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'''George Bancroft''' (1800-1891) was an American historian, statesman, and diplomat. He was a leading Democrat and supporter of [[Jacksonian Democracy]]. As Secretary of the Navy, he directed the Navy in the [[Mexican War]] and created the [[United States Naval Academy]] at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1845. He served (1846-49) as U.S. minister to the Court of St. James (that is, ambassador to Great Britain). Bancroft opposed slavery, he abandoned his party during the sectional crisis to support Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans party. He delivered the most important eulogy of Lincoln before Congress following the president's assassination. From 1867 to 1874 he served as the U.S. minister in Berlin.
'''George Bancroft''' (1800-1891) was an American historian, statesman, and diplomat. He was a leading Democrat and supporter of [[Jacksonian Democracy]]. As Secretary of the Navy, he directed the Navy in the [[Mexican War]] and created the [[United States Naval Academy]] at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1845. He served (1846–49) as U.S. minister to the Court of St. James (that is, ambassador to Great Britain). Bancroft opposed slavery, he abandoned his party during the sectional crisis to support Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans party. He delivered the most important eulogy of Lincoln before Congress following the president's assassination. From 1867 to 1874 he served as the U.S. minister in Berlin.
He was the son of a leading Unitarian minister. Bancroft's religious sensibility infused all his history books. Bancroft's life-work, which made him one of the best-known historians in the western world, is the multi-volume, monumental ''History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent,'' covering the entire period down to 1787, which he revised two times in its entirety. It is very solidly based on original research, and is written in a florid, oratorical style common in the mid 19th century. It presents a conservative interpretation of a new nation blessed by God and dedicated to [[republicanism]].
He was the son of a leading Unitarian minister. Bancroft's religious sensibility infused all his history books. Bancroft's life-work, which made him one of the best-known historians in the western world, is the multi-volume, monumental ''History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent,'' covering the entire period down to 1787, which he revised two times in its entirety. It is very solidly based on original research, and is written in a florid, oratorical style common in the mid 19th century. It presents a conservative interpretation of a new nation blessed by God and dedicated to [[republicanism]].
* Scheiber, Harry N. "A Jacksonian as Banker and Lobbyist: New Light on George Bancroft." ''New England Quarterly'' 37, no. 3 (Sept. 1964):363-72. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/364036 in JSTOR]
* Scheiber, Harry N. "A Jacksonian as Banker and Lobbyist: New Light on George Bancroft." ''New England Quarterly'' 37, no. 3 (Sept. 1964):363-72. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/364036 in JSTOR]
* Sloane, William M. "George Bancroft - in Society, in Politics, in Letters." ''Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine'' 33, new series 11 (Nov. 1886-April 1887): 473-87. [http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABP2287-0033-86 Online edition]
* Sloane, William M. "George Bancroft - in Society, in Politics, in Letters." ''Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine'' 33, new series 11 (Nov. 1886-April 1887): 473-87. [http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABP2287-0033-86 Online edition]
* Stewart, Watt."George Bancroft Historian of the American Republic," ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review,'' Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jun., 1932), pp. 77-86 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1896651in JSTOR]
* Stewart, Watt."George Bancroft Historian of the American Republic," ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review,'' Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jun., 1932), pp. 77–86 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1896651in JSTOR]
* Vitzthum, Richard C. "Theme and Method in Bancroft's ''History of the United States.''" ''New England Quarterly'' 41, no. 3 (Sept. 1968):362-380. ISSN: 0028-4866. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0028-4866%28196809%2941%3A3%3C362%3ATAMIBH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8 in JSTOR]
* Vitzthum, Richard C. "Theme and Method in Bancroft's ''History of the United States.''" ''New England Quarterly'' 41, no. 3 (Sept. 1968):362-380. ISSN: 0028-4866. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0028-4866%28196809%2941%3A3%3C362%3ATAMIBH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8 in JSTOR]
* Vitzthum, Richard C. ''The American Compromise: Theme and Method in the Histories of Bancroft, Parkman, and Adams.'' Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974. (Probably the best comparative study of Bancroft's historical work.)
* Vitzthum, Richard C. ''The American Compromise: Theme and Method in the Histories of Bancroft, Parkman, and Adams.'' Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1974. (Probably the best comparative study of Bancroft's historical work.)