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Additional authors

1. Adams, John, 1735-1826.
2. Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
3. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
4. Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779.
5. Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.
6. Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
7. Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776.
8. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
9. Hawley, Joseph, 1723-1788.
10. Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.
11. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
12. Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800.
13. Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804.
14. Washington, George, 1732-1799.
15. Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796.

Description

1. 60 linear feet (432 v. and 15 boxes).

Summary

1. Collection consists of transcripts (and some originals) of letters, dispatches, statistical data, journals, minutes of proceedings, and other papers culled from American, British and European sources by George Bancroft in the course of research for his historical works.

Subject

1. Great Britain > Colonies > America
2. Hessian mercenaries > United States > Sources
3. United States > Boundaries > Canada
4. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
5. International relations > 18th century
6. Great Britain > History > 1714-1837
7. Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States
8. United States Constitution
9. United States > Politics and government > 1789-1809
10. Europe > Foreign relations > United States
11. United States > Foreign relations > Europe
12. United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain
13. United States > Politics and government > 1845-1849
14. Diaries
15. Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714
16. Dispatches
17. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, German
18. Hessian mercenaries > Diaries
19. Canada > Boundaries > United States

Genre/Form

1. Diaries.
2. Dispatches.

Call number

1. MssCol 195

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Additional formats (note)

1. available on microfilm;

Biography (note)

1. George Bancroft (1800-1891) was an American historian, diplomat and public official who wrote the ten-volume History of the United States. Bancroft's positions included Collector of the Port of Boston, Secretary of the Navy under Polk, Minister to Great Britain from 1846 to 1849, and Minister to Germany from 1867 to 1874. In addition to History of the United States, Bancroft wrote other historical studies and biographies.

Language (note)

1. are in German, French or Spanish.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Author

1. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Collector

Title

1. George Bancroft collection, 1606-1887.

Additional formats

1. Selected materials (including Hessian manuscripts) available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. George Bancroft (1800-1891) was an American historian, diplomat and public official who wrote the ten-volume History of the United States. Bancroft's positions included Collector of the Port of Boston, Secretary of the Navy under Polk, Minister to Great Britain from 1846 to 1849, and Minister to Germany from 1867 to 1874. In addition to History of the United States, Bancroft wrote other historical studies and biographies.

Language

1. Some materials are in German, French or Spanish.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available in repository.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Adams, John, 1735-1826.
2. Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
3. Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
4. Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779.
5. Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.
6. Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
7. Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776.
8. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
9. Hawley, Joseph, 1723-1788.
10. Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.
11. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
12. Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800.
13. Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804.
14. Washington, George, 1732-1799.
15. Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796.

Research call number

1. MssCol 195