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Matthew Lyon
Fair Haven, Vermont
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Matthew Lyon, an Irish-born leading grantee, built grist, saw, and paper mills here in 1783 and a forge above. He ran the first store, inn, and newspaper. As a Congressman from Vermont, he was jailed under the Sedition Law and later elected from Kentucky and Arkansas.
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