Account book, 1799-1801, 1805-1811.

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Account book, 1799-1801, 1805-1811.

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Volume consists of two sections. The first, kept from 1799 to 1801, was used to record the official accounts of Read as agent general. Entries list amounts paid to special agents in counties throughout the United States. No details are provided. The second part, used from 1805 to 1811, contains Read's personal accounts and household expenses. Such things as a subscription for a church pew, ground rent, interest, bills of exchange, dividends, bank shares, the cost for surveying lots, shoes, "railings for my front door step," and buying the time of a black boy is noted. There are also a number of entries for house repairs and painting as well as purchases of home furnishings, including washing machines, an 8-day clock, a bed and leaf table, gilt chairs, a bedstead, a patent stove, carpeting, dimity, and fringe. Read paid someone to paper his tea room.

1 v. ; 39 cm.

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Read, John, 1769-1854

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John Read was a lawyer, financier, and philanthropist in Philadelphia, Pa. Born in 1769, he was the son of George Read and Gertrude Ross. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1787 and then studied law in his father's office in New Castle, Delaware. Read was admitted to the bar in 1791. In 1789, he moved to Philadelphia and married Martha Meredith. Read was appointed Agent General of the United States under the Jay Treaty in 1794. He served in that capacity until 1809. Read ...