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Excerpt from The Library of the Late Hon. George Bancroft: A Sketch of the Historical Manuscripts; Memoranda Concerning the Books and Pamphlets
Section 1 covers in a general way the dates 1764 - 1801, - the Stamp Act to Jefferson, with occasional items of other dates. Section 2 covers the entire Colonial and Revolutionary period, and the establishment of peace; with considerable material of later dates, notably the unpublished Diary of Jas. K. Polk, in eighteen 4to volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
