Draft, 1777 May 12, New Castle, Del., on the General Loan-Office for the County of Kent.

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Draft, 1777 May 12, New Castle, Del., on the General Loan-Office for the County of Kent.

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Orders the Trustee of the General Loan-Office to pay Thomas Collins £24/7/11 from the public funds. Written and signed by George Read, as speaker of the Council, and Thomas McKean, as speaker of the Assembly; with Collins's receipt on the verso.

1 item (1 l.) ; 11 x 21 cm.

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Read, George, 1733-1798

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George Read (September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798) was a politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, President of Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Chief Justice of Delaware. Read was one of only two statesmen who signed four of the g...

McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817

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Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817) was an American lawyer, politician, and a Founding Father of the United States from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Continental Association, United States Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation. McKean served as a President of Congress. He was at various times a member of the Federalist and Democratic-...

Collins, Thomas, active 1777

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Delaware. General Assembly

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