Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707–1785) and a delegate to the Continental Congress. Manuscript DS, signed “S. Hopkins, Govr.,”one page, 6.25 x 2, July 1763. A pay order in the amount of 11s 3d issued to Thomas Vernon, postmaster at Newport, for the postage of four letters. In very fine condition. In his 1995 reference History Comes to Life, Kenneth Rendell places Hopkins’s autograph material into the “rare” category among the Signers. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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