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 Gov'r,” one page, 6.25 x 2.5, May 22, 1761. Request to the Post Office at Newport to pay £19.15 to Thomas Vernon "for postage which charge to the Colony." Boldly signed at the bottom by Hopkins as governor of Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. In fine condition, with a trimmed bottom edge.
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