Jacob Read papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; Great Britain. 1783 Sept. 3.; United States; Great Britain; United States. Continental Congress; American loyalists; History
Description: Correspondence, commission, military orders, legal and financial papers chiefly from the years Read served as delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress (1783-1786).  Subjects include the Revolution, confiscation of Loyalist property, the Peace of Paris (1783), and politics in South Carolina.  Correspondents include Richard Peters and Jacob Read's brother, William.
Notes: Open to research.

In part, transcripts. [S.l.].

Gift, Simon Gratz, 1919.

Purchase, 1964-1991.

Delegate to the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. senator, and army officer of South Carolina.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.