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2 de abr. de 2024 · George Read was born in Cecil County, Maryland on September 18, 1733. After completing his studies at Rev. Francis Allison’s Academy in Pennsylvania, Read studied law in Philadelphia at the office of John Moland. In 1753, he was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in New Castle, Delaware.
18 de mai. de 2012 · George Read entered into the world on September 18, 1733, as the son of John and Mary Read. He was born in the colony of Maryland, but this would be short-lived as his parents moved to New Castle County, Delaware. It would be here where Read would serve his country so passionately. He was educated by Reverand Francis Allison in Pennsylvania.
A Biography of George Read 1733-1798. Read's mother was the daughter of a Welsh planter, and his Dublin-born father a landholder of means. Soon after George's birth in 1733 near the village of North East in Cecil County, MD, his family moved to New Castle, DE, where the youth, who was one of six sons, grew up.
George Read's life spanned between September 18, 1733 and September 21, 1798. Besides being a lawyer and a revolutionary politician in New Castle County, Read was a Continental Congressman, a delegate to the 1787 U.S. Constitutional Convention and the President of Delaware under the Federalist Party banner.
George Read was born in Maryland in 1733, but his family moved to Delaware soon after his birth. He attended schools in Pennsylvania and studied law in Philadelphia. In 1754, he set up a legal practice in Delaware. He supported dignified protests against British actions and voted against independence in 1776, but did sign the Declaration ...
George Read was President of the Constitutional Convention in 1776, and the author of the first Constitution of Delaware and of the first edition of her laws. In 1782, he was appointed by Congress a judge in the National Court of Appeals in Admiralty. Three years later Congress made him one of the commissioners of a federal court to determine ...
George Read. Conservative lawyer George Read was the only signer who voted against independence in the final congressional vote on July 2, 1776. In addition to attaining many prominent State offices, he attended the Constitutional Convention, where he defended the rights of the smaller States, and subsequently served as a Senator in the First ...
