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Timothy Matlack, scribe of the Declaration of Independence /

"On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to a crowd gathered outside the State House in Pennsylvania. Later in the month the proclamation was engrossed on vellum. Delegates began signing that finely penned document in early August. The man who read the Declaration and th...

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Main Author: Coelho, Chris.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
Subjects and Genres:
Matlack, Timothy, > 1736-1829.
United States. > Declaration of Independence
États-Unis. > Declaration of Independence.
Declaration of Independence (United States)
1775-1783
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Biographies.
Statesmen.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution)
United States.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • The failed crossing
  • Haddonfield and Philadelphia
  • The March of the Paxton Boys
  • Revolution
  • Independence
  • Democracy
  • The Winter Campaign
  • The British occupation
  • Benedict Arnold part one (illicit affairs)
  • The Fort Wilson Riot
  • Benedict Arnold part two (Court-martial)
  • A brief term in Congress
  • Savannah, Georgia
  • The Revolution of 1800
  • Common sense revisited.

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