# Timothy Matlack

> Timothy Matlack was an American politician, military officer and businessman who was chosen in 1776 to inscribe the original United States Declaration of Independence on vellum. A brewer and beer bottler who emerged as a popular and powerful leader in the American Revolutionary War, Matlack served as Secretary of Pennsylvania during the conflict and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1780. Matlack was known for his excellent penmanship, and his handwritten copy of the Declaration is on public display in the Rotunda of the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.

*American brewer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1736-03-28
- **Died:** 1829-04-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 48.6
- **Momentum:** 4.7

## Sources
- [티모시 매틀랙](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8B%B0%EB%AA%A8%EC%8B%9C_%EB%A7%A4%ED%8B%80%EB%9E%99)
- [Timothy Matlack](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Matlack)
- [Timothy Matlack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Matlack)
- [提摩西·梅拉克](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8F%90%E6%91%A9%E8%A5%BF%C2%B7%E6%A2%85%E6%8B%89%E5%85%8B)
- [Timothy Matlack](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Matlack)
- [Мэтлэк, Тимоти](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4309931)

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