SIGNATORIES OF US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Number 2 *Over the next few days I shall post some information on some of the men of Ulster origin who signed or were closely connected with the events of 4th July 1776 in America. If only we had the records to connect more of us to these people! *Charles Thomson intrigues me because when my mother worked in Maghera, she met and became quite sweet on a local man always referred to as T. B. F. Thompson of nearby Garvagh, who later went on to become one of the biggest Plant and Machinery contractors in Northern Ireland. I wonder was he related to this famous character in American history. *CHARLES THOMSON, born near Maghera, Co Londonderry in 1729, emigrated with his family 10 years later. He was secretary to the Continental Congress for 15 years from 1774 to 1789. Thomson, a Presbyterian elder, was a statesman very close to the thinking of General George Washington and his signature was one of only two on the original Declaration of Independence. The other was John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress. Thomson designed the first Great Seal of America and it was he who was delegated to convey to George Washington at his Mount Vernon, Virginia home in 1789 the request of Congress that Washington should become first President of the United States. tbfthompson/history.html
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