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Title: The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Bolton, Charles Knowles, 1867-1950
Subjects: Portraits, American United States -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Biography
Publisher: (Boston) The Boston athenaeum
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he sided with Mrs. Sher-man and the public against the other magistrates. Fromthe sow controversy came the colonys legislative systemof an upper and a lower house. During the ebb andflow of his popularity he served as governor in 1654,and from 1665 to 1672. Bellinghams ancient mansion in Boston stood on thesouthern corner of Cornhill and Washington Street.The present Gary house, in Chelsea, perpetuates thegovernors hunting lodge. He died 7 December, 1672,while governor, and was buried in the Granary. Hiswidow lived until 1702, and the lawsuits over his dimin-ishing property continued for 115 years after his death,his will being at last disallowed. Into a world of electricity, automobiles, and victrolashis portrait suddenly emerges. Through the generosityof Mr. Thomas B. Clarke, of New York, a reproductionappears here. Perhaps Cotton Mathers characterization of Belling-ham will be longest remembered: He was noted for none more than for his notable and per-petual hatred of a bribe. 730
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RICHARD BELLINGHAM i592(?)-i672 (731) Governor Simon Bradstreets portrait, reproducedhere, was purchased by the Boston Athenaeum In 1920.Its history Is given in the notes at the end of thisvolume. The hair and costume appear to set a datefor the picture at about 1680-1690, although the faceIs extraordinarily well preserved for a man of seventy-five or eighty. The features resemble those In theState House portrait, reproduced on page 357 of Vol-ume 2. I was at first tempted to wonder whether thisportrait might not depict the governors son, Dr. SamuelBradstreet, who was born about 1633, and died in 1682,leaving a portrait mentioned In the governors will of1697. Miss Wildman, however, has called my attentionto a statement in Judge SewalPs diary under the dateof June II, 1685 : Gov^ Bradstreets EfKgies hung up in his best Room thisday. This reference seems to add to the strength of thecontention that we have In the recently discovered por-trait reproduced here a likeness of the governor r

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