Edward Bancroft Double Agent 1744 - 598 Words

Edward Bancroft was born on January 9, 1744 in Westfield Massachusetts. When Bancroft was only two years old his father past away from an Epileptic Seizure leaving only his mother to care for the family. When her mother remarried in May of 1781, Edward Bancroft’s stepfather held a meeting between George Washington and General Jean Batiste de Vimeur of France. This was the first event that sparked Bancroft’s interest in politics. Years later Bancroft graduated from Yale at the age of 16 and became an apprentice physician. He later left his job as an apprentice physician and moved to Surinam where he later started a book. After moving around country to country Edward Bancroft arrived at England and published his book called, â€Å"Natural History of Guiana†. Publishing his new book drew attention towards Bancroft and he was contacted by Paul Wentworth which at the time was a colonial agent for New Hampshire in London. Bancroft was hired to figure out a way to incre ase Paul Wentworth’s profits from the land. Soon after Edward Bancroft traveled back to London and met one of Americas Four Fathers, Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin served as a colonial agent for numerous states over in America. While in London, Franklin depended on Edward Bancroft to be his spy. Edward Bancroft then promised his friendship to the American Colonies and continued to represent them. However Bancroft’s teacher Silas Deane contacted Bancroft on June 7, 1776 requesting that he come to Paris with him.