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U.S. Embassy Helsinki - Benjamin Franklin and John Morton in Rautalampi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | John Morton was born in the New Sweden colony in modern-day Pennsylvania, the descendant of Matti Marttinen of Rautalampi, Savo, Finland. |
 | | He was a farmer and surveyor, and active in politics, rising to become Speaker of the Pennsylvania House, and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. |
 | | In Rautalampi, today’s John Morton (portrayed by American re-enactor J. Nathan Bazzel) laid a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Statue in the city park, visited the Church, Library and Museum, and portrayed John Morton’s role in the vote for independence to a large crowd of local residents, including descendants of the Marttinen family. |
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