Charles Thomson

Charles Thomson ( born November 29, 1729 Maghera, County Derry, Ireland, † August 16 1824 in Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania) was an American writer and politician of Irish origin.

Life

Thomson emigrated with his father and three brothers from Ireland to North America. Shortly before arriving in New Castle, Delaware, his father died. Through a relative who already lived for some time in the country, he met Dr. Francis Allison, 1743 enabled him to visit the New London Academy in nearby Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Thomson served as secretary of the Continental Congress. His meticulous records of the debates and decisions of the Congress created for posterity an overview of the institution, which was characterized throughout their existence of a lively change of personnel.

Thomson was criticized. James Searle, a deputy and friend of John Adams, looked misquoted in the minutes and attacked Thomson in the premises of the Congress with his walking stick. During the scuffle both men attached to each other to blow a wound in the face. Brawls were not uncommon in Congress and were often triggered by disputes about Thomson's records.

Thomson also goes into the history books as one of the designers of the Seal of the U.S. ( Great Seal of the United States ).

In his later life he worked as a merchant in Philadelphia, and as a politician, where he distinguished himself by his active participation in the resistance struggle against the British. In volume CI (101 ), 1977 of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Fred S. Rolater Charles Thomson identifies as the "Prime Minister " of the United States of America.

Charles Thomson died at the age of almost 95 years.

Works

  • An inquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawaneese Indians (1759 )
  • A synopsis of the four evangelists (1815 )
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