2 Thunderbird E-mail accounts

computer crashed and when I re-loaded Thunderbird it asked me to set up an account or use existing account so I said use existing account so know I receive E-mails in both accounts. If I delete one will it delete both with that account name?

If your accounts are POP:
You can move all folders and messages from it to Local Folders as a backup just in case, then you can remove the empty account and keep the other one.
If your accounts are IMAP:
Copy (not move) all folders and messages from it to Local Folders as a backup just in case, remove the account you just backed up and keep the other one.
To remove an account, right-click the name of the account -> Settings... -> Account Actions -> Remove account.
After that it's just a matter of dealing with duplicate messages.
As usual there's an add on for that [http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/remove-duplicate-messages-alte/ Remove Duplicate Messages (Alternate)]

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