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William Bradford   /wˈɪljəm brˈædfərd/   Listen
William Bradford

noun
1.
United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752).  Synonym: Bradford.



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"William Bradford" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bowles Daniel Bowman Benjamin Bowman Elijah Bowman (2) John Bowman Michael Bowner John Bowrie P I Bowree Jean Bowseas John Boyau Thomas Boyd John Boyde David Boyeau Francis Boyer Joseph Boyne Thomas Bradbridge Samuel Bradbury William Braden James Brader Samuel Bradfield William Bradford Abijah Bradley Alijah Bradley Daniel Bradley James Bradley Abraham Bradley John Brady James Bradyon Ebenezer Bragg (2) William Bragley Nathaniel Braily Zacheus Brainard Joseph Bramer Zachary Bramer William Bramber James Branart Aholibah Branch ...
— American Prisoners of the Revolution • Danske Dandridge

... the sea were by this time worn out, or I might now have gratified them. But, having a trade, and supposing myself a pretty good workman, I offered my service to the printer in the place, old Mr. William Bradford, who had been the first printer in Pennsylvania, but removed from thence upon the quarrel of George Keith. He could give me no employment, having little to do, and help enough already; but says he, "My son at Philadelphia has lately lost his principal hand, Aquila Rose, by death; if you go ...
— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry

... Journal of William Bradford, kept for so many years, the Pilgrims went ashore, "and ye 25 day (Dec.) begane to erecte ye first house for comone use to receive them and their goods." Bradford conscientiously refrains from alluding to the day as Christmas, ...
— Yule-Tide in Many Lands • Mary P. Pringle and Clara A. Urann

... council, of which Thomas Lloyd, the president, held the great seal. William Penn's mission in America had been one of success. In 1685, Philadelphia contained six hundred houses; schools were established, and William Bradford had set up a printing press. He printed his "Almanac for the year of the Christian's Account, 1687," a broadside, or single sheet, with twelve compartments, ...
— The Witch of Salem - or Credulity Run Mad • John R. Musick



Words linked to "William Bradford" :   William Bradford Shockley, pressman, printer, Bradford



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