Matthew Thornton Episode 3: Signing Late – The Insistence on the Privilege | The Late Signer

King Solomon's Passport · Jul 11, 2026 · 16m

What’s up, you magnificent bastards? 👊 Episode 3 of The Late Signer — our 4-part deep dive into Brother Matthew Thornton.

The Irish immigrant doctor and last signer of the Declaration. Arriving in Philadelphia on November 4, 1776 — four months late — Thornton refuses to sit quietly. He demands the record be reopened so he can add his name and claim the same privilege and risk as every other signer.

We walk the dramatic late arrival, his firm insistence on signing the engrossed Declaration, practical congressional service, and return home to continued leadership.

A brother who refused to be…