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{{Founding Fathers
|image=Matthewthornton.jpg
|State:=New Hampshire
|Religion:=Christian- Presbyterian <ref>http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html</ref>
|Founding Documents:=[[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]].
'''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]].