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pid: LHND-XR8 name: Charles Thomson url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Thomson' gender: Male imageURL: 'https://tree-portraits-pgp.familysearchcdn.org/f09i8/thumb200s.jpg' desc: >- Charles Thomson November 29, 1729 – August 16, 1824 was an Irish-born patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress 1774–1789 throughout its existence. As secretary, Thomson, a Founding Father of the United States, prepared the Journals of the Continental Congress, and his and John Hancock's names were the only two to appear on the first printing of the United States Declaration of Independence.