Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . grandfather wasGov. William Bradford, who was of the sixth gen-eration from Gov. William Bradford of PlymouthColony, who crossed in the Mayflower. He re-ceived his early education from five to ten at NewHartford, Conn., ten to fourteen at Hartford, Conn.,and afterward at Bristol, R. I., and Anthons Gram-mar School, New York. At eighteen he enteredthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology andgraduated at twenty-one in 1873. He passed ayear t
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . grandfather wasGov. William Bradford, who was of the sixth gen-eration from Gov. William Bradford of PlymouthColony, who crossed in the Mayflower. He re-ceived his early education from five to ten at NewHartford, Conn., ten to fourteen at Hartford, Conn.,and afterward at Bristol, R. I., and Anthons Gram-mar School, New York. At eighteen he enteredthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology andgraduated at twenty-one in 1873. He passed ayear travelling in Europe, 1873-74. On his returnhe entered the Columbia Law School, New York,autumn of 1874, graduating in the spring of 1876,and was admitted to the New York bar May was admitted to the Rhode Island bar JanuaryI, 1877. He was Aide-de-Camp on the staff ofGov. Henry Lippitt, with rank of Colonel in 1875-76-77. He was elected a member of the GeneralAssembly from Bristol 1876-77-78-79, was AssistantAttorney-General of Rhode Island 1879-80-81,he was elected as the Republican candidate forAttorney-General of Rhode Island
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