[ Autograph ] George Bancroft 1800-1891 American historian, Secretary of the Navy and founder of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Washington, D.C., June 6, 1877 Bancroft writes a Colonel Mayer: '...Your postal card was received this moment; here you have the papers of which you wished copies. Ever yours, Geo. Bancroft' Very good.