mixed material monographic eng 35 8 2 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. Open to research. 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 Read, George, 1765-1836 Read, James, 1743-1822 Read, John, 1769-1854 Read, John M. (John Meredith), 1797-1874 Read, John Meredith, 1837-1896 mm 82037374 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240.3 Open to research. DLC 820525 20260227111714.0 mm 82037374