Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey (1737-1791) who is also known as the designer of the first official American flag. Revolutionary War-dated partly-printed DS, signed “F. Hopkinson,” one page, 8 x 3.75, September 26, 1780. An international currency exchange document, in part: “At Thirty Days Sight of this Third Bill, First, Second, and Fourth not paid, pay to Harme Fort or Order, Eighteen Dollars, in Ninety Livres Tournois, for Interest due on Money borrowed by the United States.” Signed at the conclusion by Hopkinson as treasurer of loans and countersigned by Abraham Yates, Jr., as commissioner of the Continental Loan-Office of New York. In fine condition. An especially notable document considering its war date and early usage of the term “United States,” which the Continental Congress had adopted as the new nation’s official name in September 1776.
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