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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsBIDWELL, Barnabas
(1763—1833)
BIDWELL, Barnabas, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Tyringham (now Monterey), Mass., August 23, 1763; was graduated from Yale College in 1785; studied law at Brown University, Providence, R.I.; was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Stockbridge, Mass.; served in the State senate 1801-1804; member of the State house of representatives 1805-1807; elected as a Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his resignation on July 13, 1807; attorney general of Massachusetts from June 15, 1807, to August 30, 1810; moved to Canada about 1815 and settled near Kingston; became interested in political affairs and engaged in the practice of law; died in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, July 27, 1833; interment in Cataraqui Cemetery, Cataraqui, Ontario.
Bidwell, Barnabas. An address to the people of Massachusetts
. [Boston: Adams & Rhoades, 1804].
———. An address to the people of Massachusetts, February, 1805
. [N.p.], 1805.
———. An address to the people of Massachusetts
. [N.p., 1804].
———. An address to the people of Massachusetts
. [N. p.], 1805.
———. The mercenary match, a tragedy
. New Haven: Printed by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, In Chapel-Street, [1784?]
———. An oration on the death of Roger Newton, Jun’r, A.M., a tutor of Yale-College, in New-Haven, who died August 10th, 1789, aetat. 26: pronounced in the college-chapel, September 2nd
. New-Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, [1789].
———. The Susquehannah title stated and examined: in a series of numbers, first published in the Western star, and now re-published, in this form, for the benefit of the public in general, and all persons concerned in particular
. Printed in Catskill [N.Y.]: By Mackay Croswell, 1796.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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