STEPHEN HOPKINS

[National Park Service]

1707-1785

Signer of the Declaration of Independence (Rhode Island)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: some public schooling, but largely self-educated

Occupation: surveyor, merchant, lawyer

Political Affiliation:

Religious Affiliation: Quaker

Summary of Religious Views:

Views on Religion & Politics:

Quotations:

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

William E. Foster, Stephen Hopkins, a Rhode Island Statesman, S. S. Rider, 1884; reprint

Articles

Cherry Fletcher Bamberg & Donald R. Hopkins, "The Slaves of Gov. Stephen Hopkins", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 33, pp. 11-27, January 2012
Charles L. Goodrich, "Stephen Hopkins," in Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, 1856

Links

Works by Stephen Hopkins

The Rights of Colonies Examined (Evans Early American Imprint Collection)

Biographical Sites

HOPKINS, Stephen, 1707-1785 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Stephen Hopkins (ushistory.org: Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
Stephen Hopkins (Signers of the Declaration of Independence -- National Park Service)
Hopkins, Stephen (Encyclopedia Brunoniana)
Governor (and Chief Justice) Stephen Hopkins (1707-1785) (Gaspee Virtual Archives)
Stephen Hopkins (Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence)