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Reed, Joseph

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Reed, Joseph (1741–1785)

American state governor. By 1775 he came to believe that American independence was worth a revolution. Washington's military secretary (1775), and later the adjutant general, he helped guide the troops through the arduous campaign that moved across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He served in the Continental Congress 1777–78. As president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania 1778–81, he abolished slavery, provided veterans' benefits, and prosecuted Benedict Arnold for embezzlement.

He was born in Trenton, New Jersey. A prosperous Philadelphia lawyer and businessman, married to an Englishwoman, he tried to change British attitudes to America through correspondence.



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