Timothy Matlack was a merchant, surveyor, architect, statesman, and patriot in the American Revolution

American Revolution

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. A delegate from Pennsylvania to the Second Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress

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 in 1780, he emerged during the Revolutionary period as one of Pennsylvania's most provocative and influential political figures.
Timothy Matlack was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey

Haddonfield, New Jersey

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, to Martha Burr and Timothy Matlack, a Quaker

Religious Society of Friends

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 merchant and brewer. In 1745, the family relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, where young Timothy attended the Quaker Friends' School.