Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-18

cOtemporarics. As a proof of the high
estimation III which he was held by the
literatl oil Europe and America, he was
member oil the Llnnaean Society OF Lon
don, corresponding member oil the Lii
verpool Philosophical Society, and on
the 81 h Oh March, 1878, he was elected
a member oil the Academy oil Natural
Science OF Philadelphia. In 1903, he
was selected and employed by the b.
tanlcal Society OF Liverpool, for the
purpose Of procuring more accurate and
extensive information OF the vegetable
and mineral productions Of North Anne
RIGA. He took shipping in the same
year ana arrived at Qlebec. From
thence he proceeded to visit New York
and the principal cities in the United
States, and was invariably received with
all the attention and respect due TO his
literary requirements, Ii was Louis
vile in kentucky, when on this tour,
that the author of this imperfect sketch
became acquainted with him, and he
:, quirenents and unassuming manners.
A, thai time he spoke in high terms oil
our republican insti utlons, and of his
determination to remove his growing
family to America, where neither emo
bled ancestors nor riches, were necessa-
ry to recommend the man of Intelligence
and merit to the highest offices in the
civil or military department of the go
vernmen,. This Gvorite object he lived
10 accomplish.
Ga the recommendation of Thomas
Jefferson, late President OF the United
States, Mr.. Bradbury made choice oil
the town Of S.. Louis, situated in the
great and tcrtileyalley ofthe Mississippi,
as ne most eligible situation for the &C
conpishment Of his objects. There
he Objected, prepared, and transmitted
to thy Botanical Society of Liverpool,
upwads Of one thousand rare and valua-
Die p hits; and after being detained Sc
veral VARS by the last war between the
UnltedsStales and Great Britain he re-
turned , Europe aud published a Jour
nal OF his travels; alter which he re-
moved With his family to America.
Ii is remarkable fact, that during
much of HE time that Mr.. Bradbury
was storing his mind with an extensive
iund oil Information, he maintained him
self, wife and six or seven children, by
the daily labor Of his own hands, at va
rlous branches of mechanism, particu-
iarly IN the manufacture of cotton and
woollen goods. With these branches
he was so perfectly acquainted, that he
could perform al! the various and intri-
cate operations, necessary to convert the
fleece INTO superfine broad cleath, and
could erect all the machinery necessary
10 accomplish The different operations
In this business he was largely and
respectfully engaged for several years OF
his lile--and was conducting a cotton
factory al the time of his death.
In Cfimshaw's history IF England,
page 285, the following notice is taken OF
the deceased: "Tbe pin is rendered
more durable by the genius of Mr..
l.. Bradbury, son of the eminent Botanist
('neaning the deceascd.) His machine
Is unparalleled as happy exertion OF
the mechanical art. Some idea of its
Importance may be formed from the
circumstance of its commanding from
MIR. Weaver 400 pounds sterling (eQual
TO about 1922 doIars) year during the
continuance ofthe patent"
From this statement il would appear
as il his comprehensive and powerful &C.
MUS had descended TO his children,
most of whom reside now in the United
States.
During his residence in the West, he
received The degree of honorary member
ofthe Western Museum Society ofCincin-
matt; and he was a resident member of
the Louisville Agricultural Society at
The time ofhis decease. After his death
the latter adopted the following preamble
an resoluYon:
Whe'eas Mr.. John Bradbury, late
of Liverpool, in the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and member
Of this Society, having departed this Tile,
on motDn,
Reioioed, That this society has sus-
tanned great loss in the death of said
Bradbury, as man OF great worth; a
naturalist and man of science; and
tina, this society sincerely and deeply la
menl his un,imely death"
MIR. b. left widow and several chill
dren to lam emf the loss of an aft ,ctionate
husband and kind parent.
| Proposals will be issued in a short
! time, tsr publishing his interesting hook