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Matthew
Thornton
   
Life
1714-1803; signatory of American Declaration of Independence, b. Derry,
emig. USA with parents, 1718. Practised medicine at Londonderry, New Hampshire;
Presided over Provincial Convention of 1775, delegate to Continental Congress,
1776; d. Newburyport. DIB
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)
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