Title

George Bancroft collection, 1606-1887.

Author

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891.

Items in the Library & Offsite

Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

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

Subjects

• Great Britain > Colonies > America
• Hessian mercenaries > United States > Sources
• United States > Boundaries > Canada
• United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• International relations > 18th century
• Great Britain > History > 1714-1837
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States
• United States Constitution
• United States > Politics and government > 1789-1809
• Europe > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > Europe
• United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain
• United States > Politics and government > 1845-1849
• Diaries
• Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714
• Dispatches
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, German
• Hessian mercenaries > Diaries
• Canada > Boundaries > United States

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Dispatches.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;

Biography (note)

• 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)

• are in German, French or Spanish.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository.

Call Number

MssCol 195

Author

Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. Collector

Title

George Bancroft collection, 1606-1887.

Additional Formats

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

Summary

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. Bulk of the collection reflects the economic, political, military, and diplomatic relations between Great Britain and its North American colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly the period leading up to the American Revolution of 1775-1783, the war itself, and the immediate aftermath of the war culminating in the writing and adoption of the U.S. Constitution. There are materials on the presidencies of George Washington and James K. Polk, and the 1872 dispute between Great Britain and U.S. over the water boundary between the U.S. and British Columbia. Also, records dealing with relations in the 18th century between the U.S. and continental European countries, and various European countries with each other (especially Prussia, Austria, France, Spain, and Great Britain).

Restricted Access

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

Biography

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

Some materials are in German, French or Spanish.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository.

Added Author

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.

Bernard, Francis, Sir, 1712-1779.

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Hawley, Joseph, 1723-1788.

Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792.

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.

Riedesel, Friedrich Adolf, Freiherr von, 1738-1800.

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796.

Research Call Number

MssCol 195