Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1800-10-03 - 1891-01-17
Biographical / Historical
George Bancroft (1800-1891), American historian and diplomat
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Carrington Family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 130
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a...
Dates:
1749-1929
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Carrington Family papers
Correspondence, 1871-1876
Part of Collection — Box: 99, Folder: 23
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Autograph letters, signed, from Bancroft discussing various travel plans. Letters are addressed to a Mr. Butler, Mr. Forster, Mr. Jones, Mrs. Lodge, Mayer, and "My Dear Sir". Accompanied by a fragment of an unidentified typescript preface, with manuscript corrections.
Dates:
1871-1876
Evarts family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 200
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for...
Dates:
1753-1960, bulk 1798-1901
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Evarts family papers
Letter : 1 Upper Belgrave Street, to Miss Coutts, 1849 Jan 8
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-17
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS offering to help a friend of Miss Coutts's, Desara Decoster, with legal problems associated with her husband's estate.
Dates:
1849 Jan 8
Letter : 1623, H. Street, Washington, D. C., to F. D. Stone, 1878 Feb 25
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS informing the recipient that he is sending volumes of the Independent Gazetteer belonging to Stone's historical society, and that he sends also six volumes as a gift for Stone.
Dates:
1878 Feb 25
Letter : 1623 H. Street, Washington, D. C., to Mr. Anthony, 1878 December 10
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-23
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS to "My dear Senator," possibly Henry B. Anthony, regarding a committee publication. With printed reproduction of a portrait engraving of Bancroft.
Dates:
1878 December 10
Letter : 1623 H. Street, Washington, to "Dear Mr. Mayer", [18]76 Nov 12
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS discussing the difficulty of finding and establishing the authenticity of a patent signed by George III, and mentioning the Charter of Maryland.
Dates:
[18]76 Nov 12
Letter : American Legation, Berlin, to Mrs. [Hamilton] Fish, 1871 Jul 2
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
AL regarding the arrival of Mrs. Fish's children for a visit in Berlin.
Dates:
1871 Jul 2
Letter : Berlin, to an unidentified recipient, 1869 Aug 28
Part of Collection — Box: 36, Folder: GROUP 798, F-4
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS to "My dear Colleague."
Dates:
1869 Aug 28
Letter : Boston, to [R. Lemon?], 1844 October 16
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-22
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS, with integral address leaf, concerning a research project.
Dates:
1844 October 16
Letter : New York, to an unidentified recipient, 1854 Oct 7
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-19
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS to "My dear sir" acknowledging a letter on Bancroft's birthday and wishing him well.
Dates:
1854 Oct 7
Letter : New York, to Mr. Harper, [1855] May 9
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-20
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS discussing an essay by Harper on the topic of money.
Dates:
[1855] May 9
Letter : New York, to Mr. Pruyn, [18]58 Nov 9
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS thanking Pruyn for a copy of John Easton's "A narrative of the causes which led to Philip's Indian War, of 1675 and 1676," Number two in Munsell's Historical Series, and praising the series in general.
Dates:
[18]58 Nov 9
Letter : New York, to Mrs. Duncan, 1861 Mar 1
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS originally conveying a copy of something from W. C. Bryant and Bancroft to Mrs. Duncan, and requesting a reply from "enchantress" Duncan.
Dates:
1861 Mar 1
Letter : New York, to Thomas Sully, Philadelphia, 1852 May 5
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-10
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS informing the recipient where he will find the original of an engraving of John Smith made after a 1636 portrait. Accompanied by original envelope.
Dates:
1852 May 5
Letter : Newport, Rhode Island, to John Jay Knox, 1884 July 1
Part of Collection — Box: 96, Folder: 7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Dates:
1884 July 1
Letter : Springfield, to Henry Dwight, Geneva, N. Y., 1837 Oct 17
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-18
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS relating Bancroft's efforts in Washington, D. C. to secure passage of an amendment concerning banks.
Dates:
1837 Oct 17
Letter : Springfield, to Henry Dwight, Geneva, New York, 1837 Dec 8
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS concerning banking and other financial matters, with a brief mention of reading a life of Calvin.
Dates:
1837 Dec 8
Letter : Springfield, to J. G. Rogers, Boston Type and Stereotype Foundery, Boston, 1836 Jan 13
Part of Collection — Box: 25, Folder: GROUP 463, F-12
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS regarding the return of corrected proof sheets for an unidentified history.
Dates:
1836 Jan 13