William Bradford was an early American colonial printer and publisher in British America. Bradford is best known for establishing the first printing press in the Middle colonies of the Thirteen Colonies, founding the first press in Pennsylvania in 1685 and the first press in New York in 1693. Bradford operated continuously printing establishments for sixty-two years, heading a family that would include printers and publishers for 140 years. He was also known for controversies regarding freedom of the press. Starting his printing career in London, Bradford emigrated to America in 1685. He established, with others, the first paper mill to appear in the Thirteen American Colonies.
William Bradford gravesite
Visible Churches 1689 composed by George Keith, printed by William Bradford
Bradford was responsible for printing the very first issue (May 31, 1709) of paper currency for the province of New York.
William Bradford tombstone
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The parish of Trinity Church has three separate burial grounds associated with it in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The first, Trinity Churchyard, is located in Lower Manhattan at 74 Trinity Place, near Wall Street and Broadway. Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Albert Gallatin, and Robert Fulton are buried in the downtown Trinity Churchyard.
Trinity Churchyard at Broadway and Wall Street
A cenotaph marker erected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers honoring Robert Fulton at the Trinity Churchyard.
A gravemarker erected by the Corporation of Trinity Church for Alexander Hamilton.
Cross erected in 1893 by the New York Academy of Sciences in honor of John James Audubon.