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About Thomas Hancock

Thomas Hancock was an American merchant and politician best known for being the uncle of Founding Father and statesman John Hancock. The son of a Congregationalist preacher, Thomas Hancock rose from obscurity to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in colonial Massachusetts, accumulating a 70,000 pound fortune over the course of his lifetime and becoming the proprietor of his own mercantile firm.

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Occupation: book dealer
Born: July 17, 1703
Died: August 1, 1764

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