Charles Thomson
American patriot leader (1729-1824) · United States · Politicians · Died at 94
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Something wrong?Charles Thomson was an Irish-born Founding Father of the United States and secretary of the Continental Congress (1774-1789) throughout its existence.
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Thomson's proposal for the Great Seal of the United States (1793). A modified version was adopted by Congress.
John Trumbull portrayed Thomson standing across the table from the Committee of Five in his 1818 painting Declaration of Independence
Hannah (Harrison) Thomson, Charles' second wife, by Joseph Wright (c.1785)
The Lee Resolution in Thomson's handwritingAbout this person
Charles Thomson was an Irish-born Founding Father of the United States and secretary of the Continental Congress (1774-1789) throughout its existence. As secretary, Thomson prepared the Journals of the Continental Congress, and his and John Hancock's names were the only two to appear on the first printing of the United States Declaration of Independence.
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