Citation Information
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Title
Read, Jacob
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Coverage
ca. 1752–July 17, 1816
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Author
Robert F. Karachuk
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Keywords
Lawyer, U.S. senator, joined other Americans in the British capital in petitioning against the Coercive Acts of 1774, assumed a captaincy in the Charleston militia, took a seat in the Jacksonborough Assembly, Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1789, joined the defense in the sensational trial of William Clay Snipes for the dueling murder of Maurice Simons, became the first South Carolinian to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/read-jacob/view/images
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Access Date
April 26, 2024
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Original Published Date
June 20, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 23, 2022
