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1 Bradford’s ‘Kentucke' Gazette Became Leader In Public Minds iii-TS:
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. 3 Lexington, in the District of Ken- lieved Kentucky would one day be— Bradford considered the most im— restrain th e abuses of pmver “One
' ' NICKY. Virginia. was in the summer come a distinct member of the portant contribution of the week. practiced of late by some of those ' justly 0]
' of 1787 a backwoods settlement dif— Union, but gambled his entire for- It was penned by a famner of the in Authority? ' ' a natiol
: ‘ fering‘ but little from her sister sta— tune and eight years Of hard labor District who forthwith became the “Answers to the above queries will 7 and the
,. tions scattered throughout the In- that ii: would, presented the first ofikeynoter of the paper's campaign ,ohlige and perhaps instruct many tents —
' dian infested territory of the west. the fifty-two issues comprising the HQ prepare the inhabitants of Ken— ignorant citizens as well as ‘ l coffers
» . The population, numbering less first volume of this first Kentucky tucky for statehood. A FARIVIER”3 ' only cm
I: than 300 souls, hovered in and-newspaper on Saturday, August ll, “ _ , . , Tl'lug for the first time did thn ing fro:
g . around the fort, talking, toiling, and I 1787. Ali] ,e‘fegt‘g9m (1.1)“pr “1h :38 inhabitants of the District have ' “I wm
' fighting their wilderness battles‘ Tell years later, as owner, editor eh)? “'“ia ”r" m ,‘Scus‘hhg ho 1' available in black and White the l masters,
. much in the manner of others who i and publisher of a (hurl/r known, heal f‘ubJeCtS' be “71°“? Mr- Brad— same well—defined questions the»: debtor!
had gone before them and would ; read and sworn by throughout the hhh’ “'hh as I suppose that 3.59.1”!— tofore \oiced only to the ‘eehvélv- ‘ numbers
, follow in their well—cleared paths. llength oi the land, Mr. Bradford ““1““ “0m “‘6. ““8.“ V“ ma tigpg'm assembi at 133 h 1— ’ mm .55
Aged slightly more than eight ‘ took time out to pen the following to be the mo“ lhtehehhhg at Pres" hadhbe‘eii necessai‘ly custorhwtlolei It “A: t
years the station was experiencing ‘ reflections concerning publication Cht' 1 hope our 901“”th W1“ be then: inques b~ wa of th gean ' certai'il‘
. only a modest progress. The forty— 1of that first numbnEi‘:D“The crilical lhleagh’h. through your press to give ‘ tiohvdgieohtesy as {h 1. l: congen— gem-e . l
I odd cabins were of log and hadisituation of the District of Ken—‘1” the” Shhhmehts 0“ bhth Slhesit11eii- xhrijous cofhrhuihiltie‘E 13111161 “to ' is it o
' been erected without due regard to l tucky in l787...by being surround- ihf. the .thshhh: And I hope they inews ,And at best; thesebv h 1 .ge hmilics
7- orderlv ararngement. A one—story'ed on every side by a cruel and ““11 “’“te 311d “"6 E'llall read, with port". were so often distohilda 17- rgcul'et
' lo:r school house and a church, at 1savage foe, which almost put an en- ‘thh L ”Olhess a h ‘1 impartiality the Tiersonaf bias or 0 mi1 8 fwm1 tent t
thce site now the southeastern cor— ‘ tire stop to emigration and con— 1Which becomes me“ Who have the delelqtgs as to render? thons 0 It}? We}; 11
' her of Walnut and Short streetsfisequently to the influx of a suf— “9"” ”here“ of this Country ables-5g m.” channels for '81:; hath: where]
I were the only public buildings so l, ficient circulating medium, ooca- hhh’”; and that i.“ the .ehd “:8 may commhhichtion. l iuc h” ease, wi-
far sponsored by the populace. True ‘ sion-ed a belief that no encourage— hh hhhh. that pulley thh WI“ beSt So did the first volume of the ('n- my chil
. Main street had thrust its way ment mum be given by the mu” ““3 “belt-VP“ pml’er‘y ‘0 mm, in its capacity as 0131111011- . will hay
through and beyond the fort on committee that would procure a.us “ml our hogter‘ty' oathaiui- gerform its task 'tl ’ the nrdv
either side. and Main Cross—now printer to remove to Kentucky... “A? mos? 0f “.5 are farmers and Zlacrdiy ,agd methodical are '3,” soil ‘anc'
. Broadway——was open and known as Having duly weighed all the cir— thhhleh 1h halmy (altho we are Durinh- the followiho leartlh gluon. k Enly an
a street. But these so—called i oumstances, and from a confidence ahxwf‘s th do for the best), we are . er’s bitter drew from)“tlioseeina:irfl: from th

