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The life and letters of George Bancroft
- Title
- The life and letters of George Bancroft / by M.A. De Wolfe Howe ...
- Author
- Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960
- Publication
- New York, NY : C. Scribner's Sons, 1908.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| v.2 | Text | Use in library | E340.B2 H8 1908 v.2 | Off-site | |
| v.1 | Text | Use in library | E340.B2 H8 1908 v.1 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Strippel, Henry C.
- Description
- 2 volumes : 6 portraits (including frontispieces); 22 cm
- Summary
- George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 - January 17, 1891) was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent. - Wikipedia.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Personal correspondence.
- Correspondance privée.
- Bibliography (note)
- "A bibliography of books and pamphlets by George Bancroft, comp. by Henry C. Strippel ...": v. 2, p. [329]-341.
- Contents
- Volume One. Inheritance and boyhood, 1800-1813 -- Preparation at home and abroad, 1813-1822 -- The period of teaching, 1822-1831 -- Politics and history, 1831-1845 -- Secretary of the Navy, 1845-1846. Volume Two. Minister to England. 1846-1849 -- The Citizen of New York. 1849-1867 99 -- Minister at Berlin. 1867-1874 -- The Final Years. 1874-1891 -- Conclusions. Bibliography .
- ISBN
- 0804614830
- 9780804614832
- LCCN
- 08012121
- OCLC
- ocm00476076
- 476076
- SCSB-968565
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library