Thomas Collins (governor)
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Thomas Collins was an American planter and politician from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the American Revolution, and served in the Delaware Genera
Colonial Delaware currency (1776) signed by Collins
George Read was an American politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, preside
Thomas Collins (governor)
…Chamber Majority Governor Committees District 1776/77 1st State Council non-partisan John McKinly Kent at-large 1777/78 2nd State Council non-partisan George Read Kent at-large 1778/79 3rd State Council non-partisan Caesar Rodney Speaker Kent at-large 1779/80 4th State Council non-partisan Caesar Rodney Kent…
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Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull (1818) portrays the presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress.
George Read plaque at Immanuel Episcopal Church graveyard in New Castle, Delaware
The Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence in Washington, D.C., Read's depicted signature is at the lower left