Tag: Johan Joachim Zubly

Posted on March 2, 2021March 1, 2021

Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 1: The Creation of the Continental Navy

Thomas Read (1740-1788) was the middle son of the Read family of New Castle, Delaware. His older brother George was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of the Marine Committee.[1] His younger brother James was, over the years, paymaster for the first ships of the Continental […]

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

Posted on April 15, 2019April 14, 2019

Johan Joachim Zubly: The Other Georgia Delegate

When reading the excellent JAR article “The Dark and Heroic Histories of Georgia’s Signers,” I happened to recall another Georgia delegate to the Second Continental Congress who I came across in trying to understand why it took so long for Congress to create the Continental Navy. Johan Joachim Zubly also had a “dark history.” Georgia […]

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.