Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

Sub-Series

Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC

Dates: [ca. 1800-ongoing]

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B

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 > 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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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 > 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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > General Collection manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

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

Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BANCROFT, GEORGE, 1800-1891

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

Dates

Biographical / Historical

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