Scope and content
Included among Bradley's papers are materials relating to his student days; notebooks of cures and remedies (1815+); a list of infants delivered (1818-1876); an alphabetically arranged listing of proper names in Dr. Bradley's diaries compiled by Grace Goodell Witty; sermons and religious experiences; fragmentary diaries; an autobiography (44 pp.); genealogical notes; a description of Eaton, New York, with recordings of weather and plant growth (1818); a manuscript speech against abolition and favoring colonization (1840, 44 pp.); a speech for universal education (1843); and an inaugural address given before the Monroe County Medical Society (1843); the constitution of the Parma and Greece Moral Reform Society, a women's organization (1837); a few papers relating to his political activities and clippings with explanatory notes; and a series of letters between Bradley and his son William, a physician in Lockport, Illinois, and later in Evanston (1865-1880).
Dates
- 1789-1890.
Creator
- Bradley, Samuel Beach. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Physician, New York State Assemblyman. The son of a Congregational minister, Dr. Bradley practiced medicine, pursued an interest in botany, wrote for the MADISON COUNTY ADVERTISER, and was a member of the Freemasons. In 1821 Bradley moved from Madison to Monroe County, New York, and became a member of the State Assembly in 1822.
Extent
.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Bibliographic References
- Autobiographies (literary genre)
- Bradley, William.
- Diaries
- Education -- New York (State)
- Freemasonry -- New York (State)
- Medical Society of the County of Monroe
- Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
- Parma and Greece Moral Reform Society
- Physicians
- Politics, Practical
- Religion.
- Right to education.
- Sermons
- Speeches
- Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) -- : Students.
- Vital statistics
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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