MARC Record from Library of Congress

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245 00 $aRead family papers,$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.
541 $cGift,$aestate of Mrs. Harmon Pumpelly Read$bvia Charles Motisher,$d1940.
541 $cOther gifts and purchases,$d1904-1990.
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 10 $aBayard, John Bubenheim,$d1738-1807$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBuchanan, James,$d1791-1868$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCadwalader, Thomas,$d1707 or 8-1779$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCameron, Simon,$d1799-1889$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aClymer, George,$d1739-1813$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDickinson, John,$d1732-1808$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDickinson, Philemon,$d1739-1809$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGalloway, Joseph,$d1731-1803$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aGrant, Ulysses S.$q(Ulysses Simpson),$d1822-1885$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHudson, Henry,$dd. 1611.
600 10 $aHudson, Henry,$dd. 1611$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKemble, Gouverneur,$d1786-1875$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLincoln, Mary Todd,$d1818-1882$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMeredith, Samuel,$d1741-1817$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMorris, Robert,$d1734-1806.
600 10 $aMorris, Robert,$d1734-1806$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aNicolay, John G.$q(John George),$d1832-1901$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRodney, Caesar,$d1728-1784$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aTilghman, Tench,$d1744-1786$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWharton, Samuel,$d1732-1800$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWilson, James,$d1742-1798$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWitherspoon, John,$d1723-1794$vCorrespondence.
600 30 $aHudson family.
600 30 $aReed family.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bContinental Congress.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bContinental Congress.$bMarine Committee.
610 20 $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.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
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