bancroft's association with Joseph Green Cogswell (1786-1871) at Round Hill School in Northampton, Mass., to his tenure as American Minister to England, 1846-1849, to his preoccupation with details of the publication and distribution of his books. The letters for the period 1867 to 1889 consider generally his observations and reflections on events in Europe while Minister to Germany, 1867-1874. Of particular interest are his letters from Berlin in the period 1869-1871. Many of these letters are addressed to his niece by marriage, Frederica King Davis, Mrs. John Chandler Bancroft Davis. The oversize folder contains a letter dated from Paris, 19 July 1821 from Bancroft to his sister Jane Putnam Bancroft (1798-1839).

2 boxes.1 folder (1 item) ; oversize.

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Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Cogswell, Joseph Green, 1786-1871

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Joseph Green Cogswell was a native of New England and graduate of Harvard. Throughout his long and active life, he was a scholar, educator, editor, bibliographer, and author, as well as superintendent of the Astor Library. Through his reputation, connections, and extensive travelling, he was known by many of the most notable figures of the nineteenth century, including Goethe, Irving, Byron, Scott, and Humboldt. From the description of Joseph Green Cogswell letter, 1852 April 5. (Pen...

Round Hill School (Northampton, Mass.)

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