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Lower Providence Township near Audubon in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Timothy Matlack

 
 
Timothy Matlack Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 3, 2009
1. Timothy Matlack Marker
Inscription. Revolutionary patriot, state official, and member of Continental Congress, 1780-81. Colonel of a rifle battalion, Philadelphia Associators, 1775-76; served in Battle of Princeton. A founder, Society of Free (or "Fighting") Quakers, 1781. Member, Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, 1776; secretary of its Supreme Executive Council, 1777-82; and Master of the Rolls, 1800-09. Died April 14, 1829; he was buried in Philadelphia and reinterred near here in 1905.
 
Erected 2001 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public WorkChurches & ReligionPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1766.
 
Location. 40° 7.32′ N, 75° 26.385′ W. Marker is near Audubon, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Lower Providence Township. Marker is on Pawlings Road (Pennsylvania Route 4004) 0.1 miles west of Audubon Road (Pennsylvania Route 4041), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1233 Pawlings Rd, Norristown PA 19403, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
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2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Mill Grove (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ira Allen (approx. ¼ mile away); Soldiers of Washington's Army (approx. ¼ mile away); William White (approx. 1.2 miles away); Loyal Patriots of Valley Forge (approx. 1.2 miles away); National Patriots Bell Tower (approx. 1.2 miles away); 1st and 2nd Rhode Island Regiments (approx. 1.2 miles away); Waterman's Monument (approx. 1.2 miles away).
 
Also see . . .
1. Timothy Matlack. (Submitted on October 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Timothy Matlack - Behind the Marker. ExplorePAHistory.com (Submitted on July 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.) 

3. Timothy Matlack at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on July 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
 
Timothy Matlack Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., July 3, 2009
2. Timothy Matlack Marker
Looking east along Pawlings Road.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,602 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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