bradleyf Preliminary Inventory of the Bradley Family Papers, 1774-1882 Processed by: Don Sechler; machine-readable finding aid created by: Lisa Stark

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word Date of source: July 6, 1998 Processed by Don Sechler July 6, 1998; Finding Aid encoded by Lisa Stark, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, February 17, 1999 Description is in English. 07-14-2005 PUBLIC "-//Duke University::David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Bradley Family Papers, 1774-1882)//EN" "bradley.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. Preliminary Inventory of the Bradley Family Papers, 1774-1882 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina 27708-0185

Descriptive Summary Bradley Family Papers, 1774-1882 Bradley Family 1 Linear Foot 792 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], Bradley Family Papers, 1774-1882, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Bradley family papers were acquired in December 1990.

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Processed by Don Sechler

Completed July 6, 1998

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Biographical Note 1754 Stephen Row Bradley born. 1782 Stephen's son, William Czar Bradley, born. 1783 Stephen was appointed judge of the County Court of Windham County. 1791-1795 and 1801-1813 Stephen served in the U.S. Senate from Vermont. 1813-1815 and 1823-1827 William Czar Bradley served in the U.S. Congress from Vermont. 1815-1820 William was a U.S. agent under the Treaty of Ghent with England. 1830 Stephen Row Bradley died. 1867 William Czar Bradley died.

Stephen Row Bradley and his son William Czar Bradley were lawyers practicing in Westminster, Vermont and New Hampshire.

Collection Overview

Stephen Row Bradley and his son William Czar Bradley were lawyers who, as residents of Westminster, Vermont, served in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives respectively. Later Stephen moved to Walpole, New Hampshire. Many prominent New Englanders corresponded with them about Federalist, Republican, and Democratic politics, patronage, and legal and personal matters. Stephen's son-in-law, Samuel Griswold Goodrich ("Peter Parley") was his most frequent correspondent. Other subjects of the correspondence include the Vermont militia, relations between the U.S. and Tripoli, attitudes toward the War of 1812, surveying of the northeastern boundary between the U.S. and Canada, General Lafayette's visit to Thomas Jefferson in 1824, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Andrew Jackson.

Subject Headings

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Bradley, Stephen Row, 1754-1830 Bradley, William Czar, 1782-1867 Contents of Collection 91-008 1 Correspondence, 1781-1826 2 Correspondence, 1827-1877 Legal Papers, 1774-1833 Financial Papers, 1774-1882 Miscellany, 1790-1850