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, 5.75 x 6.5, April-June 1759. Pay order for postage at the Newport Post Office, accounting for letters sent on April 4th and June 22nd, in part: "Please to pay Thomas Vernon or his order the above sum of nineteen pounds Old Tenor & charge the same to the colony." In fine condition.
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