...was read out of the society of quakers. He was a member of the first Congress in 1774; in 1787, he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States ; in 1788, he succeeded Franklin as President of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania ; he presided...

...states, relative to the formation of a system of commercial regulations for the union. In 1 787, he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. Immediately after the adoption of the constitution, he was elected a member of the senate of...

...the preservation of such an army, as was then under the command of general Washington. In 1787, he was a member of the convention, which framed the constitution of the United States, and his name is affixed to that instrument. In October, 1788, he succeeded Franklin as president...

...preservation of euch an army, аз was then under И* the command of General Washing ton. In 1787, he was a member of the convention, which framed the constitution of the United States, and his name is affixed to that instrument. In October, 1788 he succecded Franklin as president...

...one of the judges of the court of appeals, in admiralty cases, for the state of Delaware. In 1787r he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States. Mr. Read continued in the senate of the United States till September^ 1793, when he was appointed...

...station until appointed minister to Russia, where he remained till the close of the war. He was elected a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States in 1787, but was prevented (Vom being present during the discussions of that body. To the constitution...

...was read out of the society of quakers. He was a member of the first Congress in 1774; in 1787, he was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States ; in 178S, lie, succeeded Franklin as President of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania; he presided...

...17S7 was a member of the convcnliun which framed the constitution of the United States. In 1792 lie was appointed minister plenipotentiary to France,...elected a senator in Congress, from the state of New York, and in this body was very conspicuous for liis political information and his brilliant eloquence....

...Morris, as to the négociations of Benjamin Franklin, or even to the arms of George Washington." He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States in 1787, and afterwards a senator in congress. In his old agfi he I wt his ample f »rtune, by unfortunate...

...organization of the continental army. For this oflence he was read out of the society of Quakers. In 1787, he was a member of the convention, which framed the constitution of the United States, and his signature is affixed to that instrument. In September 1790, a constitution for Pennsylvania...