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Hopkinson family. Papers, 1735-1941 (bulk 1800-1841)

Title: Hopkinson family papers 1735-1941

The Hopkinson family was a prominent political family of Philadelphia and Bordentown, New Jersey. Thomas Hopkinson (1709-1751) was a merchant, a lawyer, and a diplomat. Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), Thomas’s son, was a jurist, author, musician, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842), Francis’s son, was a Pennsylvania congressman from 1815 to 1819, a federal judge from 1828 to 1842, and author of the anthem Hail, Columbia. Joseph’s son, Oliver Hopkinson (1812-1905), served during the Civil War with the 1st Regiment, Delaware Volunteers and with the 51st Regiment Infantry, Pennsylvania Militia. Covering four generations, the Hopkinson family papers consist principally of incoming correspondence; but there are also outgoing letters, documents, manuscript notes, and printed material. All papers have been bound in volumes, and photostatic copies of most volumes are available to researchers.

ArchivalResource: 19 v.

https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-1978 View

Redwood, Francis T., Mrs. Collection, 1762-1936

Title: Mrs. Francis T. Redwood collection 1762-1936

Letters of the Rev. Thomas and Mary Hopkinson, of colonial Philadelphia, on social and religious subjects. Included are letters of Benjamin Franklin, 1765; Thomas McKean, 1767; John Morgan, 1776; Mary Hopkinson; Mary Morgan; Esther Duché; Jacob Duché; Joseph Hopkinson; John Quincy Adams, 1835.

ArchivalResource: 69 items.

https://discover.hsp.org/Record/ead-Am.12905 View

Gwathmey collection, 1708-1852

Title: Gwathmey collection, 1708-1852.

Letters, autographs, papers, illustrations, and portraits relating to Revolutionary and early nineteenth century statesmen believed to have been assembled as an autograph collection by Julia M. Dickinson Tayloe early in the nineteenth century. Includes a U.S. War Dept. broadside, 1794 May 19.

ArchivalResource: 170 items.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/archival/items/u2652666 View