Read family papers, 1787-1869.

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Read family papers, 1787-1869.

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Papers consist of correspondence, a typewritten copy of the will (1847) of Francis Withers, and resolutions (1859) of the Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina concerning its late president John Harleston Read (1788-1859). Correspondence includes letters (1795-1800) of William Read in Charleston (S.C.) to his brother Jacob Read, who was representing South Carolina in the U.S. Senate (meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.) concerning the riotous conditions that prevailed in Charleston (S.C.) in protest against Congressional endorsement of the Jay Treaty of 1795; South Carolina sympathy for the French and Bonaparte's rising influence; grief over the death of George Washington and the oratorial occasions that ensued; William Read's conduct of affairs at the Marine Hospital (Charleston, S.C.); fever epidemics in Charleston (S.C.); social life; and horse races in Charleston (S.C.). There is a copy of a letter (1838) of William George Read to his cousin John Harleston Read (1815-1866) regarding Read family history, along with letters to Jacob Read from Peter [Hasenoleven] in Berlin (1788), Benjamin Seabrook (1792), Daniel Hall (1798), and William Greenwood (1797). Letters (1869) of John Harleston Read (b. 1843) are letterpress tissue copies, mostly to the Charleston (S.C.) firm of Thurston & Holmes, concerning the estate of John Harleston Read (1815-1866), sales of rice, and other financial and business matters.

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