ALS, 1780 August 11, to Matthew Clarkson, Marshall & Co., Philadelphia.

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ALS, 1780 August 11, to Matthew Clarkson, Marshall & Co., Philadelphia.

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As Admiralty judge, he orders a halt to public sale of cargo of salt until after trial of the ship Albion. Hopkinson signed the Declaration of Independence and designed the American flag.

1 p. ; 29 x 19 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791

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Francis Hopkinson (October 2, 1737 [O.S. September 21, 1737] – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, judge, author and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 as a delegate from New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the Col...

Clarkson, Matthew, 1733-1800

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Matthew Clarkson (born April 1733, New York City-died October 5, 1800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), was a Delegate from Pennsylvania. He was born in New York City, but moved to Philadelphia where he was justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and of the Philadelphia Orphans' Court in 1771 and 1772. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1785, but did not serve. He was a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1789, then mayor of Philadelphia 1792-1796. He died in ...