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The section headed Popular culture, which is actually all about penmanship and its subsequent developments, is quite interesting, but the connection with Timothy Matlack seems to rest on his signature on the Declaration of Independence, which seems a bit tenuous for such an extended description. What should be done about the inclusion of this paragraph in this article? --DThomsen8 (talk) 02:32, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Much of that paragraph is word for word the same as this website. Someone is plagiarizing. 216.36.132.66 (talk) 18:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Matlack was not a signer of the document; rather, he was charged with engrossing it. As a noted penman, Matlack is known to have inscribed other historical documents of the time. The penmanship visible in the Declaration has inspired a number of modern fonts and for this reason I felt it was important to highlight this connection. That said, the paragraph leads with "Handwriting...", which might take away from the focus of the article on Matlack. For this reason, I have changed the introduction to bring the focus back on Matlack. User:Freequaker (talk) 21:50, 25 March, 2011 (UTC)

Timothy Matlack who penned the Declaration of Independence is Tomislav Matlakowski

The fact is the real name of Timothy Matlack who penned the Declaration of Independence is Tomislav Matlakowski. Several years before the revolutionary events began to unfold in the New World, he left the voivodship of Bratslav and sailed for America, where he at first worked as a brewer, then took some interest in the Quaker movement and finally went for politics. Sometimes he was given calligraphic work: he penned some landmark official documents, including George Washington’s commission as commanding general of the Continental Army. [1]Geo8rge (talk) 02:41, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That page appears to be an April Fool's joke, as you may know. —Kevin Myers 05:02, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Timothy Matlack's genealogy is well documented in Asa Stackhouse's "Col. Timothy Matlack, Patriot and Soldier". [N.p.]: Privately printed, 1910. Timothy Matlack is a descendant of William Matlack who was born in 1648 in Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire, England and immigrated to Burlington, New Jersey, in 1677 aboard the ship Kent. —User:Freequaker User talk:Freequaker 22:29, 25 March, 2011 (UTC)

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 : Much of that paragraph is word for word the same as this website. Someone is plagiarizing. [[Special:Contributions/216.36.132.66|216.36.132.66]] ([[User talk:216.36.132.66|talk]]) 18:34, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
-: Matlack was not a signer of the document; rather, he was charged with engrossing it. As a noted penman, Matlack is known to have inscribed other historical documents of the time. The penmanship visible in the Declaration has inspired a number of different modern fonts and for this reason I felt it was important to highlight this connection.  That said, the paragraph leads with "Handwriting...", which might take away from the focus of the article on Matlack.  For this reason, I have changed the introduction to bring the focus back on Matlack. [[User:Freequaker]] ([[User talk:Freequaker|talk]]) 21:50, 25 March, 2011 (UTC)
+: Matlack was not a signer of the document; rather, he was charged with engrossing it. As a noted penman, Matlack is known to have inscribed other historical documents of the time. The penmanship visible in the Declaration has inspired a number of modern fonts and for this reason I felt it was important to highlight this connection.  That said, the paragraph leads with "Handwriting...", which might take away from the focus of the article on Matlack.  For this reason, I have changed the introduction to bring the focus back on Matlack. [[User:Freequaker]] ([[User talk:Freequaker|talk]]) 21:50, 25 March, 2011 (UTC)
 ==  Timothy Matlack who penned the Declaration of Independence is Tomislav Matlakowski  ==