Thomas Lynch (statesman) Thomas Lynch (statesman) Thomas Lynch (1727–1776) was an American planter and statesman from South Carolina. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. Thomas Lynch was born in St. James Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina, in 1727. He served in the Colonial Legislature of South Carolina and represented the Colony in the Stamp Act Congress, heading the committee which drafted the petition to the House of Commons. Elected to both the First and Second Continental Congresses, Lynch joined Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Harrison on a committee sent to Cambridge,
Bill Bishop (author) contributing editor of the "Daily Yonder". The couple previously owned a newspaper: the "Bastrop County Times". They currently live in Austin, Texas. Bill Bishop (author) Bill Bishop is an American author, journalist and social commentator. He co-wrote a book with retired college professor Robert Cushing entitled "The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart". His ideas have influenced the speeches of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. He is the co-founder and contributing editor of the "Daily Yonder", a blog about rural issues in the United States. Bishop has worked for several newspapers: the "Austin American-Statesman",