Timothy Matlack
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Timothy Matlack (March 28, 1736 – April 14, 1829) was an American politician, military officer and businessman who was chosen in 1776 to inscribe the original United States Declaration of Independence on vellum.[1]. 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.
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Timothy Matlack | |
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Born | (1736-03-28)March 28, 1736 |
Died | April 14, 1829(1829-04-14) (aged 93) Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Resting place | Wetherills Cemetery in Audubon, Pennsylvania |
Nationality | American |
Known for | "Scribe of the Declaration of Independence" |
Spouses | Eleanor Yarnell
(m. 1758; died 1791)Elizabeth Claypoole
(m. 1797) |
Matlack became one of Pennsylvania's most provocative and influential political figures. He was removed from office by his political enemies at the end of the Revolutionary War, but returned to power in the Jeffersonian era.[2]