George Bancroft letter to Meredith Read
Content Description
Letter from George Bancroft, prominent scholar of American history, to General J. Meredith Read, informing General Read of Bancroft's inability to obtain a copy of the Journal of Delaware in 1776, containing Delaware revolutionary records. The letter is attached to a board with "letter of George Bancroft[,] the emiment American historian[,] to General Meredith Read" printed on it.
Dates
- Creation: 1860 March 21
Creator
- Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 (Person)
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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Extent
1 item (1 page)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letter from George Bancroft, prominent scholar of American history, to General J. Meredith Read, informing General Read of Bancroft's inability to obtain a copy of the Journal of Delaware in 1776, containing Delaware revolutionary records. The letter is attached to a board with "letter of George Bancroft[,] the emiment American historian[,] to General Meredith Read" printed on it.
Source
Purchase, 1964.
Shelving Summary
Box 1, F0002: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes
Processing
Finding aid encoded by Tiffany Saulter, June 2015.
- Title
- Finding aid for George Bancroft letter to Meredith Read
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2015 June 8
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository