William Bradley Memorial - front detail - Glenwood Cemetery - 2014-09-19 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
William Bradley Memorial - front detail - Glenwood Cemetery - 2014-09-19 / Tim Evanson
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Detail of the front of the grave of William A. Bradley at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., in the United States.Bradley was born on February 25, 1794, to Dr. Phineas and Anna (Jones) Bradley. His father was a physician from Pennsylvania who moved to D.C. to take a position with the Post Office Department. His uncle, Abraham Bradley, purchased the land that later became Chevy Chase, Maryland, and was a friend of General George Washington. William was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and the family moved to D.C. in 1801.In 1802, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, having fulfilled their duty to purchase land for the nascent district, platte the city, and begin the sales of lots, dissolved. Congress enacted legislation to have the city governed by a presidentially-appointed Mayor and popularly elected City Council.Bradley had a solid education under tutors and in private schools, and at the age of 16 his father got him a job as a messenger for the Bank of Washington. He rose through the ranks, eventually becoming Cashier of the bank (a position equivalent today of chief financial officer). He was later appointed president of the bank as well as president of the Patriotic Bank, and in 1818 co-founded the Franklin Insurance Company. He joined the prestigious Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in the 1820s, and counted among his friends former presidents Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams and many prominent men of the day.Bradley married Sidney Ann Thruston, daughter of Judge (and former Senator) Buckner Thruston and niece of Rear Admiral Levin Minn Powell. The couple had four children.In 1834 and in 1835, Bradley was elected Mayor of Washington, D.C. For much of the 1830s and 1840s, he ran a mail contracting business, obtaining a near-monopoly on the hauling of the U.S. mail on routes south of D.C.Bradley was appointed postmaster of the city of Washington by President Taylor (a Whig) in 1849 and was reconfirmed in the position by President Millard Fillmore (a Whig) in 1850. He was removed by President Franklin Pierce (a Democrat) in 1853.While postmaster, Bradley was named in 1850 a director of the inaugural board of directors of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company. Bradley purchased Analostan Island (now Theodore Roosevelt Island) in 1851, and he used Gunston Hall -- the old James Mason manor house on the island -- as an entertainment resort. It was used as a hospital during the American Civil War. Bradley lived for a time at Gunston Hall, but later moved to a double-wide townhouse on Maryland Avenue SE (between 8th and 9th Streets) and then to a large townhouse on Louisiana Avenue NW.Bradley spent his later years entertaining the city and the federal government's most powerful people at his home on Louisiana Avenue. He was well-known for serving a peculiar punch-like cocktail which people loved.Willam Bradley died of unspecified causes on August 28, 1867. Three of his children died in adulthood without issue, requiring his grandchildren to sue to gain access to the estate. This case went to the D.C. Supreme Court, which ruled in their favor in "Bradley v. Young" (1875). |
| 撮影日 | 2014-09-19 12:45:52 |
| 撮影者 | Tim Evanson , Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | NIKON D7100 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/320) |
| 開放F値 | f/9.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 32 mm |