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James Ware Bradbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: M016

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Scope and Content

Correspondence (1836-1890) makes up the bulk of the collection. Also included are accounts and other financial records (1854-1891); documents, drafts and other material relating to Bradbury's law firm's business (1817-1885); and documents, broadsides, notes, newsclippings, obituaries, and other miscellaneous personal records (1847-1890).

Dates

  • Creation: 1817-1891, undated

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Biographical/Historical Note

James Ware Bradbury (1802-1901), a member of Bowdoin's Class of 1825, practiced law in Augusta, Maine (1830-1876), at different times partnering with Horatio Bridge, Lot M. Morrill, James W. Bradbury, Jr., (Bowdoin 1861) and others. He edited the Maine Patriot (1830-1831) and was Kennebec County's prosecuting attorney (1834-1838). He served in the U.S. Senate from 1847 to 1853, was a member of the judiciary committee throughout his tenure and chair of a select committee on French spoliations (1852). He declined a second term, preferring to return to private practice.

Appointed corresponding secretary of the Maine Historical Society, he became its president in 1874 and served in that office until 1890. He also served as Bowdoin Overseer (1850-1860) and Trustee (1860-1901).

Bradbury married Eliza A. Smith of Augusta in 1834; they had four sons.

Extent

2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Includes correspondence (1836-1890); accounts and other financial records (1854-1891); documents, drafts and other material relating to Bradbury's law firm's business (1817-1885).

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the James Ware Bradbury Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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