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245 0 0 _aRead family papers,
_f1568-1906
_g(bulk 1775-1906).
300 _a35
_fitems.
300 _a8
_fcontainers.
300 _a2
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
544 _3Broadsides
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
545 0 _aRead (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.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240
600 1 0 _aBayard, John Bubenheim,
_d1738-1807
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBuchanan, James,
_d1791-1868
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCadwalader, Thomas,
_d1707 or 1708-1779
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCameron, Simon,
_d1799-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClymer, George,
_d1739-1813
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDickinson, John,
_d1732-1808
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDickinson, Philemon,
_d1739-1809
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGalloway, Joseph,
_d1731-1803
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGrant, Ulysses S.
_q(Ulysses Simpson),
_d1822-1885
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHudson, Henry,
_d-1611.
600 1 0 _aHudson, Henry,
_d-1611
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKemble, Gouverneur,
_d1786-1875
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Mary Todd,
_d1818-1882
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMeredith, Samuel,
_d1741-1817
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMorris, Robert,
_d1734-1806.
600 1 0 _aMorris, Robert,
_d1734-1806
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aNicolay, John G.
_q(John George),
_d1832-1901
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRodney, Caesar,
_d1728-1784
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTilghman, Tench,
_d1744-1786
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWharton, Samuel,
_d1732-1800
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilson, James,
_d1742-1798
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWitherspoon, John,
_d1723-1794
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aHudson family.
600 3 0 _aReed family.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bContinental Congress.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bContinental Congress.
_bMarine Committee.
610 2 0 _aAsylum Company.
650 0 _aLand companies
_zPennsylvania
_zPhiladelphia.
650 0 _aLegal instruments
_zEngland.
650 0 _aPractice of law
_zDelaware.
651 0 _aDelaware
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aNew Castle (Del.)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aPennsylvania
_xPolitics and government.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783.
700 1 _aRead, George,
_d1733-1798.
_tGeorge Read papers.
700 1 _aRead, George,
_d1765-1836.
_tGeorge Read papers.
700 1 _aRead, James,
_d1743-1822.
_tJames Read papers.
700 1 _aRead, John,
_d1769-1854.
_tJohn Read papers.
700 1 _aRead, John M.
_q(John Meredith),
_d1797-1874.
_tJohn M. Read papers.
700 1 _aRead, John Meredith,
_d1837-1896.
_tJohn Meredith Read papers.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009240.3
999 _c43567
_d43567