The man who read the Declaration and then later embossed it - the man with perhaps the most famous penmanship in American history - was Timothy Matlack. He was a Philadelphia beer bottler who strongly believed in the American cause and inflamed the citizenry in town meetings and taverns. A disowned Quaker and the grandson of an indentured servant, he rose from obscurity to become a delegate to Congress. He led a militia battalion at Princeton during the Revolutionary War and his unflagging dedication to the American cause earned him the admiration of men like Thomas Jefferson and Richard Henry Lee. In 1776 Matlack and his radical allies deposed Pennsylvania's oligarchy. His revolutionary government's abolition law - the first in the western hemisphere - began the long struggle for equality in America. This biography is a full account of an American patriot.
Scribe of the Declaration of Independence
The man who read the Declaration and then later embossed it - the man with perhaps the most famous penmanship in American history - was Timothy Matlack. He was a Philadelphia beer bottler who strongly believed in the American cause and inflamed the citizenry in town meetings and taverns. A disowned Quaker and the grandson of an indentured servant, he rose from obscurity to become a delegate to Congress. He led a militia battalion at Princeton during the Revolutionary War and his unflagging dedication to the American cause earned him the admiration of men like Thomas Jefferson and Richard Henry Lee. In 1776 Matlack and his radical allies deposed Pennsylvania's oligarchy. His revolutionary government's abolition law - the first in the western hemisphere - began the long struggle for equality in America. This biography is a full account of an American patriot.
- ISBN:
- 9780786474431
- 9780786474431
- Category:
- Biography: historical
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 25-06-2013
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- McFarland & Co Inc
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x12mm
- Weight:
- 0.33kg
This title is in stock with our Australian supplier and should arrive at our Sydney warehouse within 2 - 3 weeks of you placing an order.
Once received into our warehouse we will despatch it to you with a Shipping Notification which includes online tracking.
Please check the estimated delivery times below for your region, for after your order is despatched from our warehouse:
Click on Save to My Library / Lists
Click on My Library / My Lists and I will take you there
Share This Book: