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HOPKINS, STEPHEN

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HOPKINS, STEPHEN
(1707 - 1785) Signer of the Declaration of Independence, ten-time Governor of Rhode Island, and author of the first anti-slavery law in the United States. Scarce partly-printed D.S. signed twice "Stephen Hopkins" and "Stephen Hopkins Just Quod." as Justice of the Peace, 1p. folio, Providence, Jan. 15, 1738, a mortgage between Thomas Bennett and several trustees of Newport for 500 acres of land at the price of 90 pounds. Significant dampstaining to middle portion and several tape repairs to verso, foxing to margins, one small tear at bottom, all well clear of signatures, overall just good.