GEORGE BANCROFT - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 02/23/1884 - HFSID 17208
Price: $375.00
GEORGE BANCROFT
The Secretary of the Navy wrote and signed this short letter in 1884 to say that he would
comply with a request
Autograph letter signed "Geo Bancroft". Pencil notations in top right corner. 1 page, 4x6, 1
sheet folded. Feb. 23, 1884. Addressee is illegible. In full: "Dear Sir, I have received yours of
the 18th, & cheerfully comply with your request Yours truly". Historian George Bancroft
(1800-1891) is best known for his ten-volume History of the United States
(1834-1873). Bancroft wrote well, and was accurate with his facts, but had a
partisan viewpoint. (He was a Jacksonian Democrat, although one opposed to
slavery). As President James K. Polk's first Secretary of the Navy (1845-1846),
Bancroft established the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, finding the funds
for the institution in his budget before Congress had authorized its creation. As
Acting Secretary of War (1846), he issued orders to General Zachary Taylor to
advance into territory disputed with Mexico, a move which triggered the Mexican
War.He later served as the U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia
(1867-1871) and Germany (1871-1874). Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Rounded
corners. Otherwise, fine condition.
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