Charles Thomson
(1729-1824), Secretary to United States Congress; translator of the bibleSitter in 1 portrait
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The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4th 1776
by Asher Brown Durand, after John Trumbull
line engraving, published 1820 (1786-1797)
NPG D1357
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