Matlack, Timothy

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1730
Death 1829
Birth 1736-05-28
Death 1829-04-14
Gender:
Male
Britons, Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Revolutionary patriot.

From the description of Document signed : [Philadelphia], to Thomas Nicholson, 1795 Apr. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874656

Timothy Matlack was a revolutionary soldier and Pennsylvania state official. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1780.

From the description of Account book, 1783-1800. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 86165458

From the guide to the Timothy Matlack account book, 1783-1800, 1783-1800, (American Philosophical Society)

Secretary of Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council, 1777-1782. Matlack's numerous other public offices included delegate to the Continental Congress, 1780-1781.

From the description of ALS : to Richard Wells, 1783 Feb. 11. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122525102

Continental Congressman and Pennsylvania public official.

From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to George Bryan, 1818 Feb. 13. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540691

Merchant, Revolutionary War soldier; clerk to the Secretary of the Continental Congress in which capacity he engrossed the Declaration of Independence; member of the Pennsylvania Council of Safety; secretary of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania; member of Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1781; member of the First Board of Directors of the Bank of North America; Philadelphia alderman.

From the description of Letter to an unidentified correspondent, 1800 June 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55230804

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  • Business and Skilled Trades
  • Colonial Politics
  • Government Affairs
  • Military history
  • Land grants
  • Land speculation
  • Manuscripts, English
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  • Pennsylvania History
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Occupations:

  • Brewers
  • Businessmen
  • Clerks
  • Delegates, U.S. Continental Congress
  • Militia officers
  • Scribe

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)
  • Flushing (New York, N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Rhode Island (as recorded)
  • NJ, US
  • PA, US
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