Conarroe Autograph Collection, 1643-1882.

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Conarroe Autograph Collection, 1643-1882.

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This collection includes letters and documents of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and of members of Congress, 1758-18ll; of generals and prominent civilians of the Revolutionary period, 1770-1820; of signers of the Constitution, senators, congressmen, governors of states, 1754-1853; of Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and cabinet officers, 1777-1882; letters from authors, 1778-1869; foreign generals and statesmen connected with the Revolution, scientists, physicians, and philanthropists, 1759-1873; English and American lawyers, 1676-1854; American lawyers and judges, 1753-1859; officers in the American navy; clergymen, 1779-1871; other celebrities, 1643-1870. There are about 200 portraits, 1836; and a few papers of Robert Morris, Thomas McKean, and George Read, 1757-88.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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Robert Morris, Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born merchant and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, the Second Continental Congress, and the United States Senate, and he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. From 1781 to 1784, he served as the Superintendent of Finance of the United States, becoming known as the "Financier of the Revolution...

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-...

Read, G. W. (George Windle), 1860-1934

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George Windle Read (b. Nov. 19, 1860, Indianola, Ia.-d. Nov. 6, 1934) graduated from the U.S. military academy at West Point in 1883 where he received his commission as 2nd lieutenant in the 16th Infantry. He advanced to the rank of major general on Mar. 8, 1921 after having commanded the 2nd Army Corps from June 13, 1918, until demobilization on February 1, 1919. He retired from Army service on November 19, 1924. From the description of Read, G. W. (George Windle), 1860-1934 (U.S. N...