GEORGE BANCROFT - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 225979
Price: $120.00
GEORGE BANCROFT
The historian's signature is matted to a size of 13x20¼ with a 7½x10
engraving of him sitting at his desk, books on the floor
Signature: "George Bancroft". 3¼x1¼ visible piece of paper underneath a 7½x10
engraving of the author. Matted to a total size of 13x20¼. 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
worn along edges of matting. Marks and labelling sticker on verso. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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