DS, 1760 October 1 : [Rhode Island].

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DS, 1760 October 1 : [Rhode Island].

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This is an important French and Indian War document signed by the signer of the Declaration of Independence, Hopkins. Lengthy instructions to Peleg Clarke, the captain of a War Privateer, on the capture of enemy vessels and confiscation of goods and taking of prisoners during the French and Indian War.

8 p. ; 32 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6946737

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785

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Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785), a Founding Father of the United States, was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a signer of the Continental Association and the Declaration of Independence. As a child, Hopkins was a voracious reader, becoming a serious student of the sciences, mathematics, and literature. He became a surveyor and astronomer and was involved in taking measurements during the...

Clarke, Peleg, -1797

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