Letter : Winthrop Place [Boston?], to [Adolphe Fourier?] de Bacourt, [Boston?], 1840, Sept. 7.

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Letter : Winthrop Place [Boston?], to [Adolphe Fourier?] de Bacourt, [Boston?], 1840, Sept. 7.

Autograph letter. Invitation to de Bacourt to dine with Bancroft.

1 item (3 p.) ; 19 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7651211

University of Chicago Library

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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...

Bacourt, Adolphe Fourier de, 1800-1865

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Butler-Gunsaulus Collection (University of Chicago. Library)

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