Commodore Thomas Read discovering the Alliance and Morris Islands, 1787.
English: Identifier: rossianapapersdo01read (find matches) Title: Rossiana; papers and documents relating to the history and genealogy of the ancient and noble house of Ross, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and its descent form the ancient earls of Ross, together with the descent of the ancient and historic family of Read, from Rede of Trough-end, Reade of Barton Court, Berks, and Read of Delaware. Also some account of the related families Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Read, Harmon Pumpelly, 1860- (from old catalog) Reid, Francis Nevile, 1826-1892 Subjects: Ross family Reed family Ross family (George Ross, 1679-1754) (from old catalog) Read family (John Read, 1688-1756) (from old catalog) Publisher: Albany, N.Y. (Press of the Argus co.) Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: on passage to China, and f^^/^J^of which he named Morris and the other Alliance Island. Thes ^d™a oortion of the now celebrated Caroline Islands, and Commodore Reads discover ^ave rights to the United States which have never been properlye eT Commodore Read reached Philadelphia on hi, return voyage „he i7th of September. 1788. and on the 26th of October following d*d athis seat in New Jersey, in the forty-ninth year of his age. Robert MornsncluderhL! obituary ^of him in these words: While inte^-^patriotism and courage, united with the most gentle — «^and admired among men. the name of tins valuable f^^1*6^!!be revered and beloved. He was. in the noble* import ot the word, a man.Commodore Read left no descendants. 282 Rossiana. The Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania (Vol. x, p. 379) contains the following recommendation: At a meeting of the Committee of Safety, October 23rd, 1775 — This Board having taken into their consideration (by the desire of the Hon'ble Assem- Text Appearing After Image: IMAGE: Commodore Thomas Read (1740-1788) discovering Alliance and Morris Islands, 1787. bly) the appointment of a Commodore to command the fleet, Capt. Thomas Read was named; and after full consideration of his merits, and inquiring into his character and qualifications, it was — Resolved. That the said Capt. Thomas Read be recommended as a proper person to be appointed by the Honorable House of Assembly to that important station. Commodore Thomas Read. 283 The Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, under date of June 7, 1776, accepted the resignation of Capt. Thomas Read as commander of the ship Montgomery, he having been recommended to the command of a Continental frigate. His new command was the 36-gun frigate George Washington.He also commanded the frigate Alliance, and in 1780, as appears in an official list of the navy of the United States sent to Benjamin Franklin, he was in command of the Bourbon, while the Alliance was under command of Paul Jones. The appended description of Captain Thomas Reads Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.