. Rossiana; papers and documents relating to the history and genealogy of the ancient and noble house of Ross, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and its descent form the ancient earls of Ross, together with the descent of the ancient and historic family of Read, from Rede of Trough-end, Reade of Barton Court, Berks, and Read of Delaware. Also some account of the related families. as — Resolved. That the said Capt. Thomas Read be recommended as a properperson to be appointed by the Honorable House of Assembly to that importantstation. Commodore Thomas Read. 283 The Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, unde
. Rossiana; papers and documents relating to the history and genealogy of the ancient and noble house of Ross, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and its descent form the ancient earls of Ross, together with the descent of the ancient and historic family of Read, from Rede of Trough-end, Reade of Barton Court, Berks, and Read of Delaware. Also some account of the related families. as — Resolved. That the said Capt. Thomas Read be recommended as a properperson to be appointed by the Honorable House of Assembly to that importantstation. Commodore Thomas Read. 283 The Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, under date of June 7, 1776,accepted the resignation of Capt. Thomas Read as commander of the shipMontgomery, he having been recommended to the command of a Continentalfrigate. His new command was the 36-gun frigate George also commanded ihe frigate Alliance, and in 1780, as appears in an officiallist of the navy of the United States sent to Benjamin Franklin, he was incommand of the Bourbon, while the Alliance was under command of PaulJones. The appended description of Captain Thomas Reads voyage in the oldAlliance to China is copied from the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Adver-tiser of September 23, 1788: Philadelphia, Sept. 23, 1788.— Captain Thomas Read, in the ship Alliance,bound to China, sailed from Philadelphia in the month of June, 1787, and. Frigate Alliance, Commanded by Commodore Thomas Read. arrived at Canton the 226. day of December in the same year, having navi-gated on a rout as yet unpractised by any other ship. Taking soundingsoff the Cape of Good Hope, he steered to the southeastward, encircling allthe eastern and southern islands of the Indian Ocean, passing the SouthCape of New Holland; and on their passage to the northward again towardsCanton, between the latitude of 7 and 4 degrees south, and between thelongitude of 156 and 162 degrees east, they discovered a number of islands,the inhabitants of which were black, with curled or wooly hair. Am
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