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	Matthew Thornton
		Thornton was chosen president of the provincial convention when it assembled in 1775 and for the next decade he held a number of responsible positions, including chairman of the regional committee of safety and president of the constitutional convention.
		Thornton was tall, big-boned and handsome and he was a natural storyteller who could hold the attention of his friends for hours on end.
		Thornton then returned to New Hampshire in 1779 and settled his family on a farm in Merrimack County, relinquishing his medical practice.
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		Matthew Thornton 1714–1803, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b.
		Taken to America as a child, he studied medicine and in 1740 began practice at Londonderry, N.H. He served as an army surgeon in the French and Indian Wars and held political posts in New Hampshire before and after his term in the Continental Congress (1776–77).
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