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 This previously unpublished correspondence with presidents and the country’s founders reflect Bradley’s influence and diversity of interests as well as the political and cultural climate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.

The late Dorr Bradley Carpenter, was a descendant of Stephen R. Bradley. He was a Korean War veteran and a retired commercial pilot, air traffic control specialist, and FAA aircraft inspector. He was the author of several other works.

Stephen R. Bradley
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 452
Bibliographic Info: 53 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2009
pISBN: 978-0-7864-3358-2
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5252-1
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments      vii
Editor’s Note      viii
Foreword by H. Nicholas Muller III      1
Introduction      5
Abbreviations and Notes on the Transcriptions      9

Background and Biography
Origins of the Family Name (by John C. Bradley)      13
Bradley Family Tree (by Henry K. Willard)      15
Biography      23

Correspondence, 1771 to 1831      47

Appendix I. List of Documents      397
Appendix II. Bradley Flag (U.S.), 1795–1818      407
Appendix III. Memoir and Correspondence of Jeremiah Mason, 1768–1848      409
Appendix IV. Index of Bradley’s Correspondents and Their Letters      411
Bibliography      433
General Index      435