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Ternant, Jean Baptiste, chevalier de, 1751-1833. Jean Baptiste, chevalier de Ternant, correspondence, 1783-1816.

Title: Jean Baptiste, chevalier de Ternant, correspondence, 1783-1816.

ALS (1783 October 18; Philadelphia, Pa.) from Ternant to Jacob Read relating to Ternant's application to the Continental Congress for a promotion by brevet for Revolutionary War service in the Continental Army; and letter (1816 April 21; Paris) from Ternant to George Simpson, Philadelphia, Pa., regarding commercial concerns.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Read William, 1754-1845. William Read papers, 1800 Mar. 21-1804 May 30

Title: William Read papers, 1800 Mar. 21-1804 May 30

Two letters written from by William Read in Charleston, S.C., to his brother, Gen. Jacob Read, re local news and activities and health of family and friends. Letter, 21 Mar. 1800, re concerns raised by arrival of "French Loyalists," a group apparently composed of both whites and free persons of color, who sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, originally en route to "Martines" [Island of St. Martin?], aboard a ship, the Maria, "with 57 black passengers.... The officers are white, French Loyalists.... The Town is, not a little agitated with the circumstance..... She has a militia guard placed on board.... They tell a curious doubtful tale of being among 11 other dispersed by Spanish Frigates on the passage from Jamaica to Martines, all with Passengers. The officers are white, French Loyalists, all completely armed. They are talkative and insolent. The Capt. (Steward) insists upon being a considered a Prize. I have not yet learned what will be the governor's conduct respecting this vessel and troops." Letter, 30 May 1804, re Mr. Jenkins' desire to secure the assistance of Jacob Read in obtaining admission to the "College of New York" [presumably, Columbia University] "sensible of the honor of his nomination at the College of Rhode Island [now Brown University] he would still prefer & wish for an honor from an episcopal college" and family news, re Sally who hurt herself when getting out of a carriage, and reporting that his son anticipated a visit from his uncle and his acceptance into the sophomore class at an unidentified college as "one of six students out of 20 who competed for that class after a whole days examination," reporting his son's accommodations and roommates, "I have got into a very comfortable room on the 3rd story of the College & have two very gentlemanlike room-mates, Messrs Wilkins from Connecticut & Connelly from Philadelphia. I am much pleased with this beautiful little place."

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Read, Jacob, 1752-1816. Jacob Read papers 1752-1816.

Title: Jacob Read papers 1752-1816.

