Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785

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Name (Latin)
Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785
Other forms of name
Hopkins, Step. (Stephen), 1707-1785
Date of birth
1707-03-07
Date of death
1785-07-13
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Justice, Administration of
Politics, Practical
Occupation
Governors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 17212061
Wikidata: Q1399643
Library of congress: n 85387623
Sources of Information
  • By the Hon'ble Setphen Hopkins, Esquire, Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief of and over theEnglish Colony of Rhode Island ... [MS] 1767:signed (Step. Hopkins)
  • Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707-July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States, a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court; born in Providence; He died at his home in Providence on July 13, 1785 ( (Wikipedia, December 20, 2023) )
  • His The rights of the colonies examined, 1764(name not given)
  • LC in RLIN, 2/21/86(hdg.: Hopkins, Stephen, 1707-1785)
  • Rhode Island. Governor (1755-1757 : Hopkins). By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esq; governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief, of and over the English colony of Rhode Island ... A proclamation, 1756.
  • Rhode Island. Governor (1758-1762 : Hopkins). By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esquire, governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation for a general thanksgiving in said colony, 1760.
  • Rhode Island. Governor (1763-1765 : Hopkins). By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation. The burthens and calamities of a cruel and expensive war, 1763.
  • Rhode Island. Governor (1767-1768 : Hopkins). By the Honorable Stephen Hopkins, Esq; governor ... of Rhode-Island ... A proclamation. Whereas the General Assembly, 1767.
  • MWA/NAIP files(signer of Declaration of Independence; chief justice of R.I. Superior Court; served four terms as R.I. governor, 1755-57, 1758-62, 1763-65, 1767-68)