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'''Matthew Thornton''' (b. 1714; d. June 24, 1803) is an [[American]] Founding Father. He was a prosperous surgeon, the president of the Provincial Assembly, a justice of the peace and a Colonel of the Londonderry Militia. As a member of the Committee of Safety he would draft a plan for the government of [[New Hampshire]] after the royal government was dissolved. Thornton became the first president of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and a justice to the Superior Court. He was elected to the [[Continental Congress]] as a delegate of New Hampshire that would sign the [[Declaration of Independence]].
'''Matthew Thornton''' (b. 1714; d. June 24, 1803) is an [[American]] Founding Father. He was a prosperous surgeon, the president of the Provincial Assembly, a justice of the peace and a Colonel of the Londonderry Militia. As a member of the Committee of Safety he would draft a plan for the government of [[New Hampshire]] after the royal government was dissolved. Thornton became the first president of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and a justice to the Superior Court. He was elected to the [[Continental Congress]] as a delegate of New Hampshire that would sign the [[Declaration of Independence]].
==Death==
==Death==
In 1789, Thornton moved to a large farm estate in Merrimack, New Hamphire where he wrote political essays for newspapers. While visiting his daughter in Newburyport, Massachusetts he died at the age of 89. Matthew Thornton was buried at Thornton’s Ferry Cemetery, Merrimack, New Hamphire.
In 1789, Thornton moved to a large farm estate in Merrimack, New Hamphire where he wrote political essays for newspapers. He passed away while visiting his daughter in Newburyport, Massachusetts, at the age of 89. Matthew Thornton was buried at Thornton’s Ferry Cemetery, Merrimack, New Hamphire.
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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