General Nathaniel P. Banks collection, [18--]-[19--].

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General Nathaniel P. Banks collection, [18--]-[19--].

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Correspondence from and relating to Banks, Banks family photographs, genealogy, clippings, brochures and other items celebrating the centennial of Banks's birth, brochure relating to the dedication of his statue, typed mss. and books of his speeches, biographies and histories about Banks and career, and monographs from his personal library, chiefly relating to his political and military career. Political materials chiefly relate to his activities as governor of Massachusetts with little about his career as U.S. representative.

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Waltham Public Library

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Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...

Banks family.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...