Alden Bradford

Alden Bradford
5th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth^[1]
In office 1812^[1] – 1824
Preceded by	Benjamin Homans
Succeeded by	Edward D. Bangs
Personal details
Born	17 November 1765(1765-11-17)
Died	26 October 1843(1843-10-26) (aged 77)^[1] Boston, Massachusetts^[1]
Alma mater	Harvard College, 1786^[1]

Alden Bradford (17 November 1765 – 26 October 1843) was an American politician, clergyman and author who served as the 5th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Born in Duxbury, MA, he graduated from Harvard in 1786 and received a degree of LL.D. there. He was then ordained as a Congregational church pastor, serving in Wicasset, Maine. After moving to Boston he served from 1812 to 1824 as secretary of the commonwealth. At times a bookseller and journalist, his works included a History of Massachusetts and Memoir of the Life and Writings of Rev. Jonathan Mayhew.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Christian Examiner and General Review (January 1844), The Late Alden Bradford, Esq., Boston, MA: James Munroe and Company, p. 375
^ Bradford Family History (American Genealogical Research Institute, 1978).

Political offices
Preceded by Benjamin Homans	5th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth 1812–1824	Succeeded by Edward D. Bangs

Persondata
Name	Bradford, Alden
Alternative names
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Date of birth	17 November 1765
Place of birth
Date of death	26 October 1843
Place of death	Boston, Massachusetts