Family letters re politics and business activities; including letter, 30 July 1776, Savannah, Ga., from Archi[bald] Bulloch, re Read's military service, and use of his father's house; letter, 1 Oct. 1783, Philadelphia, from Eliza Philps, re health of Charles Philips; letter, 20 Apr. 1784, Charleston, from A[lexander] Gillon, re negotiations between Dr. Bancroft and Chevalier Luxembourg over suit against S.C.; letter, 4 Mar. 1786, Savannah, Ga., from R[ichard] Beresford, re claim against estate of C[harles] Elliot. Twelve legal and business papers, 1777-1812; letter, 16 Dec. 1795, re S.C. reaction to Jay treaty; letter, 29 Dec. 1795, re Jay treaty and suicide attempt by John Rutledge; and letter, 25 Sept. 1797, re British Navy; letter, 23 Mar. 1799, Philadelphia, to Ga. Gov. James Jackson, re French intentions to incite slave rebellions; letter, 20 Feb. 1784, Philadelphia, from L. Tho[ma]s Ride, requesting formal introductions into Charleston society. Letter, 25 Nov. 1784, Charleston, S.C., from Ben Guerard, acknowledging private favor done by Read; letter, 19 May 1787, Charleston, S.C., to J[oh]n Tonno, London, England, re his financial situation, and assistance with home improvement loan; letter, 19 June 1788, Charleston, S.C., to Ro[ber]t Wills, London, re payment and search for trunk of books and other items ordered; 2 letters, 17 July 1788, William Mason to John Frederick Rohl, Hamburg, Germany; letter, 24 Sept. 1789, Charleston, S.C., re John Jacob Rohl. Letter, 14 Dec. 1790, Orangeburg County, S.C., to Seaborn Jones, Augusta, re return of slave held by Richard Cureton; letter, 13 May 1791, Charleston, S.C., to Adam Munroe, re trial in Burke County, Ga., for recovery of slave; letter, 17 July 1794, Charleston, to Al[exande]r Moultrie, re report that Moultrie had challenged him to a duel; letter, 1 May 1790, Savannah, Ga., to Seaborn Jones, re an Augusta, Ga., plantation owned by Charles Philips, failure of Maj. Francis Willis to purchase it, and collecting rent. Petition, 11 Dec. 1794, re supplying arms to Republican Artillery of S.C. Militia, Eastern Regiment; letter, 26 Feb. 1796, Philadelphia, from W. Read, Charleston, S.C., re friendship during confinement, birth of Read's daughter, rice crop failures, politics, and Carnival of Charleston horse races; letter, 24 Feb. 1806, Charleston, to Gov. Paul Hamilton, near Jacksonville, Fla., re his brigade, skirmishs, and location; letter, 3 Apr. 1807, Charleston, S.C., to Lt. Col. R[obert] McKelvey, re current court martial case. Letters, 1804, reflect interactions between Read, his wife, Catherine, in South Carolina and her sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth "Betsy" and Charles Ludlow, in New York City; 2 letters from Catherine Read to the Ludlows discuss family matters, including the Ludlows' daughter Cornelia, and their gratifying gift of a barrel of apples. Charles Ludlow was a successful Wall Street banker, and Catherine's letter of 10 Jan. 1804 to Betsy, likely written from Charleston, compares their cities, and comments on celebration of Christmas by her slaves: "our Town affords nothing that can be any ways interesting to you it is very tranquil & quiet & was perfectly so throughout the Holidays... our Serv[an]ts had a Dinner & Dance the day after Christmas & appeared quite happy." Catherine wrote that "the amusements have again commenced" after the holidays. She had attended a concert but did not expect to go to the theater "as it is attended with so much trouble to get seats but if they are no better than last years they will not be to be regretted." Jacob Read's letters of 7 and 13 Mar. 1804 hint that political intrigue abroad was adversely impacting Charleston's mercantile economy, which, he notes, was "in a State of Stagnation, no arrivals no sales & in short quite a state of mercantile distress.... We have not a Word of News here and are all gazing for advice from Europe may they when they arrive be such as will revive our drooping commerce & ensure the peace & tranquility of the World."

ArchivalResource: 40 items.

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De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839. Letter : Charleston, South Carolina to Jacob Read, 1799 January 11 / Henry Wm De Saussure.

Title: Letter : Charleston, South Carolina to Jacob Read, 1799 January 11 / Henry Wm De Saussure.

Disturbances in France and Italy and the conquered countries with rebellions among the people and suppressed insurrections in the armies.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 25 cm.

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Spaight, Richard Dobbs, 1758-1802. [Letter] 1784 Aug. 22, Port Tobacco [to] Jacob Reed / Rich.d D. Spaight.

Title: [Letter] 1784 Aug. 22, Port Tobacco [to] Jacob Reed / Rich.d D. Spaight.

The letter concerns his difficult journey homeward towards South Carolina from Philadelphia, complicated by a fever and "still labouring under the disagreeable feelings of uncertainty." Transcription available. -- Also, Spaight's signature on the title page of Edward Gibbon's: History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, v. 6, Dublin, 1781.

ArchivalResource: [2] p. ; 23 cm.

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Bingham, W. mss., 1752-1891

Title: Bingham, W. mss., 1752-1891

Consists of the papers of William Bingham, of Philadelphia. The collection includes correspondence, personal papers and writings, and materials concerning Bingham's business (including the Bank of the United States and shipping interests), estate, family, and property in the northeastern United States. Also noteworthy in the collection are materials related to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

ArchivalResource: 1,703 items

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Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825. [Letter] 1786 Jul. 15 [to] Jacob Read / Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

Title: [Letter] 1786 Jul. 15 [to] Jacob Read / Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

Letter responds to an invitation from Read. Pinckney writes: I will with pleasure join you.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf ; 22 cm.

