Stephen Hopkins

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, 6.5 x 3.75, May 12, 1755. Pay order submitted to General Treasurer Thomas Richardson, in part: "Pay Cap't Edw'd Cole Five Hundred pounds…for payment of his soldiers Billeting & Charge the same to the Colony." Signed at the conclusion by Hopkins, and countersigned by two other War Committee members. Professionally inlaid into a slightly larger sheet. In fine condition, with a block of light toning.

Format: DS