Read, John, 1840-1915. Papers: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b, pf
Call No.: MS Am 2111
Creator: Read, John, 1840-1915.
Title: Papers,
Date(s): 1853-1915.
Quantity: 10 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Papers of John Read (Harvard College A.B 1862) Civil War Union naval officer, prisoner-of-war, Massachusetts State Senator and Representative, and partner in the family firm, William Read & Sons. Also includes Read family memorabilia and artifacts.

Processed by:

Bonnie B. Salt

Acquisition Information:

*2000M-60

Gift of Mrs. Eleanor B. Read, 4 Skiff Lane, Masons Island, Mystic, Conn. 06355; received: 2001 May 7.

*2000M-61

Gift of Mrs. Ann H. Brace, 491 Sudbury Road, Concord, MA 01742; received: 2001.

*2001M-1

Gift of Mr. Robert Read Batchelder, 207 Ashmont Ct., Lynchburg Va. 24503; received: 2001 July 5.

*2001M-16

Gift of Mr. Robert S. Szemes in memory of Anita Read Szemes, 14 Vista Lane, New Providence, NJ 07974, and Mr. John B. Read, 18 Middle Street, Marblehead, MA 01945; received: 2001 Sept. 12.

Historical Note

John Read was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 19, 1840, the fifth of nine children of William Read and Sarah Goodwin Atkins Read. He prepared at the Cambridge Latin High School and received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1862 and an A.M. in 1865.

Upon graduating from Harvard, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy on November 7, 1862 and first served as a Union naval recruiting officer in Harvard Square. On April 7, 1863 he became the paymaster aboard the "Keokuk," a turreted ironclad ram ship that was later sunk during an attack on Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. His next service was in the West Gulf Squadron as paymaster on the gunboat "Granite City." This ship was involved in a blockade of the Louisiana and Texas coasts and eventually was captured during an engagement at the Calcasieu Pass, Louisianna. John Read and the other survivors were taken prisoner by the Confederate forces on May 6, 1864.

For seven and a half months Read was confined in the Confederate prison camps of Camp Felder and Camp Groce in Texas. The rate of mortality in the stockade prison camps in Texas was among the worst in the entire South. Of the 111 men captured with him, only 32 survived. He was released with the other naval prisoners on December 19, 1864, when the Confederate forces closed the camp and sent the survivors back to Union lines at Galveston, then on to New Orleans. After release, Read was assigned to the United States sloop of war "Kearsarge," but he resigned from military service on March 18, 1865 due to poor health caused by the imprisonment.

After his return from the war, Read entered his father's military and sporting goods firm in Boston and eventually became a partner with his brother under the firm name of William Read & Sons. In 1865 he married Elise Welch of Boston (d. October 22, 1913) and had three sons, J. Bertram Read, William Read II, and Harold W. Read.

Read was also active in public life. He was a Republican member of the Cambridge Common Council in 1880 and 1881, Board of Cambridge Aldermen in 1882 and 1883, Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1888, and the Massachusetts Senate in 1892 and 1893. He was also on the Board of Overseers of Harvard College in 1895, was a state commissioner of the Nautical Training School of Massachusetts from 1899 to 1913, a trustee of the National Sailor's Home, president of the Cambridge Civil Service Association from 1901 to 1906, and commander of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Naval Order of the U.S. He died in Cambridge on July 29, 1915.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

I. Correspondence

II. Compositions by John Read

III. Images

A. Individuals

B. Groups

C. Other

IV. Biographical materials

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content

The bulk of this collection centers around the life of Civil War veteran and statesman John Read. Some materials concern the extended Read family, especially Read's son, William Read (b.1872) who attended Harvard College's Lawrence Scientific School. The collection includes: personal and family correspondence and letters to naval Paymaster Read from the Auditor for the US Navy; Read's Civil War diaries (some are copies only); autograph compositions (mostly speeches and poems) by Read; visual materials including photographs, cartes-de-visite, and drawings; Civil War artifacts (caps, mess kit); medals; Read's Bibles; printed biographical materials by and about Read; genealogical materials on the Read family; and scrapbooks relating to Harvard College (covering the years 1856-1897) and to the political career of JR in Cambridge and Massachusetts.