thoroughfares at best were little ‘ in my own mechanical talents (not— able "0 ghfe but a random guess at i thori‘y5128 voluminous and ei 'h ‘— cf the
more than stumpy, uneven clear-‘withsfanding I had not the least the prol’nhty 0f. a separation—we ity larg'alanations to his uerihv glf heard ‘
ings practically impassable afteriknowledge of the printing business) can sec ‘hfhh‘hhes on. both Sides’lrep-‘hi‘ed in a sin ~1eq boo]? . . flourish
each rain. The town fathers had i together with a belief that I could and would W151] to “and the worst. ivohirng these articlesgon the 2,5136 trade-“a
I also gained sufficient organization be able to instruct my sons (of “I beg lefwe therefore to propose ‘ and-colidition of Kentuck 11111133; country
to order that all cabins, cow pens, which I had five) added to the a fe‘vhuehes to the Glenheme“ 0” would present the most ythom h but sien

and has pens be removed from the prospect of future advantages to ' b0“? “has “f the “who”; and Win cross—section of ublic 0 inio ug. , way 1
streets? But as a community fa- them and myself, I was prompted begmh)? agh'hg those who think | amassed inlthe history 0? thenchhil- ‘19513’011‘d
vored with geographical position and i to make a tender of my services to a fehdha ‘mh necessary -monwealth So is it little wonder , reconcih
- faced with a long and important‘the coinmittee...From the great Fh‘sf” By What means can a:that widespread circulation of this though
history Lexington‘s progress to the scarcity of money, and the low state he“, Shh? support a Government, interpret'tive comment roduced in amaSsed
. summer of 1787 could not in any of population at that time, I was defehh itself from the savages, and the minds of the v cople definitt1 " dUStF" i
" sense be termed phenomenal. enabled to procure about 180 sub- pay as quota 0f the federal and attitudes concernin ‘pthg destin oi be 0M“
The District of Kentucky, at the scribers only; notwithstanding State .debt’ W‘hmht .21 free trade on their wilderness hogmes and ages way or
same time, faced even sterner i‘eali— which, and the high prices of every ”If “V“ ““5955 1’1“? An interesting example of the the virt‘
ties Still a part of Virginia, it article used in the prosecution of Secondly. What probable pros- (.‘n-(nl/n"; thoroughness in crea‘ing ‘ 0f more
harbort‘d two distinct factions, the the business, I was determined to p6,“? can a new State have 0f 0b_ and abetting personal ex )ression of “I cor
one {a favor of separation from perservcre if possible: And although th‘mh’g ‘1 trade down the MiSSiS' thought appeared in the fall of L Who“ I
Virginia. the other more cautious, the whole of my income was not hhlh’tahh What profits? can we de- 1787,. shortly after the paper’s size . expr‘esse
~ feeling that its safety in the wilder- sufficient to buy the imported ar- h‘f ”hm “Ch ?“ hade' . had been increased to a full two - the sex
ness Ddepended on the protection ticles necessarily employed, yet 1‘,¢Tl‘[rdly' W111 hOt a separation pages, twice the “length and width ‘ fore I S
Virginia was supposed to afford. from the friendly assistance which high “I” lmphrtahce m the of the first numbers Penned by ‘: “0110?
The region we know as the Blue I received from the Merchants of Ophhhh 0f. the savages, and cause one who si 'ned herself Abigail pllea‘hng
Grass was a veritable hotbed of Lexington I was enabled t0 COD- them 7to tall on us With greater Truehart, angd addressed to “the r “”5110"!
political intrigue, fomented by the tinue the paper on a small scale.”2 "iouh good Women of Kentucky” this ‘ amiss i
French and Spanish interests to the The second issue of the infant evillgcvg'lemsli‘i’i’ferwihitwill; gheagheeav: epistle in all probability was the ; iclfrai

