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Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island (1707-1785) who served as the colony's governor in the 1750s and 1760s. Manuscript DS, signed “Step. Hopkins,” one page, 6.25 x 4.5, June 12, 1761. Colonial-era pay order directing Joseph Clarke, general treasurer of Rhode Island, to pay Samuel Chase £20 for “Postage Sundry Letters from Jan. 1761 to Feb. 1761.” The document reads, in part: “Please to Pay the above Sum to Saml. Chase Post Master of Providence and Charge to the Colony of Rhode Island.” Signed boldly at the conclusion by Stephen Hopkins as governor. In fine condition, with light staining to the edges.
From the collection of Mark S. Robbins.
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