Also includes 2 drawings by Civil War artist Charles Wellington Reed.

Container List

Series: I. Correspondence
Some of these letters may be AMs transcript copies. For additional letters to John Read, see items (61) and (62) below. For additional William Read correspondence, see items (68) and (69) below.
- (1) Boyden, J. Wesley. Letter to Luman Boyden, 1864 May 7. 1 folder.
  This is an AMs transcript (in the hand of John Read) of an extract of a letter from the surgeon of the gunboat "Wave" to his father in East Boston, Mass. . The extract describes the account of the capture of the U.S. gunboats "Granite City" and "Wave" in Calcasieu Pass near Sabine Pass, La.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (2) Dexter, C. Amory. Correspondence with various persons, 1864. 1 folder.
  Includes: letter from John Read to Dexter, 1864 July 18; and letter from Dexter to William Read, 1864 Aug. 30.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (3) Hall, James W.? Letter to John Read, 1892 Nov. 10. 1 folder.
  Expresses his congratulations on Read's election to the Massachusetts Senate.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (4) Micon, William B. Correspondence with various persons, 1864 Sept. 5. 1 folder.
  Includes: letters from Micon: to R.M. L. Hunter[marked "copy"]; to Robert Ould; and to John Read.
  
  All concern the release of John Read from his Texas prison camp.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (5) Read, Charles Coolidge, 1843-1918. Letter to John Read, 1864 June 15. 1 folder.
  Letter to JR from his brother C.C. Read (1843-1918).
  
  *2000M-61.
- (6) Read, John, 1840-1915. Letters to Annie Read, 1863 Oct. 18. 1 folder.
  Letter to his sister, who later became Mrs. William Bartlet Lambert (b.1852).
  
  *2000M-61.
- (7) Read, John, 1840-1915. Letters to Elise Welch Read, 1863 Mar. 1-1864 May 4. 1 folder.
  Letters from John Read addressed to "Mother." Envelopes with some letters.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (8) Read, John, 1840-1915. Letters to Sallie Read, 1863 July 1- 1864 July 13. 1 folder.
  Letters to his sister, possibly Sarah Atkins Read Westcott? (b.1838).
  
  *2000M-61.
- (9) Read, John, 1840-1915. Correspondence with William Read, 1863 Jan. 7-1864 Dec. 29. 1 folder.
  Letters from John Read addressed to "Father." Some of these letters are annotated on verso that they are copies. Envelopes with some letters.
  
  JR letter of 1864 Jan. 8 has enclosed graphite drawing of battle at Sabine Pass concerning the "Granite City."
  
  *2000M-61.
- (10) Read, John, 1840-1915. Letter to William Read, 1864. 1 folder.
  Ts transcript.
  
  Addressed to "Father." Mentions that he is captured and includes list of names of casualties and prisoners.
  
  *2000M-60.
- (11) Read, John, 1840-1915. Correspondence with William Read, Jr, 1863 Feb. 23?- 1864 Dec. 21 and undated. 1 folder.
  Correspondence with his brother William Read (b.1832). Envelopes with some letters.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (12) Read, John, 1840-1915. Envelope to Eliza P. Sumner, 1864. 1 folder.
  Possibly from JR? Envelope only.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (13) United States. Auditor for Navy Dept. Letters to John Read,as paymaster of the USS "Keokuk" and USS "Granite City." 1863 Mar. 12-1866 Apr. 27. 1 v. in 1 folder.
  Letters to JR in his role as paymaster to settle accounts for these ships. Includes one letter from Read to Navy concerning a leave of absence.
  
  Volume in poor condition, missing front and back covers, appears to have sustained water damage.
  
  Also includes 2 loose sheets.
  
  *2000M-61.

Series: II. Compositions by John Read
- (14) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Address before the Harvard Memorial Society] : Tss (carbon), 1900 May 30. 1 folder.
  Includes 2 variant typescripts: 1 appears to be earlier draft with AMs revisions; later version includes no revisions.
  
  Oration delivered at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, concerning the service of Harvard men in the Civil War.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (15) Read, John, 1840-1915. Address before the Harvard Memorial Society : printed pamphlet, 1900 May 30. 1 folder.
  Oration delivered at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, concerning the service of Harvard men in the Civil War.
  
