George Read letter to Henry Clark
Content Description
Handwritten letter from Delaware lawyer and signer of the Constitution, George Read, to Henry Clark, detailing a case involving a deposition over the ownership of an unnamed enslaved person from the estate of Hance Hanson.
Dates
- Creation: 1785 July 30
Creator
- Read, George, 1765-1836 (Person)
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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Extent
1 item (3 pages)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Handwritten letter from Delaware lawyer and signer of the Constitution, George Read, to Henry Clark, detailing a case involving a deposition over the ownership of an unnamed enslaved person from the estate of Hance Hanson.
Source
Purchase, 1982.
Condition Description
CCAHA #31 treatment: surface cleaned, deacidified, mended, flattened. See CCAHA report 92.64
Shelving Summary
Box 4, F0092: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes
Processing
Finding aid encoded by Tiffany Saulter, August 2015.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for George Read letter to Henry Clark
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2015 August 7
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022 October 12: This finding aid was updated following a reparative description review. Changes include using the term “enslaved” to describe captive individuals, per current community recommendations.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository