Scope and Contents Autobiographical account of Joseph B. Read with accounts of teaching, Baptist missionary, and a detailed description of his experiences as a Union soldier in the Massachusetts 58th regiment, where he acted as war correspondent for Bristol County newspapers. The collection also contains the personal papers of his son, William Alfred Read, a lawyer in Washington, D.C. William Read recorded two volumes of family memoirs and he also included miscellaneous comments on court cases as well as...