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been completely framed or yet sub- | indeed. Measuring exactly seven Sthr:.1;e¥1iggulglo:§keggs: who “en, “You have observed that in the Ofi U
mitted for ratification by irginla, l inche~ wide and ei ht and one-half -'., -” ‘ many pieces which crowd our press €n08< ‘
and the old government was begin— inche; long its gthree columned aghlhhf a separation 1not a single sentence is addressed ' “Eighbfl
ning 10 feel the influence 0f newer, pages were ’open and available to Fm‘t' flow Shall we defend our" to our sex” she wrote from her when U
more ambitious groups of politi- all at 13 shillings per annum ad- selves against the savages under favored ~plos’ition on page one coi- ‘ against
cians. In the District there were vertisements of moderate length ”é: phi“? ladws, anglohow Shall we umn one. ““If this were they first ‘ the Fed
no postoffices, few trustworthy; three shillings. The 180 subscribers g “$2:de? 13:15 hair we pay the instance of neglect we had suffered faidt 3'5-
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Lhadhrdiggahgcoelghgrhg: of public iggzh/e-gtiéhes :th ttgohg‘jczgeghi taxes now laid on land, tithes, iglizhd (gr :Egitgi’gltu‘giggg 1:32;; § at worth

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the lx'rnllu'lm ()(Izr’llc, appearing familiar to this Club by Mr. Staples. 113::th the plht’glt'hbfndtraqfl :11? and those angels and. gOddegsses for corners
suddenly, miraculously five hundred Permit me to re—state only that Mr. i1 1 t ' W] e 5' whom they express Such mighty , dangled
miles away in a virgin wilderness, Bradfom clung tenaciously to one gathsliiari’g“ 2“ e ShCh trade to our adoration. But it is too plain that ,n or inde]
became the most powerful tagent. of purpose, namely, to unite Lexing- “Four‘ighly It is not our true in having usurped authority over us. 3 ngclllght
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sitiiETffnseitw‘?r shatter: liar, a2:1.ethior‘dsngsgnsigjfitgry tent to bnngne n nnnnnftnnng it‘dgglizpm‘:r:iaf£iy riiy‘ité , ed on g
Lexinihhn the political commercial commercially and intellectual] I people now in our infancy; and subservient to their interests 10W (:01
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and cultuial centei 0f the early do not, think it exaggeration to Arts d M f t d . Therefore I shall endeavor to show, 131
west. conclude, when Mr. Bradford for— tonal: 1“ anu actfirest, an to (115- thcu‘dh 0111‘ imbecility SllbjeCtS “5 mom's.“
To tnis sentiment is this paper mulated this policy and carried it'lernmgnt‘P xury, “l 011 a new gov— to their power, yet We are their 511:: :VIE
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dedicated. Not as an edlators (014/. into elfect through ”the medium of' Firthly. How can.we encourage 2311321511111 all the 506131 exceuenfifiic tucky.

(Ir null/n would I here rncgard the. Is panel, that Virginia irreparably real-mm; and meme m our present . at a regard to the p B t
work familiar to us as the Ken/Helm had IOSt her well-founded claims to situation and will not the next gh-Od’ Whic'h in them is often fOru n
(Hum/v. volume one. Rather would the land now styled the Common— generatidn suffer greatly for want mingled with their passion for ‘ opinihh(
I interpret it as the godfather of weallth 0f Kentucky. of it? 1 .. .v,.,;:::gg fl ggggfigg~g~agr< "‘ mm. L:
Kentucky statehood, its owner and In the second issue of the Ga- “Sixthly. Would not a govern— l. MacCabe, J. P. Bolivar. Directory a! ; Distridtl
. publisher, John Bradford, as the :wllr’s iil‘st volume, on page one and ment within the district, have at Lexington . . . For 1838—1839, p. 4. 4 lndepcn
maJor prophet of his day. extending over most of page two, tendency to correct the practices of 1793‘ ”‘5 Kemm’ke G‘wemn January ' mere p1
Mr. Bradford, who not only be— the subscribers found what Mr. the disorderly and licentious? andi 3:11am, August 13, 1737, 51165 of

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domination, is cherished in us'by1of the citizenry to the point where of the first schools to open in the bits of wisdom the “Court Days, 1 l

ids the purer principles 0f Patrlotlsm aCtIOTI might accrue from the dic— pres-en: Fayette county. Said the Festivals and Other Remarkable 1 1' '

