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BRACKET! BRADFORD 179 political writings are numerous. In 1859 he published a " History of the Western Insurrec- tion," in vindication of his father. BRACKETT. I. Edwin E., an American sculp- tor, born in Vassalborough, Me., Oct. 1, 1819. He has produced portrait busts of Washington Allston, Richard Henry Dana, Bryant, Long- fellow, Rufus Choate, Sumner, John Brown, Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Gen. Butler, and others, and a marble group of the "Shipwrecked Mother," now at the cemetery of Mount Au- burn, near Boston. II. Walter SI., a painter, brother of the preceding, born in Unity, Me., June 14, 1823. He is known chiefly as a painter of salmon, trout, and other varieties of game fish. BRACTOJf, Henry de, lord chief justice of Eng- land in the time of Henry III., died about 1270. He was educated and took the degree of doctor of laws at Oxford, and about 1244 was made one of the itinerant judges. Ten years later he became chief justice, and held the office 20 years. He wrote De Legibux et Consuetudini- bus Anglics, one of the earliest English law books (fol., 1569). BRADBURN, Samuel, an English clergyman, born at Gibraltar, where his father was station- ed with his regiment, Oct. 5, 1751, died July 24, 1815. His parents removed to Chester, England, and he was apprenticed to a shoe- maker ; but he became a Wesleyan local preach- er in 1773, and entered the itinerant ministry in 1774. He shared the troubles of the early Methodist preachers, but his adroit kumor and his persuasive eloquence often conquered oppo- sition and made him popular. He was the great natural pulpit orator of Wesleyan Methodism ; combining a nobility of person, a scrupulous neatness of apparel, a ready wit, and a genuine pathos, that drew to him multitudes of hearers. In 1799 he was elected president of the Wes- leyan conference. His " Sermons on Particu- lar Occasions " (1 vol. 12mo) appeared in 1817. BRADDOCK, Edward, a British general, born in Perthshire about 1695, died near Pittsburgh, Penn., July 13, 1755. Having served with dis- tinction in Spain, Portugal, and Germany, he was in 1755 sent to take charge of the war against the French in America. He set out soon after his arrival on an expedition against Fort Duqnesne (now Pittsburgh). Although unacquainted with Indian warfare, he disre- garded the suggestions of Col. Washington, act- ing as his aide-camp, fell into an ambush of French and Indians near that fort, July 9, 1755, was defeated and mortally wounded, and died after a hasty retreat of 40 miles. BRADDON, Mary Elizabeth, an English novelist, born in London in 1837. Her father, Mr. Henry Braddon, a solicitor, contributed to sporting papers, and she early exhibited literary talent. In 1860 her comedietta, "The Lover of Arca- dia," was performed at the Strand theatre, and in 1861 she published " Garibaldi and other Poems," and a series of tales in the "Temple Bar" and "St. James's" magazines. In 1862 her novel, " Lady Audley's Secret," secured for her a wide reputation, which has been increas- ed by "Aurora Floyd," "Sir Jasper's Tenants," " Only a Clod," and many other sensational and attractive novels, the most recent of which, " To the Bitter End," appeared in 1872. Miss Braddon edits the "Belgravia" magazine. BRADFORD. I. A N. E. county of Pennsyl- vania, bordering on New York ; area, 1,170 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 63,204. The Elmira and Williamsport and the Lehigh Valley railroads pass through the county, and there are rail- roads to the coal mines S. and S. W. from To- wanda. It is intersected by the North branch of the Susquehanna, and drained by Towanda, Wyalusing, and Sugar creeks, which afford good water power. The surface is uneven and thick- ly wooded with pine, hemlock, and sugar maple. The soil is good. Iron, bituminous coal, and sandstone are abundant, but lumber is the prin- cipal article of export. The chief productions in 1870 were 285,698 bushels of wheat, 33,991 of rye, 505,341 of Indian corn, 1,114,120 of oats, 382,581 of buckwheat, 541,198 of potatoes, 129,956 tons of hay, 3,704, 709 Ibs. of butter, and 122,253 of wool. There were 12,131 horses, 35,243 milch cows, 27,275 other cattle, 36,257 sheep, and 12,000 swine. Capital, Towanda. II. A N. E. county of Florida, bounded S. W. by the Santa Fe river ; area, 940 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 3,671, of whom 824 were colored. The Florida railroad passes through the S. E. part.) The chief productions in 1870 were 45,708 bush- els of Indian corn, 6,170 of oats, 13,273 of sweet potatoes, 295 bales of cotton, 3,096 Ibs. of wool, 49 hhds. of sugar, and 8,518 gallons of molas- ses. There were 375 horses, 2,843 milch cows, 5,763 other cattle, 1,833 sheep, and 4,816 swine. Capital, Lake Butler. BRADFORD, a market town and parliamen- tary borough of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on an affluent of the Aire, 8 m. W. of Leeds and 29 m. S. W. of York ; pop. in 1871, Bradford Town Hall. 145,827. In its vicinity are the celebrated iron works of Low Moor and Bowling. Bradford is the .principal seat of the English worsted