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Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
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Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.
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Campbell, John H. (John Hull), d. 1868.
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Childs, George William, 1829-1894.
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Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874.
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Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881.
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Munsell, Joel, 1808-1880.
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Sevier, Ambrose Hundley, 1801-1848.
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Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.
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Wright, Edward H.
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Wright, Hendrick Bradley, 1808-1881.
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Diplomats, United States.
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Historians, United States.
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Physicists, United States.
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Scientists, Correspondence.
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Correspondence.
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Historians
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Politics, government and public administration
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Science and medicine
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English
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Collection Title:
Creator:
Bache, A. D.(Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Inclusive Dates:
1848-1860
Abstract:
Papers of the American physicist, Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1843-1867. Grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Eight outgoing letters, including five to explorer and physicist I.I. Hayes; with one each to explorer Charles Wilkes and politician Millard Fillmore.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Physicists, United States.
Scientists, Correspondence.
Subject Strengths:
Science and medicine
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Collection Title:
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, United States.
Historians, United States.
Subject Strengths:
Historians
Politics, government and public administration