Read family.
Biographical notes:
Read 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 of 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 public official of Pennsylvania, and George Read (1765-1836), lawyer and public official of Delaware; John Read's son, John Meredith Read (1797-1874), jurist and public official of Pennsylvania; and John Meredith Read, Jr. (1837-1896), army officer, diplomat, and lawyer.
From the description of Papers, 1568-1906 (bulk 1775-1906). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149622
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Subjects:
- Land companies
- Legal instruments
- Practice of law
Occupations:
- Lawyers
- Legislators
Places:
- United States (as recorded)
- Pennsylvania (as recorded)
- Delaware--New Castle (as recorded)
- England (as recorded)
- New Castle (Del.) (as recorded)
- Delaware (as recorded)
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
