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The Life of Charles Thomson: Secretary of the Continental Congress and Translator of the Bible from the Greek

The Life of Charles Thomson: Secretary of the Continental Congress and Translator of the Bible from the Greek

Harley, Lewis R.
Knorr, Lawrence

Paperback

Historical FiguresRegional: Middle AtlanticRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1620064650
ISBN13: 9781620064658
Publisher: Sunbury Pr Inc
Published: Dec 15 2020
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Charles Thomson was the Secretary of the Continental Congress from its founding until the elections following the passage of the US Constitution. Thomson was the second person to sign the Declaration of Independence, attesting to John Hancock's signature. He was also one of the brightest patriots, deeply interested in science and religion. A member of the American Philosophical Society, he was friends with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, David Rittenhouse, and others. Thomson was the person who traveled to Mount Vernon to inform George Washington he had been elected the first President of the United States.

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