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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
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- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2015 June 8
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