  Cover title: Memorial Address. Printed by request of Post 56, Grand Army of the Republic of Cambridge (G.A.R.).
  
  Includes clipping from Cambridge Tribune, 1900 June 2 concerning the oration which contains the text of his speech.
  
  *2000M-60.
- (16) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Campaign speech as a Republican candidate for the Massachusetts Senate] : AMs with AMs revisions, [ca. 1891 Oct. 10]. 1 folder.
  Draft of speech by JR.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (17) Read, John, 1840-1915. [A Civil War diary 1864] : AMsS transcript, undated. 1v. in 1 folder.
  AMs annotation on loose cover sheet: "This is a correct copy of my diary kept while I was a prisoner-of-war in Texas, 1864. John Read."
  
  Original cover missing. End of diary includes list of officers which is not included in diary items below.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (18) Read, John, 1840-1915. [A Civil War diary 1864] : AMs and MS (in unidentified hand) transcript, undated. 1v. in 1 folder.
  MS annotation on cover sheet: "copy of original war diary of J.R. original with Wm. R. and Jack Read."
  
  Appears to be transcribed in two hands; first hand (f.1 recto and verso) is probably not John Read.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (19) Read, John, 1840-1915. A Civil War diary 1864 : Ts transcript, undated. 1 folder.
  Incomplete copy ends on May 25th. Text varies from transcript in item (20) below.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (20) Read, John, 1840-1915. A Civil War diary 1864 : Ts transcript, undated. 1 folder.
  *2000M-60.
- (21) Read, John, 1840-1915. Civil War recruiting broadside : print, 1862 Aug. 21. 1 folder.
  Printed signature by J. Read and William Plumer as recruiting officers looking for a "company of sharp shooters."
  
  *2000M-61.
- (22) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Colored troops] : AMs fragment with AMs revisions, undated. 1 folder.
  Fragment of speech? dedicated to valor of "colored man" and Civil War "colored troops", especially mentioning Robert Gould Shaw and Booker T. Washington.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (23) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Diary while on the U.S.S. Granite City West Gulf Squadron] : AMsS in the hand of John Read, 1863 July 8-1864 May 6. 1v. in 1 folder.
  This is the original diary that John Read kept from the time he left home on July 8, 1863, served aboard the ship "Granite City", until he was captured on May 6, 1864. He began using the diary in the middle, finished the entries to Dec. 31, 1863, then went back to the beginning of the book, changed 1863 to 1864, and continued to make entries until he was taken prisoner. Some entries were added after his release on parole on Dec. 10, 1864.
  
  Inside front cover includes: clipping illustration of his first "cruise" on the iron-clad vessel, the "Keokuk," with notes on same; and with notes on 2nd "cruise" on the "Granite City." Also includes clipping on "Keokuk."
  
  In the "memoranda" pages at rear of volume is a detailed account of the Sept. 8-9, 1863 naval battle involving the "Clifton," "Sachem," "Arizona," and the "Granite City" at Sabine City, Texas.
  
  Inside the rear cover is a list of the officers aboard the U.S.S. "Granite City" and dates of important events involving her.
  
  Volume has printed title page with title: "A counting-house diary for 1863, containing a calendar, [etc...]" published byJ.G. Shaw & Co., New York.
  
  *2001M-16.
- (24) Read, John, 1840-1915. Fireside thoughts : printed pamphlet, [after 1907]. 1 folder.
  Privatly printed poems.
  Includes following poems:
  - To mother;
  - Christmas;
  - The New Year;
  - Home, this poem refers to his 3 sons, John Bertram, William, and Harold ;
  - Christmas Eve, 1901;
  - Minot's light;
  - Thanksgiving, this poem speaks of Elise with Bert, Will, and Harold;
  - To A.M.R., September 12 1902;
  - Christmas , 1902;
  - To May, June 9, 1907, concerns her marriage to Harold;
  - To A.L.R., March 25 1907;
  - To Adelaide, November 7, 1907;
  - Christmas Eve, 1903;
  - To baby , August 12, 1907, baby mentioned probably is Robert Read;
  - The gentle word;
  - Easter morning, 1904 on Monterey Beach, Cal.
  *2000M-60.
- (25) Read, John, 1840-1915. Fragments : AMss, Mss, Tss (carbon), undated. 1 folder.
  Fragments of text and notes some in the hand of John Read and some in unidentified hand (possibly JR?). One page annotated: Paper on prisons read at Naval Association.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (26) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Massachusetts Nautical Training School] : AMs and print with AMs revisions, [after 1892]. 1 folder.
  Draft of article by JR who was a state commissioner of the school from 1899 to 1913.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (27) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Massachusetts Nautical Training School] : Ts transcript, Ts transcripts (photocopy), [after 1892]. 1 folder.
  Article by JR who was a state commissioner of the school from 1899 to 1913.
  
