05709cpcaa2200817 a 4500 mm 82037374 DLC 20260227111714.0 cr ||||||||||| 820525|||||||||||| eng mm 82037374 DLC dacs DLC DLC C lcmd Read family papers, 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906). 35 items. 8 containers. 2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, deeds and indentures, a journal, notebooks, legal documents, genealogical records, commissions, printed material, and other papers. Papers of George Read relate chiefly to his activities during the American Revolution and his law practice in New Castle, Del. Includes a journal containing memoranda (1782-1784) kept by James Read as secretary of the Continental Congress Marine Committee and a record of his personal accounts (1794-1812). Papers of John Read include a notebook (1809-1818) of correspondence and memoranda which he kept as secretary of the Asylum Company, a land company of Philadelphia, Pa. Those of John Meredith Read pertain primarily to his involvement in Pennsylvania state politics, and papers of John Meredith Read, Jr., include correspondence and genealogical material pertaining to his book about Henry Hudson, correspondence regarding the sale of Read's collection of Robert Morris papers, and English legal documents (1568-1696, undated) from his manuscript collection. Correspondents include John Bubenheim Bayard, James Buchanan, Thomas Cadwalader, Simon Cameron, George Clymer, John Dickinson, Philemon Dickinson, Joseph Galloway, Ulysses S. Grant, Gouverneur Kemble, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Samuel Meredith, John G. Nicolay, Caesar Rodney, Tench Tilghman, Samuel Wharton, James Wilson, and John Witherspoon. Broadsides transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Read (Reed) family of New Castle, Del., later of Pennsylvania. Family members represented include George Read (1733-1798), lawyer, delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and U.S. senator from Delaware; his brother, James Read (1743-1822), army officer, banker, and merchant, of Philadelphia, Pa.; George Read's sons, John Read (1769-1854), banker, lawyer, and Pennsylvania public official, and George Read (1765-1836), lawyer and Delaware public official; John Read's son, John M. Read (1797-1874), jurist and Pennsylvania public official; and John Meredith Read, Jr. (1837-1896), army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240 Bayard, John Bubenheim, 1738-1807 Correspondence. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Correspondence. Cadwalader, Thomas, 1707 or 1708-1779 Correspondence. Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Correspondence. Clymer, George, 1739-1813 Correspondence. Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 Correspondence. Dickinson, Philemon, 1739-1809 Correspondence. Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803 Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Correspondence. Hudson, Henry, -1611. Hudson, Henry, -1611 Correspondence. Kemble, Gouverneur, 1786-1875 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Correspondence. Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 Correspondence. Meredith, Samuel, 1741-1817 Correspondence. Morris, Robert, 1734-1806. Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 Correspondence. Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Correspondence. Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 Correspondence. Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786 Correspondence. Wharton, Samuel, 1732-1800 Correspondence. Wilson, James, 1742-1798 Correspondence. Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794 Correspondence. Hudson family. Reed family. United States. Continental Congress. United States. Continental Congress. Marine Committee. Asylum Company. Land companies Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Legal instruments England. Practice of law Delaware. Delaware Social life and customs. New Castle (Del.) Social life and customs. Pennsylvania Politics and government. United States History Revolution, 1775-1783. Read, George, 1733-1798. George Read papers. Read, George, 1765-1836. George Read papers. Read, James, 1743-1822. James Read papers. Read, John, 1769-1854. John Read papers. Read, John M. (John Meredith), 1797-1874. John M. Read papers. Read, John Meredith, 1837-1896. John Meredith Read papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240.3 43567 43567