Site of the home of George Read

New Castle County · dedicated 1933 · 42 The Strand, New Castle

Born September 18, 1733. Died September 21, 1798. Member of the Congress of the Revolution, the convention that framed the Constitution of the United States, and of the First Senate under it; Judge of Admiralty, President and Chief Justice of Delaware, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. House destroyed by fire, April 1824.

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library

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