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Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 3: Continental Navy Commander

People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) March 8, 2021 March 5, 2021

Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 3: Continental Navy Commander

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

Thomas Read (1740-1788) began his seafaring career as a merchant captain, sailing for the Philadelphia firm of Willing and Morris in the ship Aurora,…

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People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) March 4, 2021 March 1, 2021

Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 2: Commodore in the Pennsylvania Navy

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

Thomas Read (1740-1788) of New Castle, Delaware, as we read in the first part of this series, began his seafaring career as a merchant…

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