Lot 10
Hopkins, Stephen - Autograph Document Signed by a Rhode Island Signer (1707-85) Governor of Rhode Island (1755-56, 1758-61, 1763-64, 1767); Rhode Island delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-80); and Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph document signed "Step Hopkins" as clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas, one page, 5 x 7½", Providence, R.I., July 13, 1744. Hopkins orders the sheriff of the county or his deputy to summon Amos Lockwood to appear and "…give Evidence to the truth of what he knows relating to the issue of an action of Trespass…." A repaired vertical fold lightly touches the "k" in "Hopkins," else fine. Housed in a custom-made, tri-fold, fine calfskin display measuring 16½ x 11½" (folded). Estimate Value $600 - 800
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