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George Bancroft and his services to California. : Memorial address, delivered May 12, 1891, before the California Historical Society
- Title
- George Bancroft and his services to California. : Memorial address, delivered May 12, 1891, before the California Historical Society / by Theodore H. Hittell.
- Author
- Hittell, Theodore Henry, 1830-1917.
- Publication
- San Francisco : California Historical Society, 1893.
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- Description
- 20 pages; 27 cm.
- Summary
- Bancroft studied history and went into government service as Collector of the Port of Boston. While Secretary of the Navy under President Polk, he issued orders to Commodore John Sloat to seize the ports of California. He later was minister to Great Britain and to Germany. Bancroft returned to history and wrote his multi-volume "History of the United States." With the order issued by Bancroft to Commodore Sloat and other orders.
- Series Statement
- California Historical Society. Papers ; v. 1, pt. 4
- Uniform Title
- Papers (California Historical Society) ; v. 1, pt. 4.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes the order issued by Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy, 1845-1846, directing the seizure of Californian ports by Commodore Sloat.
- LCCN
- 07036576
- OCLC
- ocm00856914
- 856914
- SCSB-8817488
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries