Summary | Read (Reed) family of
New Castle, Delaware, later of Pennsylvania. Correspondence, deeds and
indentures, genealogical records, commissions, printed matter, and other
material. Papers of George Read relate chiefly to his activities during the
American Revolution and his law practice in New Castle. Papers of John Read
include a notebook of correspondence and memoranda which he kept as secretary
of the Asylum Company, a land company of Philadelphia. 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. |
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