Memorial Address of the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln

Memorial Address of the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln, Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of America, Before Them In the House of Representatives at Washington on the 12th of February 1866, By George Bancroft, Published by Government Printing Office, 1866, First Edition Hardcover, Illustrated Frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln Engraved and Printed at the Treasury Department ---- Very Good Antiquarian Condition. The book is clean, covers attached, secure binding, unmarked, no writing, no ripped pages, no edge chipping, no corner folds, no creased pages, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Some light visible surface and edge wear from age, use, storage and handling. Light rubbing to the board edges and corners, light age spotting to the inner pages. Please review pictures for greater details. ---- Free USA Shipping ---- George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent. Bancroft, having trained in the leading German universities, was an accomplished scholar, whose masterwork History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent covered the new nation in depth down to 1789. His History of the United States started appearing in 1834, and he constantly revised it in numerous editions. It remains among the most comprehensive histories of colonial America.