  *2000M-60.
- (28) Read, John, 1840-1915. Poems, various dates. 1 folder.
  - Dedicated to little Auntie Ria : AMs, written at Hull, 1880 Sept. 8;
  - Homeward tending [first line] : AMs, undated;
  - Night of equinoctial gale : AMsS (J.R.), written at Hull, 1880-Sept. 8;
  - Sweet bells are ringing [first line] : TsS (J.R.), 1906 Jan. 1.
  - You see I was sent to the hospital in town [first line] : AMs, undated.
  *2001M-1.
- (29) Read, John, 1840-1915. Reply to Dr. Wyeth on prisons : AMs with AMs revisions, undated. 1 folder.
  Draft marked: unpublished.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (30) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Reply to Dr. Wyeth on prisons] : Ts transcript, undated. 1 folder.
  *2000M-60.
- (31) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Senator Read's address at Memorial Hall] : Ts with AMs corrections, 1892 June 4. 1 folder.
  Draft for Read's address for the Memorial Day commemoration given at Harvard University's Memorial Hall. This text varies from printed clipping in item (32) below.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (32) Read, John, 1840-1915. Senator Read's address at Memorial Hall : printed clipping, 1892 June 4. 1 folder.
  Clipping from the Cambridge Chronicle concerning Read's address for the Memorial Day commemoration given at Harvard University's Memorial Hall. Article includes text of his address as well as that of Henry L. Higginson.
  
  *2000M-60.
- (33) Read, John, 1840-1915. [Statement on the death of James G. Blaine] : print, 1893 Feb. 1. 1 folder.
  Published by the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (34) Read, John, 1840-1915. Statement to Congressional Committee appointed to take testimony on treatment of Union prisoners : print, 1865. 1 folder.
  *2000M-61.
- (35) Read, John, 1840-1915. Texas prisons and a comparison of Northern and Southern prison camps : TsS (carbon) with AMs revisions, 1907 Apr. 1 folder.
  Subtitled: Read before the Military Order of the Loyal Legion April, 1907. Signed: John Read, late U.S.N. Both lines of text are crossed-out.
  
  *2001M-1.

Series: III. Images
- A. Individuals
  - (36) Elise Welch Read : copy print (of photograph), undated. 1 folder.
    [No photographer], bust portrait of John Read's wife, Elise Welch Read, depicting older woman.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (37) John Read : cartes-de-visite, [ca. 1862-1865]. 3 items in 1 folder.
    Depicts three variant views of John Read in military uniform. Includes:
    - [No photographer], three quarter torso view with right hand on belt;
    - Sheldon, J.A., photographer (New Orleans), same image as item () below, seated with right hand inside uniform;
    - Whipple, J.A., photographer (Boston), seated three quarter torso view with right hand resting in lap and left hand holding sword near body.
    *2000M-61.
  - (38) Kurtz, William.,photographer (New York). John Read : photograph, undated. 1 folder.
    Bust portrait depicting John Read in civilian dress as young man.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (39) Marceau, photographer (Boston). Uncle Jack Read : photograph, undated. 1 folder.
    Bust portrait of John Read (seated) as older man in civilian dress. Shows Read holding book with right hand and slight smile on face. See also item (40) below.
    
