Letter and manuscript of George Bancroft [manuscript], n.d.

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Letter and manuscript of George Bancroft [manuscript], n.d.

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Bancroft writes to A[braham?] O[akey] Hall asking the latter to check for errors on the enclosed manuscript page of Bancroft's "History of the United States."

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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...

Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898

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