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World," at the request of the governor, Dec. 10, 1779. He was a representative in the state legis- lature and speaker of the house in 1785; judge of the Supreme court 1788-'9; U.S. senator from Vermont 1791-0, and 1801-13. He received the degree LL. D. from Dartmouth and Middlebury colleges. He died at Walpole, N.H., Dec. 9, 1830. BRADLEY, William Czar, representative, was born in AVestminster, Vt., March 23, 1782; son of Stephen Row (q.v.) and Merab (Atwater) Brad- ley. He attended Yale one year, studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1302, and practiced at Westminster, Vt., until 1858. He was secre- tary of the commissioners of bankruptcy 1800-03; prosecuting attorney for Windham county 1804- 11: representative in the state legislature 1806-07 and in 1850; a member of the governor's coun. oil in 1812, and a Democratic representative in the 13th, i8th and 19tli congresses. He was agent under the treaty of Ghent for determining the Northwestern boundary, 1815-20; and a member of the state constitutional convention in 1857. He received the degree A.M. from Y'ale in 1817, and LL.D. from the Universitj' of Vermont in 1851. He died at Westminster, Vt., in March, 1867. BRADLEY, Warren Ives, " Glance Gaylord," author, was born at Forrestville, Bristol, Conn., March 20, 1847. He jjursued his studies under the tuition of his uncle. Professor Newton Man- ross, and at a very early age began to write for newspapers and magazines. His principal success, however, was achieved through the writing of children's story books. These include: The Rainsford Series, in three volumes, " Gilbert Starr and His Lessons " (1866); '* Gilbert's Last Summer at Rainsford, and what it Taught" (1867), and "Will Rood's Friendship" (1867); " Boys at Doctor Murray's" (1866); "Uncle Donnie's Home" (1866); "Gay Cottage" (1867); "Culm Eock, the Story of a Year" (1867); "After Y^ears," a Sequel to "Culm Rock" (1867); " Donald Deane " (1868); "Miss Patience Hatha- way" (1868); "Jack Arcombe, the Story of a Waif" (1868); and " Mr. Pendleton's Cup" (1868). " Culm Rock " gained him a prize of §350 in a com- petition. He died at Forrestville, Bristol, Conn., June 15, 1868.

BRADLEY, William O'Connell, governor of Kentucky, was born near Lancaster, Garrard county, Ky., March 18, 1847, son of Robert M. and Ellen (Totten) Bradley. His father was a distinguished lawyer. The civil war wrecked the father, financially, and the son, at the age of fourteen, joined the Union army, first as recruiting officer in Pulaski county, and later as a private sol- dier at Louisville. His father secured his release and lie entered his law office, becoming so well qualified to practise that at the age of seventeen, by special act of the general assembly, he was

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licensed, and rapidly rose in the profession. He entered politics in 1869, and in 1870 was elected prosecuting attorney. In 1872 and 1876 he was the unsuccessful candidate to the 44th and 45th congresses, In 1884 President Arthur selec- ted him to prosecute the ' ' Star Route " cases, but the attorney- general denied a full prosecution and he withdrew. In 1887 he was nominated by the Republicans for gover-'^ nor and reduced the Democratic majority of 45,000 to less than 17,000. During this campaign he charged corruption in the state government, resulting in the discovery of a defalcation of $247,000. In 1895 he was again nominated for governor, this time by acclamation, and was elected by a majority of 8,912, the first Republican ever elected governor of Kentucky. He served in every Republican national convention for more than twenty years as delegate or delegate- at-large, and was elected several terms as national committeeman, and as national executive commit- teeman. He seconded the nomination of General Grant at the Chicago convention in 1880 in an elo- quent speech, and won renowTi at the Chicago con- vention in 1884, by delivering a speech which de- feated the proposed rule to cut down the basis of southern representation. He was twice given the complimentary vote of his party for United States senator, once w^hile ineligible on account of his youth. He was married July 11, 1867, to Margaret, daughter of Dr. Benjamin F. Duncan, of Lan- caster. In 1896 he was a prominent candidate for the presidency before the St. Louis conven- tion, declined the office of U.S. senator in 1897 and the appointment of U.S. minister to Korea in 1899.

BRADSTREET, Anne Dudley, poet, was born in Northampton, England, about 1612, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy Dudley, and the wife of Simon Bradstreet. Her father and her hus- band were colonial governors of Massachusetts. Slie was married in 1628, and two years later came to America with Governor Bradstreet. Thougli soon the mother of eight children, she found time to write verses, and in 1640 published in Boston a volume under the curious title of " Several Poems Compiled With a Great Variety of Wit and Learning,"' to which was added an ex- haustive sub-title. The volume brought her great applause at home, and was published in England