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Izard, Ralph, 1742-1804. Ralph Izard papers, 1709-1955 bulk, 1768-1831.

Title: Ralph Izard papers, 1709-1955 bulk, 1768-1831.

Chiefly family, political, and economic correspondence including letter, 22 Dec. 1778, Paris, France, Ralph Izard to John Adams, re [Gov. George Johnstone's] Proclamation and Manifesto issued by British [Carlisle] commissioners in America and suggesting possible measures for counteracting proclamation; letter, 23 Oct. 1782, Philadelphia, Pa., Ralph Izard, to John Lowell, Boston, Mass., re British Naval activities; receipt, 28 Apr. 1783, for "Rice, Corn, Ruff Rice & Corn blades supplied the State Commissary," with principal and interest noted; letter, 22 July 1795, Charleston, S.C., Ralph Izard, to Jacob Read, re Jay's Treaty and public opinion of South Carolinians. Letters, 5 May 1802-27 Mar. 1826, Charleston, S.C., and Washington, D.C., Ralph Izard, Jr. and his wife, to his mother, Alice Delancey Izard, Philadelphia, Pa., re U.S. Senate, and news of Washington and Charleston; letter, 16 Feb. 1805, New York, N.Y., Henry Barclay to [A.D. Izard], disputing rumor re death of Ralph Izard, Jr.; letter, 4 Mar. 1809, Charleston, S.C., Ralph Izard, Jr., to A.D. Izard, Philadelphia, re his wife's illness, arrival of Gen. James Wilkinson, and military promotion of Col. Wade Hampton [I]. Two letters, 27 June 1812 and 19 July 1812, Landsford Canal, Chester County, S.C., Ralph Izard, Jr., to A.D. Izard, Philadelphia, Pa., re declaration of War, destruction of rice crops, and possibly returning to the Navy due to financial difficulties; and notes of Yates Snowden, from letters, ca. 1801-1826, of Ralph Izard Jr. and his wife, re Robert Goodloe Harper, Thomas Paine, property in Georgia, Aaron Burr controversy, Catawba River area, Francis Marion, and interview with Joel Roberts Poinsett.

ArchivalResource: 301 items.

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Burrows, William Ward, 1758-1805. Letter, 1800 June 28 (Philadelphia) to Jacob Read (Newport, R.I.)

Title: Letter, 1800 June 28 (Philadelphia) to Jacob Read (Newport, R.I.)

Letter, 28 June 1800, of W[illiam] W[ard] Burrows, writing from Phil[adelphi]a, [Pennsylvania], to Jacob Read, in New Port, Rhode Island, re news of Read's fugitive African American slaves presumed to be headed towards Maryland. Burrows reports, "I wrote this Day to New York and now to Newport in hopes one of the Letters may reach you. John Thomas is apprehended, I had him before Mr. Jennings, but he denied any knowledge of y[ou]r Servants: he prevaricated very much, and Mr. Jennings has committed him to Jail 'till he can hear from you. It is believed y[ou]r Negroes are gone to Baltimore."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Read family. Read family papers 1724-1843; (bulk, 1786-1815).

Title: Read family papers 1724-1843; (bulk, 1786-1815).

Chiefly family correspondence including letters, 1786-1815, Jacob Read to his brother-in-law, Charles Ludlow, re social conditions and activites, weather, fever epidemics, a fire in New York, and settlement of estates of the Van Horne family of New York. Letters, 1784-1815, from Catherine Read, to niece Polly Clarkson, and sister Elizabeth Ludlow, re social life, visitors to her home, and education of her children. Will, 4 Nov. 1724, of Susanna Brockholls; letter, 25 Jan. 1795, from Jacob Read to his sister-in-law, answering her charge of improper conduct in the settlement of her father's estate.

