Isaiah Thomas (January 30, 1749 – April 4, 1831), was an American newspaper publisher and author. He performed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts, and reported the first account of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. He was the founder of the American Antiquarian Society.
Famous quotes containing the words isaiah and/or thomas:
“There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 48:22.
Repeated in Isaiah 57:21.
“Not from this anger after
Refusal struck like a bell under water
Shall her smile breed that mouth, behind the mirror,
That burns along my eyes.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)