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George Bancroft letter to Meredith Read

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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, 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.

Box 1, F0002: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes

Purchase, 1964.

Finding aid encoded by Tiffany Saulter, June 2015.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2015 June 8
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George Bancroft letter to Meredith Read, 1860 March 21.
Box 1 Folder F0002

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