‘ and benevolence. tates or indiVidual incentive. And editors on this occasion: Days, with useful observations on. 1 l i 1 ’
power- “One of their favorite authors herein did the first fifty-two issues “We are directed to inform the and directions for, propagating 1 111 1 .'
th 1 justly observes that the strength of of this paper write their second public that a plan for an Academy Fruit—Trees by Grafting in its vari- 1 111 11 -

ose ' ’ a nation consists—’n the NUMBER chapter in the history of the region. to be erected in Lexington or the ous branches: Directions for mak— 1 ,‘ ‘1 1 '1 I
es will 1 and the INDUSTRY of the inhabi- ”The time/Ir,” Mr. Bradford had vicinity, is proposed by two students ing and refining Sugar, &c., &c.“l| 111111, .:
man» tants — and that _well-replenished written in the second number, “will from the Academy of the Rev. And shortly after John Davenport 1 111'

l 1 wifei-s and Victorious armies are bring the latent sparks of Genius Doct. Robert Smith, in Pennsyl— advertised his dancing school, to be ‘, ‘1;: 111 ~ .
TR” ' ' only consequential advantages flow- to light and give the World a re- vahia, to commence in April en- held at Capt. Young‘s Tavern, 1 i1 1 '
id the ing from these rich sources. spectable opinion of the people who 511mg: the advantages of a. Semin— where "Gentlemen and Ladies who 1 1 1
have 1 “I would ask them, our lords and 1 have come so many leagues to cul- ary where the whole circle of. Arts inclined to enter, were to attend 1 11 ~-
;e the 1 masters, To whom are they in- tivate a desert land. When others and seicnceslwdl bra-taught in its on Thursday, April 3, 1788.”12 1 11 1
there. debteil for that increase of the'r see (or read of) what we have done purest principles, Will no doubt With the issue of May 31, 1788, 1 11 1
1mm; numbers necessary to supply the 1 and what we shall still be able to lnnrit encouragement by every Fielding Bradford. brother and able 1 11.11
Is It l ravages 0f time and of was? do, they Will come and strengthen friend to this rismg state.” partner of John, retired as co—edi- 1 i ‘11 ‘
glean “As to industry: the men will our hands and be pleased to1_par— 1 It \vas1w1th the proposed found— tor of‘the (hurl/w. A notice in the 1, 1:11
)nven— r certainly give us praise on this take ol our future blessings") A ing ofhthls school that John Filson,1following number of the paper, . ‘1'1‘1,
led to 5mm 11 is our study and delight, great many peoplehhad faith in this who tnree years before had pub— published Saturday, June 7, stated 1‘ 1111
th the l as it ought to be, to clothe our prophecy and Wi.h Mr. Bradford1llshed the first history of Kentucky, that: 1 151.1111
)al in. families and by good economy, to lived to see it frilfiIHEd beyond their became associated. Soon after the1 .“The Partnership of John, and 1 l {1111 ,
1 with secure them from how“), and con- 1r031est expectations... above quoted notice was circulated, 1Fielding Bradford, is this day d‘s- 1 1, :111‘,
of the tempt ..Fcr my own part 1 cannot‘ The (mull/m initial attempt .to Mr. Filson Iwrote Mr. Bradford’s ‘solved by mutual consent; there— 1 £111
valua- regret my removal from a country encourage education for the 915- paper identifying himself as in— fore all persons indebted to them 1 1 12111
‘uctiiva where 1 .m'ght have indulged more trch' was made when the editor structor and business representative are requested to make immediate 1 1 {1:1},
h case, when I consider I am to leave printed in the fourth 155118“ a leng- of the academy. “Tuition will be payment, that they may be enabled ‘ ‘1 ,'., 113
he (1,, my children in a land where they thy communication in, which. the ‘ five oounds,” he stated, “one half 1 to close their accounts. They flat- , ,1 1.1111
linion— . 11,-," hm,e an opportunitytoenjoy all Trustees of Transylvania Seminary cash, 1 the other property. Good ter themselves that nothing more 1 131111111

.11 r the advantages the most delightful were entreated to make more haste boarding, washing and lodging may than this information is necessary 11,1, 111
1 .W1 1 ,0“ and climate can afford, _ .The With their plans to erect this insti— be had about one mile from town to induce every person in arrears to 1 ‘1 1 1,11
@1513” a only anxiety I have suffered arises tution. “A dearth of cash may make for twenty or thirty (students) at comply with their request. 1 ' 11
11311311: from the want of free navigation it imprudent for them to attempt nine pounds per year, and that in: J. & F. Bradford“:1 1 11‘ 111
'e' 'h- ‘_ cf the Mississippi. I have always splendid edifices,” continued Mr. property. In case of providing a June 3, 1788 11111 11
:1”ng heard that a. country could not Bradford‘s presentation of the let—Ibed, the boarding will be eight Fielding Bradford’s contributions 1 ‘111 ,1 1
“I: . flourish without the advantages of ter, “but the daily lamentations we pounds.”Ex Incidentally with the to the success of the early numbers 1111‘ 1 5. i
) ~512e trade- and when I found that this hear for the many promising youths publication of this letter, Mr. Fil— of the ()(Iu'lll' cannot be passed over 1'11 ; 111‘?
Dig; .1 . country is (so) situated as to hf,we ' amongst us, who are fast advancing son incurred the enmity of Agricola, lightly in any summary of this pub— 3 1 j l ‘1
3,0,, 1, but slender prospects of gain in this to manhood in the most profound an unidentified contributer. who llcatlon. Actively associated with 1 “-1111:

