See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• WILLIAM BRADFORD (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

BRADFORD (1663—1752)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American colonial printer, was See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn in See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the loth of May 1663 . He learned the printer's See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• LONDON

London with See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Sowle, and in 1682 emigrated with See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• PENN, WILLIAM (1621–1670)
• PENN, WILLIAM (1644-1718)

Penn to See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, where in 1685 he introduced the "See also:

• ART

art and See also:

• MYSTERY (Gr. µw(Trilpcov, from tcuvrm, an initiate, µfew, to shut the mouth)

mystery" of See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing into the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Colonies . His first imprint was an See also:

• ALMANAC

almanac, Kalendarium Pennsilvaniense or See also:

• AMERICA

America's Messenger (1685) . At the outset he was ordered " not to See also:

• PRINT

print anything but what shall have lycence from ye See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council," and in 1692, the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony then being torn by See also:

• SCHISM

schism, he issued a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract for the minority See also:

• SECT

sect of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends, whereupon his See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press was seized and he was arrested . He was released, however, and his press was restored on his See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher . In 169o, with William See also:

• RITTENHOUSE, DAVID (1732-1796)

Rittenhouse (1644—1708) and others, he established in Roxboro, Pennsylvania, now a See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, the first See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill in America . In the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1643 he removed to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, where he was appointed royal printer for the colony, a position which he held for more than fifty years; and on the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1725 he issued the first number of the New York See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette, the first paper established in New York and from 1725 to 1733 the only paper in the colony . See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford died in New York on the 23rd of May 1752 . His son, ANDREW SOWLE BRADFORD (1686—1742), removed from New York to Philadelphia in 1712, and there on the 22nd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1719 issued the first number of the American Weekly See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

Mercury, the first newspaper in the Middle Colonies . Benjamin See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin, for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a compositor in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, characterized the paper as " a paltry thing, in no way interesting "; but it was continued for many years and was edited by Bradford until his See also:

• DEATH

death . The latter's See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew, WILLIAM BRADFORD (1722—1791), established in December 1742 the Pennsylvania See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal and Weekly Advertiser, which was for sixty years under his See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control or that of his son, and which in 1774—1775 See also:

• BORE

bore the oft-reproduced See also:

• DEVICE

device of a divided See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent with the See also:

• MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto " Unite or See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die." He served in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of American See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, rising to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . - His son, WILLIAM BRADFORD (1755—1795), also served in the War of Independence, and afterwards was See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of Pennsylvania (1791), a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and in 1794—1795 attorney-general of the See also:

• UNITED

United States .