Read, George (1733–1798)

AuthorDennis J. Mahoney
Pages2124

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George Read of Delaware was a signer of both the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and the Constitution. A frequent speaker at the CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787, he favored a consolidated national government and proposed abolition of state boundaries. He was a leader of the ratification movement in Delaware, and later he served as state chief justice and as a United States senator.

DENNIS J. MAHONEY

(1986)

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