g‘ , way, 1 was grieved and ready to ignorance of Political and Scienti- forthwith enlivened the dignified1the paper throughout the first ten 1 I1 1111;
[10:1]: despoiid. But now I am perfectly fic knowledge, renders it certain1columns of the (nun/i» with some months of its existence, he not only 1 “ ,'1‘1",‘1
vondel‘ reconciled, by the reflect'on that that contributions in lands and in ch01ce and descriptive invectives. officiated prominently at its birth, 1 111 1,:1
1f this though great wealth cannot be country produce might easily be ob-1The verbal feud that followed pre- but made the long and dangerous 1 111,11 1
cedin amassed, yet by frugality and in— tained, sufficient to erect buildings sented an unusual picture of the trip to Pittsburg for the crude 1 .11 1,111,.
eflnit° .' dustry a competency will certainly no less inconvenient than those in author" of our first history. equipment necessary for such .a ,11‘
my of be obtained, and that this piaih which the parents of these youths . Elljan Craig, on January 5, 1788, venture. It. 15 to be hoped that11n11', 1.1
acres way 01-1: living will be a security for have reared them to as great Vigor instructed Mr. Bradford to run on future studies of1the men behind 111111
)f the the virtue of my children, which is and agility of body as if they had the first page of this 19th number the (Jilin/Ir) he Will be accorded a 1:1: 111 '31
eating , of more value than great riches. been nursed in a Palace. From what of the (Jaw/[1‘ an advertisement an— niche befitting his industry and .1 111,11
‘ion of “I C(infeSS I was a little irritated has been suggested, it appears that ‘nouncurg the opening of Messrs. S'el'VlCG' 1n behalf 0f Kentucky ' 11111, 1,111,;
all of 11 when I began to write, and have the requisites essential to a place Jones’ and. Worley’s school at the Journalism. 1 1 1 111
,5 size expressed some resentment against of education are not beyond our Royal Spring “in Lebanon Town, Beneath the; announcement JUSE 1 1111111. 1
11 two ‘1 the sex I greatly reverence: there- reach here. And if some conveni- Fayette county,.wliere a commod‘l- read, 3 DOStCI'IDt assured the. Da- 111111 511,, 1
width fore I shall make no further meh_ ences or even necess1ties may still ous nouse suffiCient to contain fifty trons that the printing busmess 1 111 11:1 “
led b1, 1 tion of their errors, but indulge the be lacking, as the inhabitants Of an or Sim-y scholars” had been pre- would be continued “by the DUthYS 1 1 1 1 1
Abigail pleasing hope that their superior infant country are obliged to do, we pared. To the world the (i'uzi’llr' most obliged, aiid very humble , 11 1.‘ 11
’1 ..the 1 wisdom will correct whatever it must bear with such wants until1staterl that here in the heart of the Servant, John Bradford.” A few 1 | 11‘ 1 ‘1
,, this . amiss in their conduct. _ .because by vigorous exertion a supply can American frontier this school would weeks after he had assured full r-e- 11 1111‘ *1, ,1
is the 1 the frailtv of women is much more be had.” teach “the Latin and Greek lan- sponsrbility of the paper‘s fortunes, 1 .111 11