    *2001M-1.
  - (40) Marceau, photographer (Boston). Uncle Jack Read : copy prints, photocopy, undated. 1 folder.
    Bust portraits of John Read (seated) as older man in civilian dress. Depicts two variant views taken with same clothing. One shows Read holding book with right hand with slight smile on face. See also item (39) above.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (41) Notman Photo Co., photographer (Boston and Cambridge). John Read : photocopy, undated. 1 folder.
    Bust portrait depicting John Read in civilian dress as middle aged man.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (42) Sheldon, J.A., photographer (New Orleans). John Read : copy print (of photograph), undated. 1 folder.
    Half torso seated portrait of John Read as young man in military uniform, with right hand inserted inside front portion of uniform. Same image as original in item (37) above.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (43) Whipple, J.A., photographer (Boston). William Read : carte-de-visite, undated. 1 folder.
    Depicts three-quarter torso view of William Read as older man, with right arm bent and fist on waist.
    
    *2000M-61.
- B. Groups
  - (44) John Read and grandson : copy print (of photograph), undated. 1 folder.
    Depicts John Read as older man with his grandson, Harold Wilson Read Jr.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (45) John Read as marshal of parade : photograph, undated. 1 folder.
    Depicts view of John Read and other men in military uniform on horseback in parade. Possibly same parade, though not same image, as item (49) below.
    
    Same image, but larger view than items (46) and (47) below.
    
    *2000M-61.
  - pf (46) John Read as marshal of parade : photograph, undated. 1 folder.
    Depicts view of John Read and other men in military uniform on horseback in parade. Possibly same parade, though not same image, as item (49) below.
    
    Same image, but larger view than item (47) below.
    
    *2001M-1.
  - (47) John Read as marshal of parade : copy print (of photograph), undated. 1 folder.
    Depicts close-up view (from items (46) or (45) above) of John Read and other men in military uniform on horseback in parade. Possibly same parade, though not same image, as item (49) below.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (48) John Read with others bicycling in Cambridge : copy print (of photograph), undated. 1 folder.
    Depicts John Read and a group of other young men (as young Navy recruits?) with bicycles in Cambridge, Mass., ca. 1862?.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (49) Smith & Miller, photographers (Boston). Parade passing through Harvard Square : photograph, 1896 June 3. 1 folder.
    Photograph depicts men in military uniform on horseback parading through Harvard Square, Cambridge, Ma; including John Read. JR was chief marshal for the parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Cambridge.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (50) Wedding party of Read and Parker : copy print (of photograph), undated. 1 folder.
    Depicts group wedding photograph of 1906 June 6, for the wedding of Harold Wilson Read and May Clement Parker. Photograph includes John Read. Also includes list of names of those in photograph.
    
    *2000M-60.
  - (51) William Read & Co. : photomechanical image, undated. 1 folder.
    Clipping cut from newspaper and pasted on cardboard depicting image of "Read men" including individual bust portraits of: William Read, Sr., J. Bertram Read, and John Read.
    
    *2000M-61.
- C. Other images
  - pf (52) Attack on 100 of the 13th ME. by Green's Texan cavalry on Matacorda Peninsula 40 miles above pass Cavarlo Texas. Dec. 29th 1863. Timely arrival of the "Granite City.", undated. 1 drawing in 1 folder : graphite, ink, brown wash, and China white on buff paper ; 26 x 44 cm.
    Artist unknown but probably John Read. See similar sketch enclosed in letter in item (9) above.
    
    AMs annotation on verso (possibly in hand of John Read): John Read US Str "Granite City" Texas.
    
    *2001M-1.
  - (53) Read family associated items : photographs, 2000-2001. 1 folder.
    Includes photographs of:
    - Civil war cap, mess kit, medals;
    - Civil war caps;
    - Civil war cup used at Camp Groce;
    - Sword;
    - Silver tea set with Read crest;
    - Read crest;
    - Read genealogy;
    - Photographs of Read family;
    - John Read (then Harold W. Read) house, 55 Appleton St., Cambridge, Ma;
    - William Read house, Appleton St., Cambridge, Mass.
    *2000M-60.
  - (54) Reed, Charles Wellington, 1841-1926. In Camp Groce stockade. Confederate officers reading names of prisoners selected for exchange, undated. 1 drawing in 1 folder : graphite and ink on buff paper ; 27 x 31 cm.
    Unsigned. Annotated (in hand of John Read) on recto with title.
    
    Reed was an artist and Union soldier who served with the 9th Massachusetts Light Artillery.
    
