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Charles Thomson: Irish Emigrant, American Founder
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By: Courtney McKinney-Whitaker
Publisher: a little book company
Published: April 2026
Pages: 62
Categories: Biography, History, Non-Fiction
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781906077297

A concise, highly readable biography of the transatlantic life of Charles Thomson, an influential and overlooked Founder of the United States. "This book is a timely and valuable contribution to reawakening interest in Thomson—the Maghera-born Secretary of the Continental Congress, whose name appears alongside John Hancock on the first printed edition of the Declaration of Independence, together with its printer, Strabane-born John Dunlap. Thomson’s commitment to justice, equality and respect for difference—reflected in his trusted relationship with the Lenape people and his principled opposition to slavery—places him among the most remarkable and overlooked figures of the American Revolution." — John Hume, Junior

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