Read, Jacob,  1752-1816. <br/><br/>
Jacob Read papers, 1778-1813  (bulk 1783-1786). 

 - 29  items. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, commission, military orders, legal and financial papers chiefly from the years Read served as delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress (1783-1786).  Subjects include the Revolution, confiscation of Loyalist property, the Peace of Paris (1783), and politics in South Carolina.  Correspondents include Richard Peters and Jacob Read's brother, William. 
<br/><br/><br/>In part, transcripts. <br/>[S.l.]. 
<br/><br/><br/>Delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. senator, and army officer of South Carolina. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 80003552  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 --Correspondence.<br/>Read, William, 1754-1845 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Great Britain. 1783 September 3.  United States,  Treaties, etc. <br/>United States. Continental Congress. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American loyalists.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>South Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.<br/>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.<br/>Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress--South Carolina.<br/>Senators, U.S. Congress--South Carolina.