    *2001M-1.
  - (55) Reed, Charles Wellington, 1841-1926. Prisoner's camp in forest at Chapel Hill Texas - no shelter, undated. 1 drawing in 1 folder : graphite, ink, and China white on buff paper ; 27 x 31 cm.
    Signed by "C.W. Reed." Annotated (in hand of John Read) on recto with title.
    
    Reed was an artist and Union soldier who served with the 9th Massachusetts Light Artillery.
    
    *2001M-1.

Series: IV. Biographical material
- (56) Artifacts related to John Read. 3 boxes.
  Includes:
  - 1 Civil War cap, ca.1862-1865; navy blue wool with blue and white cording, two gold insignia buttons, and label: A DREZ, 89 & 91 Canal St., New Orleans;
  - 1 Civil War cap, ca.1862-1865; navy blue wool with blue cording, insignia badge at front, two gold insignia buttons, and label: Bent & Bush, Boston;
  - 1 cap, ; navy blue wool with red piping, two gold insignia buttons of Royal Mariners Infantry, and label: Gilbertson, London, S.W.,12 Norris St., Haymarket, S.W.;
  - Scraps of paper used as stiffner in JR's Ensign's cap (sewed inside lining), ca. 1863.
  - Tin plate used by JR at Camp Groce, Texas, ca. 1864;
  - Hand-carved wooden fork (with initials J.R.) used by JR at Camp Groce, Texas, ca. 1864;
  - Metal blade and carved handle knife (with initials J.R. and inscription: Camp Groce, Texas) used by JR at Camp Groce, Texas, ca. 1864;
  - Medal for Massachusetts representative at the Republican National Convention, 1912 June 18, in Chicago, Ill.;
  - Medal belonging to John Read (with J.R. inscribed on face) for Pierian Sodality at Harvard College;
  - Medal for Hasty Pudding Club at Harvard College;
  *2000M-60.
- (57) Biographical clippings and articles on John Read and the Read family. 1 folder.
  Includes materials in the form of clippings, typescript notes assembled by Read family, and photocopies.
  
  Includes information on: the Read houses in Cambridge, Mass.; Read's imprisonment in Texas at Camp Groce; the Battle of Charleston, S.C. and the Federal ship "Keokuk"; Harvard College Board of Overseers, 1895; Cambridge, Mass. ; and William Read & Sons Co.
  
  *2000M-60. *2000M-61.
- (58) The Holy Bible, old and new testaments in the King James version : undated. 1v.
  Annotated (in hand of John Read) on cover sheet: "John Read, March 1st 1853. U.S. 'Granite City' 1863 & 64 Texas Prisons 1864." Contains no other annotations.
  
  Title page missing. Front cover detatched from spine. Spine title: Holy Bible.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (58a) The Holy Bible containing the old and new testaments: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his majesty's special command : Oxford University Press, 1859. 1v.
  Annotated (in hand of John Read) on cover sheet: "John Read. May 19th 1865. [etc.]. Contains no other annotations.
  
  Cover title: Holy Bible. John Read.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (59) Pamphlets : print, various dates. 1 folder.
  Includes:
  - Grand Army of the Republic, Edward W. Kinsley, Post No. 113, Dept. Massachusetts. Camp-fire songs;
  - Harvard College. Order of exercises for Commencement 1862 [includes John Read as A.B recipient];
  *2001M-1.
- (60) Read family genealogical material. 1 folder.
  AMs, AMs (photocopy), Ts, Ts (carbon) lists of names and dates relating to the Read family. Includes material photocopied from family Bibles.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (61) Read, John, 1840-1915. Scrapbook, 1856-1862. 1v.
  Scrapbook Read kept while at Harvard College (a few pieces earlier). Includes ticket stubs, clippings, announcements, visiting cards, programs for the Harvard Glee Club, Hasty Pudding, and Pierian Sodality, and information regarding rowing regattas.
  
  Also includes Read's AMs transcription of the Harvard Freshman Examination, July 1859; letters to Read concerning various Harvard clubs; and 2 loose bills sent to JR.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (62) Read, John, 1840-1915. Scrapbook, 1875-1908. 1v.
  Scrapbook composed mostly of political memorabilia from Read's career. Includes clippings, programs, circulars, invitations, voting ballots, and memorial cards.
  
