Stephen R. Bradley : Letters of a Revolutionary War Patriot and Vermont Senator

Bradley, Stephen R.

McFarland & Co Inc（2008/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 452 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786433582
• DDC分類 328.73092

Full Description

Stephen R. Bradley was a Revolutionary War commander and U.S. Senator credited with writing the Twelfth Amendment and advocating a banning of the slave trade. This collection of Bradley's letters and personal papers provides a range of rare and significant material. This previously unpublished correspondence with presidents and the country's founders reflect Bradley's influence and diversity of interests as well as the political and cultural climate of the era. The book features transcriptions of 550 letters, 25 illustrations, and a catalog of Bradley's documents.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Editor's Note      viii

Foreword by H. Nicholas Muller III     

Introduction     

Abbreviations and Notes on the Transcriptions     

Background and Biography

Origins of the Family Name (by John C. Bradley)     

Bradley Family Tree (by Henry K. Willard)     

Biography     

Correspondence, 1771 to 1831     

Appendix I. List of Documents     

Appendix II. Bradley Flag (U.S.), 1795-1818     

Appendix III. Memoir and Correspondence of Jeremiah Mason, 1768-1848     

Appendix IV. Index of Bradley's Correspondents and Their Letters     

Bibliography     

General Index