LOT 27 Declaration Signer Stephen Hopkins Superb Signature on
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Hopkins Stephen Declaration Signer Stephen Hopkins Superb Signature on Colonial DocumentSingle page document signed from the Colonial period, 6.25" x 2.5". Dated "May 22, 1761" as a request to the Post Office at Newport to pay £19.15 to Thomas Vernon "for postage which charge to the Colony". Boldly signed by Stephen Hopkins long the lower right "Step Hopkins Gov". Adhered to another sheet, and appears as trimmed just below the signature, near fine.Hopkins spoke out against British tyranny long before the revolutionary period. He attended the first Continental Congress in 1774, and was a signer to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He left that congress in 1778 and returned to his native state to serve in its Legislature. Stephen Hopkins was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He died on the 13th of July, 1785 at the age of 78.This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.WE PROVIDE IN-HOUSE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!
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