George Bancroft

Bancroft {{circa}} 1860 George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels.

During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, ''History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent''. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
    Published 1876
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    History of the United States of America, from the discovery of the continent [to 1789]
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    Published 1861
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    Inauguration of the Perry Statue : at Cleveland, on the tenth of September, 1860 : including the addresses and other proceedings, with a sketch of William Walcutt the sculptor
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    Published 1831
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    The Bank of the United States : an article reprinted from the North American Review for April 1831
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    Author: Hunt, Charles Havens
    Published 1864
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    Life of Edward Livingston
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    Published 1865
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    Hon. George Bancroft's oration, pronounced in New York, April 25, 1865, at the obsequies of Abraham Lincoln. The funeral ode / by William Cullen Bryant. President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863. His last inaugural address, March 4, 1865
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    Washington Irving Mr. Bryant's address on his life and genius. Addresses by Everett, Bancroft, Longfellow, Felton, Aspinwall, King, Francis, Greene. Mr. Allibone's sketch of his life and works

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