Letters from George Bancroft [manuscript] 1838, 1873, 1877.

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Letters from George Bancroft [manuscript] 1838, 1873, 1877.

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Bancroft accepts a lecture engagement, describes the current system of parliamentary goverment in Germany, comments on the good fortune of his graduating class, and requests information on the Massachusetts government of 1785 and specifically on the proposal of James Bowdoin for a convention to create a national constitution. He also desires more information regarding the inter-state movement for a navigation act and requests some Massachusetts state department papers. Correspondents are P.T. Bigelow and Henry Bailey Peirce.

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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...

Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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Governor and public official from Massachusetts. From the description of James Bowdoin papers, 1785-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980726 American politician, governor of Massachusetts, 1785-87; father of James Bowdoin, 1752-1811 From the guide to the James Bowdoin, Sr. letter to John Sullivan, 1786, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Peirce, Henry Bailey.

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Bigelow, P. T.,

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Massachusetts. State Department.

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United States. Convention.

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