Gunning Bedford papers, 1794-1797.

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Gunning Bedford papers, 1794-1797.

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Correspondence (1795-1796) with William Hill Wells and George Read (1733-1798), letters testamentary for Bedford's estate (1797), and a financial document (1794).

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Historical Society of Delaware

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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...

Bedford, Gunning, 1742-1797

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Lawyer and politician from New Castle, Del.; colonel in the Delaware Regiment of the American Revolutionary Army; member of the Federalist Party; served in the Delaware General Assembly, elected governor of Delaware in 1796; died in office; also known as Gunning Bedford, Sr. From the description of Gunning Bedford papers, 1794-1797. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70979694 ...

Wells, William Hill, 1769-1829

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