American historian and diplomat (1813–1871). Fourteen-line AQS on an off-white 7 x 9 sheet, signed “George Bancroft” and dated New York, December 7, 1858. In part: “I saw, too, Glory’s holy flowers/Round common brows profanely twined;/And Love! How swiftly flew thy hours,/How soon I left thy spring behind….” In fine, clean condition. R&R COA
