Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 11, "The Great Republic" [eventually included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various pre-war proofs., [1938] - [1945]
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs and typed drafts (marked printer's copy and first revise) for: chapters entitled "Canada: 1660-1780", "Canada: 1780-1812", "Slavery and Succession", "America and the French Revolution", "The United States: 1797-1801", "Jeffersonian Democracy: 1801-5", "The United States: 1815-37" or "American Epic", "The American Civil War: 1862" or "America: 1862", "The War of 1812", "1840-50", "1850-60", "The Seven Days", "(Chancellorsville and) Gettysburg", "The Union in Danger", "The Campaign against Richmond", "Lee and McClellan", and "The Victory of the Union"; provisional chapter lists.With suggested corrections, amendments, notes, and correspondence from various people [secretaries, literary assistants, etc.] including: [WSC], "Y" [George Young], Brigadier-General [Sir James] Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section, [Grace Hamblin], [Charles] Wood, [William Deakin], [?Alan Bullock], and [Kathleen Hill].
Dates
- Creation: [1938] - [1945]
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (248 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Repository Details
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