ArchivalResource: 309 items.

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Stephens, William, 1752-1819. Judge William Stephens - letter, 1795.

Title: Judge William Stephens - letter, 1795.

The collection consists of a letter from Judge William Stephens of Savannah to Senator Jacob Read of Georgia. The letter is dated June 11, 1795, and concerns land sales and the death of their mutual friend, George Houstoun.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0.1 linear ft.)

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Read, Jacob, 1752-1816. Jacob Read papers, 1778-1813 (bulk 1783-1786).

Title: Jacob Read papers, 1778-1813 (bulk 1783-1786).

Correspondence, commission, military orders, legal and financial papers chiefly from the years Read served as delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress (1783-1786). Subjects include the Revolution, confiscation of Loyalist property, the Peace of Paris (1783), and politics in South Carolina. Correspondents include Richard Peters and Jacob Read's brother, William.

ArchivalResource: 29 items.

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Simons, James, 1761-1815. Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to Jacob Read, 1797 July 28.

Title: Letter : Charleston, [S.C.], to Jacob Read, 1797 July 28.

Simons thanks Read for a "distinguished mark of your confidence and friendship" and assures him that he will faithful in preserving that confidence.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Read family. Read family papers, 1787-1869.

Title: Read family papers, 1787-1869.

Papers consist of correspondence, a typewritten copy of the will (1847) of Francis Withers, and resolutions (1859) of the Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina concerning its late president John Harleston Read (1788-1859). Correspondence includes letters (1795-1800) of William Read in Charleston (S.C.) to his brother Jacob Read, who was representing South Carolina in the U.S. Senate (meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.) concerning the riotous conditions that prevailed in Charleston (S.C.) in protest against Congressional endorsement of the Jay Treaty of 1795; South Carolina sympathy for the French and Bonaparte's rising influence; grief over the death of George Washington and the oratorial occasions that ensued; William Read's conduct of affairs at the Marine Hospital (Charleston, S.C.); fever epidemics in Charleston (S.C.); social life; and horse races in Charleston (S.C.). There is a copy of a letter (1838) of William George Read to his cousin John Harleston Read (1815-1866) regarding Read family history, along with letters to Jacob Read from Peter [Hasenoleven] in Berlin (1788), Benjamin Seabrook (1792), Daniel Hall (1798), and William Greenwood (1797). Letters (1869) of John Harleston Read (b. 1843) are letterpress tissue copies, mostly to the Charleston (S.C.) firm of Thurston & Holmes, concerning the estate of John Harleston Read (1815-1866), sales of rice, and other financial and business matters.

ArchivalResource: ca. 35 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35916209 View

Read, Jacob, 1752-1816. Papers, 1778-1813 (bulk 1783-1786).

Title: Papers, 1778-1813 (bulk 1783-1786).

Correspondence, commission, military orders, legal and financial papers chiefly from the years (1783-1786) Read served as delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress. Subjects include the Revolution, confiscation of Loyalist property, the Peace of Paris (1783), and politics in South Carolina. Correspondents include Richard Peters and Jacob Read's brother, William.

ArchivalResource: 29 items.

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Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805. Letter, 1798 July 16, Charleston, [S.C.], to [Jacob] Read.

Title: Letter, 1798 July 16, Charleston, [S.C.], to [Jacob] Read.

Letter from Gadsden to Read thanking him for enclosing text of the address delivered 21 June 1798, by President John Adams, and expressing his approval of the President, "a better & firmer piece of Live Oak was not to be found in the United States, I ever had this opinion of him from my first acquaintance & every day since has established it." Gadsden comments further on recent political events, including the Alien and Sedition Acts and his support for a "constitutional Renunciation of our Treaty with France... & a safe and proper Alien Bill." Gadsden concludes his letter by describing work on recent publications.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Read, William, 1754-1845. Letter : Charleston, to Jacob Read, Philadelphia, 1799 Aug. 13.