for ‘ inclined to imitate the vices than Actually many busy years were silage-s, toecthel~ With such branches the twelfth anniversary of the de— a l ',
.an the virtues of men.” yet to pass are the Trustees eflect— of the Sciences as are usually claration of American independence 1 15 ; ,1 1
in the Of the disappointments experi— ed an cp-ening of this early school. taugh: in public Seminaries, at was celebrated in Lexington. The 1 11 , 1
press enced by this mother and her But in making public this need and twenty—five Shllllhgs a quarter, one event was commemorated, reported 1 1, , 1
h-essell . neighbors during the five long years demand for like institutions, the half to be paid in cash, the other the Jlily 5th, 1788, issue Of the (nu-11.1 1
m her when so much seemed to conspire (Mun/l" inaugurated an educational In. produce at cash prices;” that ZI’IM ‘by a numerous and respecta- 1. , 1
8 col- 1 against Kentucky’s admission into program the successful continuation “diet, washing and house room for 1316 company Of Ladies and Gentle— 1 11 1‘ 1‘
e, first the Federal Union, much has been of which made of Lexington and a year could be procured for three men assembled at Capt. Thomas 1 1‘ ‘1' 1
iffered said and written. Suffice it must the Bluegrass region an intellectual 9091145 1“ cash or five hundred Young‘s Tavern, where an elegant l 11,
be 81h to state here that of all the forces center second to none in the West— weight of pork payable on entrance, entertainment was prepared for the 1 3-1" 3
extra- i at work on the decisions of the in- em Country. 311d three pounds. cash at the be- occasion, dinner served, and an ode 1 11 1' 1
ion to ' habit-ants, volume one of the (1,131,” Once launched, this effort toward ginning of the third quarter.” composed by a gentleman of Lex— 1 11 1
a mo. , rightly merits serious consideration. the cultural awakening of the Dis- Encouragement of education re- ington. sung to the tune of Rule ,1 1 1 1
, from Forcing its way into the farthest trict moved forward with i‘ncreas— celved further boosts from the (In- Britania, the company Joining in 11 1
15 for Corners of the District, the paper ing momentum. Soon Nathaniel :c/lc as the followmg eight months cheerful chorus. Toasts were then :11 1 1
hiirhtv , Clangled before the settlers visions Wilson, secretary of the fraying-Ion rounded our the first volume. proposed, accompanied Wlth a dls- 11, , 1
him} 1 0f independence in government, in Sour/r [or [III/N'Ul'flilll‘lll‘ 1n [\nmlll- Announcement was made Janu— charge 0f fourteen Tlfles .at eaCh 1n‘ 11 1
yer us, 3 though: and in action. Mr. Bard- ""54”“ was announcmg 1n the C"- ary 1?. 1788, of the re—opening of terval, and m the evening a Ball _ 111' 1
those ford, in this first volume, proceed— :wl/wT an early meeting at Young’s the Lexington Grammar School, WIth suitable refreshments cgnclud- 5 1 ‘-
y find , ed on the theory that when his fel— Tavern t0 I'Ej‘Vlse the COHStltUtlon 0f where Greek, Latin and the differ- ed the 50°13] entertainment. , i 11' '1
teresfS- low countrymen saw and under- thls Plonem‘mg group. AS early as ent branches of Science would be The closing toast 0f the evening 111' 1
lshow, 1 stood these visions, statehood and September, 17871 Mr. Bradford taught by Isaac Wilson, formerly was t? The Commonwealth 9f 11 ‘1
015 us progress would result automatically. opened the columns of hls paper of the Philadelphia College. In Kentucw the fOUIt‘senth lummaly .1. , 1
, their The wisdom of his theory won for t0 the [\(‘Hlllf/l‘)‘ 5“('N‘/)' for 1’1"""10" March, Ebenezer R. Brooks adver- :7 1 11 1
moles: . . hlm many honorable titles in Ken- ”Us" “WWI I‘WWf‘IQ'V' then in the tised boarding, washing, lodging for 4. (bid, October 20, 1787. 1 111 1
public tucky. process of formation: .Aligned With six pounds per annum and tuition g. 11:13 ggilésxtlblleéli,11713;m 1 11. 1 ,1
often BUt “Qt WhOHY as an open forum M1." Bradford m aSSisting to create for five pounds to 311 Latin stu— 7: (bid: Nopvember 24, 1787. 5 1 11 '1
1n for - fOr. the interchange of popular “115 body were SUCh Kentucky lead— dent s attending his Jessamine 8. (bid, December 15, 1737. 1 g 115 11

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if: > "'1’" 'lill'epare Lexington and the rard, Isaac Shelby, and Lei/1 T0dd1 months of 1788 found Mr. Bradford 1‘1: 1,13%" gfirfé‘ryls’s 1177853”. 1 11 11 1
story 0.1 1 District of Kentucky for inevitable all members or the SOCletY-“ advertismg as the first of its kind, 12. Ibid, March 22. 1788. 1
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