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:
“Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah 22:13.
Almost the same words are found in 1 Corinthians 15:32.
“Lux my fair falcon, and your fellows all,
How well pleasant it were your liberty!
Ye not forsake me that fair might ye befall.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)