Manuscripts, 1716-1872.

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Manuscripts, 1716-1872.

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Correspondence of George Read, member of the Continental Congress and President of Delaware; George Read, Jr., district attorney of Delaware, and William Thompson Read, senator from Delaware. The letters contain material on the development of the state of Delaware, in which the Reads played an important part, socially and politically. Letters from prominent men of the period, Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, William Thompson, Caesar Rodney, George Ross, and many others are included.

ca. 200 items.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784

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Caesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784) was an American Founding Father, planter, lawyer, and politician from Kent County, Delaware. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence, and President of Delaware during most of the American Revolution. Born on his family's farm, "Byfield", on St. Jones Neck in East Dover Hu...

Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

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Ross, George, 1730-1779

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Read, George, 1733-1798

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Read, George, 1786-1836.

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Thompson, William, 1727-1796

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Read, William Thompson, 1792-1873

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