Title: Letter : Charleston, to Jacob Read, Philadelphia, 1799 Aug. 13.

Autograph letter signed. William Read, a physician, prescribes treatment for relieving his brother's eye problems. He also asks his brother for help in securing a post of some importance at the hospital.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81855415 View

Read, Keith Morton, 1880-1940. Keith M. Read collection, 1770-1917

Title: Keith M. Read collection, 1770-1917

This collection is divided into 9 series: Gourdin-Young papers, 1827-1915; Records of the U.S. Collector of Customs, Savannah, Ga., 1799-1917; British Consulate at Savannah papers, 1821-1895; Robert R. Henry papers, 1830-1846; Mackay papers, 1801-1876; Mann-Pray-Sleigh-Hines papers, 1803-1848; Pinckney papers, 1770-1881; Jacob Read papers, 1775-1811; General collections, 1775-1918, undated. It consists of manuscripts, correspondence, legal and research documents, land records, photographs, and other materials collected by Keith Read. Most materials relate to the social and political histories of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, focusing on land records and legal records. Both the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, received Keith Read collections. Most of the Gourdin-Young series consists of copies of the originals owned by Emory University. Almost the entire U.S. Collector of Customs series is available on microfilm, prepared by the Federal Records Center of East Point, Georgia (now NARA's Atlanta Records Center).

ArchivalResource: 31 boxes, 21 rolls microfilm (15.5 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76789866 View

Read, Jacob, 1752-1816. Letters to Thomas Porcher, 1814.

Title: Letters to Thomas Porcher, 1814.

A letter (1814 June 8) from Read in Charleston (S.C.) to Major Porcher, commander of the 30th Infantry Regiment of the South Carolina Militia, mainly concerns militia affairs. A letter (1814 Nov. 4) from Read in Charleston (S.C.) to Lt. Colonel Thomas Porcher at Pineville (S.C.) discusses a furlough for Major Thomas Pinckney and other matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Joseph Halle Schaffner autograph collection, 1683-1948.

Title: Joseph Halle Schaffner autograph collection, 1683-1948.

Autograph collection of the American clothing manufacturer Jospeh Halle Schaffner.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

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Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825. Robert Goodloe Harper papers, 1788-1812.

Title: Robert Goodloe Harper papers, 1788-1812.

Chiefly correspondence re his legal practice, business interests, and national news and politics. Two letters, 1791, document the ill-fated South Carolina Yazoo Company, one of the original three companies formed to develop Georgia's western lands. Formed in 1789, the company had four charter members-Thomas Washington (alias Walsh) of Georgia, Alexander Moultrie, Isaac Huger, and William Clay Snipes. Shares of the company were limited to twenty; they could be subdivided, but to have a seat and vote at the company's meetings, a member had to own one full share. Letter, 15 Jan. 1791, from Harper to Gen. Mordecai Gist reporting that the board had voted to admit him as a member. Gist had sent word by Snipes that he intended to take one full share in the Yazoo purchase. In the end, the company's plans failed; it forfeited its claim to the land when it failed to comply with the 1789 Georgia statute regulating the purchase. By that time, the partners had ostracized Washington for enacting "a most infamous and extensive scheme of villainy, the forging of public securities to a very large amount" (the authorities hanged him in Charleston for counterfeiting state indents). Later, the S.C. Senate impeached and convicted Attorney General Alexander Moultrie for diverting genuine state indents into the company's finances. Letter, 16 Mar. 1793 to J[ohn] E[wing] Colhoun re a case in Cambridge Court [Edgefield County, S.C.?]; letter, 26 Mar. 1799 (Baltimore), to Secretary of War [James McHenry] expressing concern over an expected insurrection: "Their leaders are committed to the full length of Treason," and advising that McHenry send a large body of troops to deal with the situation [presumed to be the rebellion led by Pennsylvania auctioneer John Fries (ca. 1750-1818) in his protest against a tax on real estate]. Document, 19 July 1793 (Orangeburg District, S.C.), re Harper's appointment as lawyer for Jacob Rumph in sale of certain lands on Edisto River and transfer of land to John Hall, including certificate no extant mortgages on said land letter, 29 July 1799 (Baltimore, Md.) to [James McHenry], Secretary of War, announcing opening of his law office in Baltimore but assuring McHenry that he stands ready to return to military service if the need should arise, noting a recent letter from Gen'l [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney, expressing his desire for a commission in case of an increase in hostilities during the quasi-war between the U.S. and France, although world events made that appear less likely: "The difficulty... will in all probability be removed by Prince Charles and Count Suwaroff [i.e. Prince Charles de Ligne and Alexander Suvorov].... What a pity that so many Suwaroffs and Bonapartes in embryo, should be chilled into mere lawyers Planters & merchants by the cold breath of Peace!" Letter, 8 Dec. 1800, to Jacob Read (Washington, D.C.), explaining his delay in returning to Washington and requesting information on votes from S.C. and Rhode Island; letter, 18 July 1807 (Baltimore, Md.) to William Sullivan (Boston), informing him of closing of a legal case, sending his remittance, and explaining the financial settlement; letter, 13 Aug. 1807 advising to bring suit in a matter involving a ship and cargo; letter, 8 June 1812, receipt for fee in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

