Heston's hand-book; being an account of the settlement of Eyre Haven, and a succinct history of Atlantic City and county during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries .. . Stalaart Sires and Sturdy Sons. 87 has been endeavouring to prevail upon the negroes in this neighbourhood to go with join the ministerial army, it is hoped every lover of his country will endeavour toapprehend so daring a villain. Whoever will secure him in any goal lii this State shall beentitled to the above reward, with reasonable charges, if brought home, paid by CharlesRead. As stated, Read was a man of considerabl
Heston's hand-book; being an account of the settlement of Eyre Haven, and a succinct history of Atlantic City and county during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries .. . Stalaart Sires and Sturdy Sons. 87 has been endeavouring to prevail upon the negroes in this neighbourhood to go with join the ministerial army, it is hoped every lover of his country will endeavour toapprehend so daring a villain. Whoever will secure him in any goal lii this State shall beentitled to the above reward, with reasonable charges, if brought home, paid by CharlesRead. As stated, Read was a man of considerable account. He was deputy secretary of theprovince, one of the surrogates for both East and West Jersey, commissioner for NewJersey at the Easton conference with the Indians in 1758, and was entrusted with a numberof otlier positions of honor and profit. He was commissioned a justice of the SupremeCourt August 17, i75i, and the same day was licensed as an attorney and counsellor, but. Remains of the Etna Furnace, on Tuckalioe River. whether he had ever studied law, or where, does not appear. He was appointed chiefjustice on February 20, 1764, and Frederick Smyth having been commissioned chief justicethe following October, Read was again appointed an associate justice on November 6,1764, and held this office until his removal from New Jersey. About 1773 he made anassignment of his propertv for the benefit of his creditors, and went to St. Croix, in theWest Indies, but soon afterwards located in North Carolina, where he earned on a cijuntrystore, and died in 1774, in povertv and obscurity. He was related to Colonel Charles Read,of the Burlington militia, who wavered in his support of the American cause during theRevolution. For many years it was believed that the Read who thus wavered was GeneralJoseph Reed, a native of Trenton, and a Revolutionary soldier of some prominence. In1876 an accidental discovery by the late Gen. William S. StryUer. of New Jersey, provedthe
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