Thomas McKean
The Irish are known to be blunt and, at times, feisty folk. And the Scottish are known as a hearty people, able to persevere through hardship. For Thomas McKean, these traits certainly rang true. The son of Irish and Scottish ancestry was surprisingly a successful lawyer during the American Revolutionary period. The wonderment was present…
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