Matthew Thornton House was the home of Matthew Thornton, a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
It is located at 2 Thornton Street, at the intersection with North Main Street, in Derry, New Hampshire.
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“But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 15:18,19.
“Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then that the world exists for you.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)