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Read, George (1733-1798) to John Dunlap

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04836 Author/Creator: Read, George (1733-1798) Place Written: Wilmington, Delaware Type: Autograph letter Date: 27 July 1779 Pagination: 2 p. ; 32.4 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Written by Read, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a member of the Delaware Assembly to Dunlap as editor and publisher of the "Pennsylvania Packet, or General Advertiser." Read was asking Dunlap to publish a letter. Read was responding to one of Dunlap's previous publications Saying it is "a matter of right after your publication of hte Proceedings in Committee of July ye 21st 1779 Signed William Henry Chairman." In the letter "To the Members of the Commitee of the City of Philadelphia," Read defends his character and conduct from the accusations previously published by Dunlap. The accusations involved purchases Read made.

Dunlap was also given a contract to publish the "Journals of the Continental Congress" in 1779.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

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