Thomas Mifflin
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Thomas Mifflin was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Pennsylvania, who is regarded as a Founding Father of the United States for his roles during and after the American Revolution. Mi
Thomas Mifflin
The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777, painting by John Trumbull (Mifflin on far left, leading the cavalry charge)
General George Washington Resigning His Commission, painting by John Trumbull (Mifflin standing at left), 23 December 1783.
"State of Pennsylvania. An act to explain and amend an act, entitled, 'An act for the gradual abolition of slavery,'" signed by Pennsylvania governor Thomas Mifflin
Thomas McKean
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Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father. During the American Revolution he was a Delaware delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where he signed the Contin
Thomas Mifflin
…last president of Pennsylvania and the first governor of the Commonwealth. He held the latter office until December 17, 1799, when he was succeeded by Thomas McKean. The Whiskey Rebellion and the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic happened during his term in office. Fries Rebellion also started during his term…
1787 portrait of McKean and his son Thomas Jr. by Charles Willson Peale
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale
Sarah Armitage McKean with their daughter Maria Louisa (Charles Willson Peale, 1787)
The presentation of the Declaration of Independence to Congress.