ALDEN BRADFORD
\ˈɔːldən bɹˈadfəd], \ˈɔːldən bɹˈadfəd], \ˈɔː_l_d_ə_n b_ɹ_ˈa_d_f_ə_d]\
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An American historian and journalist; born at Duxbury, Mass., Nov. 19, 1765; died at Boston, Oct. 26, 1843. Originally a Congregational divine, he became Secretary of State of Massachusetts (1812-24), and edited the Boston Gazette (1826). He wrote: "History of Massachusetts, 1764-1820"; "History of the Federal Government"; etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
