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Hubert Howe Bancroft letters, 1875-1907.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 31 : Folder 20
Collection Overview

Title:

Hubert Howe Bancroft letters, 1875-1907
Bancroft Letters

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918, creator

Abstract:

3 letters written by Hubert Howe Bancroft.

Date:

1875 (issued)

Contents:

March 16, 1875 to Judge Benjamin Hayes; March 23, 1886 to Professor Moses; January 7, 1907 to James T. Gillis.

Subject:

n-us-ca
Correspondence

Note:

Hubert Howe Bancroft was born in Granville, Ohio on May 5, 1832.After attending the Doane Academy in Granville he became a clerk in his brother's bookstore in Buffalo, NY. In 1852 Bancroft traveled to San Francisco where he opened a regional office of the bookstore, and also began a publishing house. In 1868, having amassed a large amount of historical material, Bancroft turned the publishing house over to his brother and began writing a multi-volume history of the Pacific region of North America, employing many collaborators but overseeing the finished project himself. Bancroft died in Walnut Creek on March 2, 1918. His book collection was donated to UC Berkeley in 1905 and became the nucleus of the Bancroft Library.
Bancroft Letters.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Physical Description:

print
1 file folder; 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.