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THE BRADFORD FUNDS, INC.
400 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
May 5, 1997
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Attention: Filing Desk
Stop 1-4
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Subject: The Bradford Funds, Inc. -- Securities Act of 1933 Registration
No. 33-25137 and Investment Company Act of 1940 File No.
811-5682 -- Rule 497(j) Filing
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Bradford Funds, Inc. (the "Fund"), the undersigned hereby
certifies, on behalf of the Fund, that the form of Prospectus that would have
been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, would not have differed from that contained in the most recent
post-effective amendment to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A as
filed on April 29, 1997, and that the text of such post-effective amendment has
been filed electronically.
THE BRADFORD FUNDS, INC.
By /s/ Judy K. Abroms, Vice President
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