Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Calhoun, Joseph, 1750-1817
2. Calhoun, Patrick, 1727-1796
3. Read, William, 1754-1845
4. Ford collection
5. Emmet collection

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. Jacob Read (1752-1816) was an American lawyer and politician from Charleston, South Carolina, who represented that state in both the Continental Congress and the United States Senate. Correspondence concerns legal, legislative, and other official business; and local matters in Charleston. Correspondents include Patrick and Joseph Calhoun, as well as other prominent South Carolina lawyers and politicians. Family news is discussed in letters with his brother, William Read.

Subject

1. Statesmen -- United States -- Correspondence
2. South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865

Call number

1. MssCol 4593

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance (note)

1. Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmet and Ford collections.

Author

1. Read, Jacob, 1752-1816.

Title

1. Jacob Read correspondence, 1778-1812.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance

1. Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmet and Ford collections.

Occupation

1. Lawyers South Carolina.
2. Statesmen South Carolina.

Added author

1. Calhoun, Joseph, 1750-1817.
2. Calhoun, Patrick, 1727-1796.
3. Read, William, 1754-1845.
4. Ford collection.
5. Emmet collection.

Research call number

1. MssCol 4593