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Read, Jacob, 1752-1816. Papers, 1778-1821.

Title: Papers, 1778-1821.

Papers consisting of a deposition, signed by Read in 1790, concerning the ownership of a slave in the possession of Richard Cureton, who refused to deliver him to Read's representative, George Dykes; commission of dower, 1794, to Ann Lord, widow of Andrew Lord; a letter from J. Alison regarding a falsely reported uprising among slaves, 1797; a letter from J. Dickinson, regarding orders for the review of the brigade, 1806; a letter from Paul Hamilton, mentioning a commission for one Captain Rouark; comments on Alexander Gillon; and numerous letters concerning the business of Peter Hasenclever, Prussian iron manufacturer, who was involved in extensive litigation in the United States with Read as his attorney.

ArchivalResource: 36 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20115439 View

Otis, Samuel Allyne, 1740-1814. Samuel Allyne Otis correspondence and notice, 1766-1802.

Title: Samuel Allyne Otis correspondence and notice, 1766-1802.

Notice (1766 August 26) of a judgment of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, Suffolk County, Mass., against John Boies, stating an amount to be paid to Otis; ALS (1801 April 28) from Otis to Jacob Read relating to political affairs, especially U.S. relations with France, and complaining about living conditions in the new capital, Washington, D.C.; and ALS (1802 May 12) from Otis to William Hill Wells concerning matters relating to the U.S. Senate.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Kean, John, 1756-1795. John Kean papers, 1788-1794.

Title: John Kean papers, 1788-1794.

Letter, 10 Apr. 1788, Beaufort, S.C., to J[acob] Read, re settling of accounts of his mother during to the Revolutionary War and calling attention to the instability of continental money of that time, noting that an account of Mrs. Ramadge against him "must be for articles supplied my Mother during the time of [British occupation of S.C.]...," calling Read's attention to "one charge... for continental money paid in June 1781... but in May of the same year it ceased to pass even in the United States" and no credit was given for an African American slave which "She had... for more than a year... Mr. [John Ewing?] Colhoun has her acc[oun]t" and suggesting that Read "let no time elapse unnecessarily in [the John Joachim?] Zubley" case. Two letters, 20 Feb. 1792 and 19 Aug. 1794, Bank of the United States and Phila[delphi]a, to Jonathan Burrall [1754-1825?] and R[alph] Izard, routine business letters re certificates of funded debt and inquiry re a bank draft, "Bills are yet high... 9 1/2 p[e]r Cent above par." Letter, 5 June 1793, Philadelphia, to Leroy & Bayard, New York, acknowledging receipt of their "[endorsement] for $1000 in lieu of a Note for a like amount paid" by Kean, enclosing two paid notes for $500 each, and mentioning terms for their disposing of his funded debts, and stating that all transfers must be completed by 15 June 1793, "I will have Bank stock transferred to you to compleat your security."