  Pages numbered in repository.
  Letters to John Read are from the following correspondents:
  - City of Boston, p. 4b;
  - Civil Service Reform Association (Cambridge, Mass.),p. 11a;
  - Grand Army of the Republic. Charles Beck, Post No. 56 (Boston, Mass.), p. 9a;
  - Harvard Memorial Society, p. 9a;
  - Harvard University. Board of Overseers, p. 15b;
  - Institute of 1770 (Harvard University), p. 25a;
  - Library Hall Association of Cambridge, p. 14a;
  - Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, pp. 3b, 4a;
  - National Civil Service Reform League (U.S.), p. 31b;
  - National Sailors' Homes, p. 8a;
  - Naval Order of the United States. Massachusetts Commandery, p. 10;
  - Republican Party (Mass.), pp. 5b, 6a;
  - St. Botolph Club (Boston, Mass.), p. 27a;
  - Weeks, John W., p. 28a.
  Also includes 1 item from 1859.
  
  See also items (63) - (66) below for loose items removed from this scrapbook.
  
  *2001M-1.
- pf (63) Read, John, 1840-1915. Scrapbook: documents : DssS, 1891-1910. 1 folder.
  Includes John Read's appointment certificates (with official seal) for the following posts: Board of Commissioners of the Massachusetts Nautical Training School, and Senator to the Third Middlesex Senatorial District of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
  
  This material was found loose inside item (62) above.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (64) Read, John, 1840-1915. Scrapbook: manuscripts : various formats, 1866?-1906, and undated. 1 folder.
  Includes:
  - Read, John, 1840-1915. Sweet bells are ringing at the midnight hour [first line] : TsS poem, 1906;
  - Just away : Ms transcript poem (possibly in hand of JR?);
  - October 17th, 1866, Jack Read's wedding day : Ms essay, 1866? with env.
  This material was found loose inside item (62) above.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (65) Read, John, 1840-1915. Scrapbook: newspaper clippings : print, 1888-1908 and undated. 1 folder.
  Various clippings, mostly concerning John Read.
  
  This material was found loose inside item (62) above.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (66) Read, John, 1840-1915. Scrapbook: pamphlets and fliers : print, 1862-1909. 1 folder.
  Includes materials on:
  - America, facsimile of the song-poem, 1892.
  - Boston Seaman's Friend Society, 1905;
  - Harvard College Class Day, 1862;
  - Harvard College Commencement, 1892;
  - Kearsarge Association of Naval Veterans, 1904;
  - Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, 1905-1909;
  This material was found loose inside item (62) above.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (67) Read, John, 1840-1915. Scrapbook, 1892-1903. 1v. and loose sheets in 2 folders.
  Clippings on John Read, especially concerning his speeches and lectures and his political battles in the Massachusetts legislature. Loose materials have been removed to folder 2: clippings, program, and invitation. Also includes printed version of Read's poem Christmas Eve, 1903.
  
  Cover of scrapbook is decayed black and red leather binding with ring.
  
  *2001M-1.
- (68) Read, William, 1872-. Scrapbook, 1893-1897. 1v.
  Scrapbook of William Read II (the son of John Read) compiled while attending the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard College (attended 1893-1897). Cover has pasted-on "Veritas" seal; spine missing. Includes Harvard-related ephemera: ticket stubs, clippings, announcements, articles, programs for the Hasty Pudding Club, Cercle Français, Class of 1897 Class Day, , and many others.
  
  Also includes: telegrams and letters from John Reed to WR; WR's diary from 1895 Apr. concerning his visit to Washington, D.C.; WR's passport from 1896; some items relating to John Read's speeches, and letters from friends and from Harvard College.
  
  Included loose material removed to item (69) below.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (69) Read, William, 1872-. Scrapbook: loose materials : print, 1893-1897. 2 folders.
  Includes similar ephemera materials as are found in bound scrapbook.
  
  Also includes William Read correspondence (1896) with Charles C. Read, and John Read, and letter from William Read, Jr. (brother of John Read) to Elise Welch Read.
  
  This material was found loose inside item (68) above.
  
  *2000M-61.
- (70) Saunders, George E. In memory of Hon. John Read : print, 1915 Nov. 15. 1 folder.
  Obituary with image (Read seated with book).
  
  *2000M-61.

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