Creator:
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
Inclusive Dates:
1844- 1881
Abstract:
Papers of the American historian, diplomat. Bancroft served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy
under James K. Polk, and later as U.S. minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), to Prussia (1867-1871), and to the
German Empire (1871-1874).
Consists of correspondence, chiefly outgoing; includes recommendations for appointments, letters of introduction,
responses to social invitations, and acknowledgements of receipt of books, historical documents, and various other
items. Correspondents include A.D. Bache, John H. Campbell, G.W. Childs, Joel Munsell, Ambrose Sevier, Edward H.
Wright, and Hendrick B. Wright.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Diplomats.
Historians.
Historians
Politics, government and public administration
Diplomats, United States.
Historians, United States.