Papers, 1797-1917.

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Papers, 1797-1917.

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These papers deal generally with the legal career of John Meredith Read, prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and jurist. Incoming correspondence is primarily concerned with court cases, estates, and business interests, and touches only occasionally on Read's political interests as a state Republican leader. There is some correspondence, 1825-1831, between Read and his first wife Priscilla. Many of the letters from 1840 to 1874 are from other family members, chiefly his father John Read who wrote from Trenton of financial matters, and his son John Meredith Read, Jr., who wrote from school and later from his law office in Albany. A series of letters from Col. Charles H.T. Collis, 1862-1864, covers Collis' court martial case and his observations on the progress of the Civil War. A letterbook, 1842-1846, also relates to Read's general legal and financial matters, and another letterbook, 1846, was kept as attorney general of Pennsylvania. Read's several judicial appiontments are documented additionally by court docket books, 1818-1841, which cover first the period of private practice and later his cases as U.S. district attorney for eastern Pennsylvania, and personal court docket books, 1859-1860, 1867-1870, 1873, kept during his tenure as Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice. Read was an active member of the Masons, and a number of manuscripts relate to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, including a record and account book, 1825-1834. There are small account books of John Meredith Read and John Read as well as Philadelphia lawyer Thomas Kittera's receipt book, 1827-1839.

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Kittera, Thomas, 1789-1839

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Read, John Meredith, 1837-1896

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John Meredith Read, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1837; graduated from Brown University and Albany Law School; served as Adjutant-General of the State of New York, 1860-1866; United States Consul-General for France and Algiers, 1869-1873; Acting Consul-General of The German Government in France, 1870-1872; United States Minister to Greece, 1873-1879; died in Paris, France, 1896. Read was one of the original members of Cornell University's Board of Trustees listed in the University's Chart...

Collis, Charles H.F., fl. 1862-1864.

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Read, John M. (John Meredith), 1797-1874

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American lawyer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to The Marshal of the S. District of New York, 1839 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616393 The Read family consistently played an important role in American government and politics from the time that George Read, a Delaware resident, signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Throughout the 17th to 19th centuries, the Reads served as lawyers, judges, poli...

Read, John, 1769-1854

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John Read was a lawyer, financier, and philanthropist in Philadelphia, Pa. Born in 1769, he was the son of George Read and Gertrude Ross. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1787 and then studied law in his father's office in New Castle, Delaware. Read was admitted to the bar in 1791. In 1789, he moved to Philadelphia and married Martha Meredith. Read was appointed Agent General of the United States under the Jay Treaty in 1794. He served in that capacity until 1809. Read ...