Jacob Read papers 1752-1816.

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Read, Jacob, 1752-1816. Jacob Read papers 1752-1816.

Jacob Read papers 1752-1816.

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Family letters re politics and business activities; including letter, 30 July 1776, Savannah, Ga., from Archi[bald] Bulloch, re Read's military service, and use of his father's house; letter, 1 Oct. 1783, Philadelphia, from Eliza Philps, re health of Charles Philips; letter, 20 Apr. 1784, Charleston, from A[lexander] Gillon, re negotiations between Dr. Bancroft and Chevalier Luxembourg over suit against S.C.; letter, 4 Mar. 1786, Savannah, Ga., from R[ichard] Beresford, re claim against estate of C[harles] Elliot. Twelve legal and business papers, 1777-1812; letter, 16 Dec. 1795, re S.C. reaction to Jay treaty; letter, 29 Dec. 1795, re Jay treaty and suicide attempt by John Rutledge; and letter, 25 Sept. 1797, re British Navy; letter, 23 Mar. 1799, Philadelphia, to Ga. Gov. James Jackson, re French intentions to incite slave rebellions; letter, 20 Feb. 1784, Philadelphia, from L. Tho[ma]s Ride, requesting formal introductions into Charleston society. Letter, 25 Nov. 1784, Charleston, S.C., from Ben Guerard, acknowledging private favor done by Read; letter, 19 May 1787, Charleston, S.C., to J[oh]n Tonno, London, England, re his financial situation, and assistance with home improvement loan; letter, 19 June 1788, Charleston, S.C., to Ro[ber]t Wills, London, re payment and search for trunk of books and other items ordered; 2 letters, 17 July 1788, William Mason to John Frederick Rohl, Hamburg, Germany; letter, 24 Sept. 1789, Charleston, S.C., re John Jacob Rohl. Letter, 14 Dec. 1790, Orangeburg County, S.C., to Seaborn Jones, Augusta, re return of slave held by Richard Cureton; letter, 13 May 1791, Charleston, S.C., to Adam Munroe, re trial in Burke County, Ga., for recovery of slave; letter, 17 July 1794, Charleston, to Al[exande]r Moultrie, re report that Moultrie had challenged him to a duel; letter, 1 May 1790, Savannah, Ga., to Seaborn Jones, re an Augusta, Ga., plantation owned by Charles Philips, failure of Maj. Francis Willis to purchase it, and collecting rent. Petition, 11 Dec. 1794, re supplying arms to Republican Artillery of S.C. Militia, Eastern Regiment; letter, 26 Feb. 1796, Philadelphia, from W. Read, Charleston, S.C., re friendship during confinement, birth of Read's daughter, rice crop failures, politics, and Carnival of Charleston horse races; letter, 24 Feb. 1806, Charleston, to Gov. Paul Hamilton, near Jacksonville, Fla., re his brigade, skirmishs, and location; letter, 3 Apr. 1807, Charleston, S.C., to Lt. Col. R[obert] McKelvey, re current court martial case. Letters, 1804, reflect interactions between Read, his wife, Catherine, in South Carolina and her sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth "Betsy" and Charles Ludlow, in New York City; 2 letters from Catherine Read to the Ludlows discuss family matters, including the Ludlows' daughter Cornelia, and their gratifying gift of a barrel of apples. Charles Ludlow was a successful Wall Street banker, and Catherine's letter of 10 Jan. 1804 to Betsy, likely written from Charleston, compares their cities, and comments on celebration of Christmas by her slaves: "our Town affords nothing that can be any ways interesting to you it is very tranquil & quiet & was perfectly so throughout the Holidays... our Serv[an]ts had a Dinner & Dance the day after Christmas & appeared quite happy." Catherine wrote that "the amusements have again commenced" after the holidays. She had attended a concert but did not expect to go to the theater "as it is attended with so much trouble to get seats but if they are no better than last years they will not be to be regretted." Jacob Read's letters of 7 and 13 Mar. 1804 hint that political intrigue abroad was adversely impacting Charleston's mercantile economy, which, he notes, was "in a State of Stagnation, no arrivals no sales & in short quite a state of mercantile distress.... We have not a Word of News here and are all gazing for advice from Europe may they when they arrive be such as will revive our drooping commerce & ensure the peace & tranquility of the World."

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