Jacob Read correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"4593", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4593", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1778-1812", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778/1812"}

date_inclusive_start

1778

date_inclusive_end

1812

keydate

1778

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jacob Read correspondence"}

physdesc

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repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"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."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Jacob Read correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Read, Jacob, 1752-1816", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material was originally received as part of the Thomas Addis Emmet and Ford collections.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of John S. Kennedy, 1896, and John Pierpont Morgan, 1899, with an additional purchase, 1937.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1778

date_end

1812

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