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31399953 View

Grayson, Thomas. Letter, 1789 July 8, Beaufort, S.C., to Jacob Read, Charleston, S.C.

Title: Letter, 1789 July 8, Beaufort, S.C., to Jacob Read, Charleston, S.C.

Letter re the serving of writs on behalf of Jacob Read. Grayson reports that "All the Writs you left with me are Served, but Mrs. Kirk's." Grayson adds that Parker "was in Charleston Goal" but he promises to settle all the "Executions" soon.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Freneau, Peter, 1757-1813. Autograph letter signed : Charleston, to Hon. Jacob Read, 1795 Jul. 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Charleston, to Hon. Jacob Read, 1795 Jul. 30.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 3/4 p.) ; (4to)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270752239 View

Hampton family. Hampton family papers, 1773-1974.

Title: Hampton family papers, 1773-1974.

Antebellum business correspondence and antebellum and Civil War family correspondence of three generations of Wade Hamptons: Wade Hampton I (1752-1835), army officer and U.S. representative from Virginia; Wade Hampton II (1791-1858); and Wade Hampton III (1818-1902), Confederate Army officer and governor and U.S. senator of South Carolina. Papers are of Wade Hampton I concern operations at Houmas, his sugar plantation in Ascension Parish (Louisiana), and his South Carolina rice and cotton plantations, including the purchase of plantation supplies and the marketing of his crops, chiefly 1829-1835. Personal papers of Wade Hampton II and Wade Hampton III include letters to Mary Fisher Hampton, daughter and sister, respectively, concerning family, social, and plantation news from Walnut Ridge and Wild Woods, Miss., and letters from Wade Hampton III to his first wife, Margaret (Preston) Hampton (b. 1851), from England and Scotland, 1846 (typed transcript copies); and to his second wife in the late 1850s and during the Civil War. Later papers include materials dating to Reconstruction, later 19th century, and 20th century papers re politics, family history, farming operations, land and real estate, and other topics.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85894869 View

De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839. Henry William DeSaussure papers, 1795-1837.

Title: Henry William DeSaussure papers, 1795-1837.

Letters discussing politics, business ventures, and various topics, including 9 Oct. 1795, Philadelphia, Pa., and 18 Jan. 1798, Charleston, S.C., to Jacob Read, New York, N.Y, re importance of port of Charleston to the government, defense of the country, and necessity of a marine hospital; 27 June 1800, Charleston, S.C., to Jedidiah Morse, Charlestown, Mass., re taking pleasure in sharing similar political views, and plans to insure election of [John] Adams and [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney. Other items include 9 letters, 24 Nov. 1802, Mount Vernon, Va., and 22 Aug. 1804-10 May 1812, Charleston, S.C., to Ezekiel Pickens, Pendleton and Columbia, S.C., re sale of cotton; importation of slaves; lands in Salkehatchie area; rumors of gambling and debauchery at South Carolina College; also including letters discussing local, national, and international political topics, including representation, general suffrage, and regional support for presidential candidates; reports of correspondence with John C. Calhoun; and local news, including reports of the Colhoun family, John Ewing Colhoun's arrival at Yale, and decision of Mrs. [John Ewing] Colhoun to winter in "New Port" [R.I.?]. Collection also includes letters of introduction, 13 May 1805,Charleston, S.C., to Robert Goodloe Harper, Baltimore, Md., recommendingJohn C. Calhoun, and congratulating Harper on acquittal of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase; and 10 Oct. 1811, Charleston, S.C., to Robert Gilmor, Baltimore, Md., re a destructive tornado, and rescue of Mrs. [Anna Frances DeSaussure] Gibbes. Correspondents and others mentioned include William Crafts, Benjamin Silliman, Colin Gillespie, William Little, Alexander Philson, and William Campbell Preston; also including published volume, 1834, England and America, by Edward Gibbon Wakefield.

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