Joseph Reed papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Papers, including correspondence, council resolutions, autographs, and a deposition taken by Joseph Reed (1741-1785), American jurist and president of Pennsylvania. Papers relate to legal cases and to his official business with the Continental Congress and Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council. Some letters are 19th century transcripts.
Papers, including correspondence, council resolutions, autographs, and a deposition taken by Joseph Reed (1741-1785), American jurist and president of Pennsylvania. Papers relate to legal cases and to his official business with the Continental Congress and Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council. Some letters are 19th century transcripts.
Some material was originally received as part of the Ford, Emmet, and Bancroft collections.
Gifts of John S. Kennedy, 1896; John Pierpont Morgan, 1899; and Walter Benjamin, 1913; with additional purchase from the estate of George Bancroft, 1893.
Compiled by Kit Messick, 2014