Inventor Name
Read, Nathan
Repository
James Duncan Phillip Library of the Essex Institute
Phillips Library
Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Salem, MA 01970-3783 USA
800-745-4054 ext. 3053
http://www.pem.org/museum/library.php
Physical Description
3 linear ft.
Summary
Papers include correspondence, arranged chronologically, reflecting Read’s life and his many interests, especially inventing. The invention papers include correspondence, specifications, patent applications, and legislation, drawings and notes, relating to steamboats, engines, locomotives, agricultural implements, threshing machines, boilers, windmills, a nail cutting machine, and other inventions of Read and his contemporaries. Also included are records of the Salem Iron Factory, of which Read was a founder.