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Stephen Hopkins

STEPHEN HOPKINS
 
1707 1785
MERCHANT AND SHIP BUILDER

TEN TIMES GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
CHANCELLOR OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
MEMBER OF THE COLONIAL CONGRESS
SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
 
 LIVED IN THIS HOUSE 1743-1785
WASHINGTON WAS HERE A GUEST APRIL 6, 1776
 
THIS BUILDING ERECTED AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH MAIN ST. ABOUT 1743
WAS REMOVED TO ITS
PRESENT SITE IN 1927
 
GOVERNOR STEPHEN HOPKINS HOUSE
 
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A
REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

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