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| Morton, John, political leader in the American Revolution |
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| c.17241777, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Chester co., Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania assembly (175666, 176975), the Stamp Act Congress (1765), and the Continental Congress (177477). |
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