=Bradford, Alden.= _Ms._, 1765-1843. Secretary of State for Massachusetts, 1812-24. Eulogy on Washington; History of Massachusetts, 1764-1820; Life of Jonathan Mayhew; History of the Federal Government; Biographical Notices of Distinguished Men of Massachusetts; New England Chronology, 1497-1843. =Bradford, Alexander Warfield.= _N. Y._, 1815-1867. A New York jurist of prominence. He edited American Antiquities, and prepared many volumes of legal reports, among which the six commonly called Bradford’s Reports have become standard authority. =Bradford, Amory Howe.= _Ms._, 1846- ----. A Congregational clergyman of Montclair, New Jersey. The Pilgrim in Old England; Old Wine: New Bottles; Spirit and Life, Thought for To-Day; Heredity and Christian Problems. _Fo. Mac._ =Bradford, William.= _E._, 1590-1657. Governor of the Plymouth Colony, 1621-57. He left in manuscript a History of the Plimoth Plantation, the leisurely composition of 20 years, which was drawn from by Morton, Prince, and Hutchinson as a basis for their respective histories, and after being lost for nearly a century was found in the library of the Bishop of London in 1855, and published soon after. He was the earliest American historian, and his work exhibits judicial impartiality, broad conceptions, and a direct, vigourous style. _See Tyler’s American Literature; Young’s Chronicles of the Pilgrims; Mrs. Austin’s Betty Alden and Standish of Standish._ _Hou._ =Bradlee, Caleb Davis.= _Ms._, 1831-1897. A Unitarian clergyman. Sermons for the Church; Sermons for All Sects; Life of Starr King. _El._ =Bradley, Mrs. Mary Emily [Neeley].= _Md._, 1835-1898. A writer of tales for girls. Among her 20 or more volumes of this class are Douglass Farm; Story of a Summer; Brave Girls; Grace’s Visit. Hidden Sweetness is a volume of verse. _Le. Lo._ =Bradley, Warren Ives.= “Glance Gaylord.” _Ct._, 1847-1868. A talented writer of tales for boys. Among his twelve volumes, all written before he was twenty-one, Culm Rock is as well known as any.