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[[File:Stephenhopkins.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Stephen Hopkins]]

[[File:Stephenhopkins.jpg|right|thumb|200px| Stephen Hopkins]]

'''Stephen Hopkins''' (b. March 7, 1707; d. July 13, 1785) is a Founding Father of [[America]]. He was a farmer, a land surveyor, a lawyer. He was elected town clerk, a justice of the peace, representative to the general assembly, a chief justice of the common pleas court. Hopkins had a profitable career as a merchant and a ship builder, he became a Speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly, a delegate to the Albany Convention, and was elected governor of the colony. Hopkins was elected to represent [[Rhode Island]] in the [[Continental Congress]] and signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Also, he was member of Rhode Island Legislature and a founder of the Providence town library. Hopkins was one of the earliest and most vigorous champions of colonial rights.

'''Stephen Hopkins''' (b. March 7, 1707; d. July 13, 1785) is a Founding Father of [[America]]. He was a farmer, a land surveyor, a lawyer. He was elected town clerk, a justice of the peace, a representative to the general assembly, a chief justice of the common pleas court. Hopkins had a profitable career as a merchant and as a ship builder. Hopkins became a Speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly, a delegate to the Albany Convention, and was elected Governor of the colony. Stephen Hopkins was elected to represent [[Rhode Island]] in the [[Continental Congress]] and signed the [[Declaration of Independence]]. Also, he was member of Rhode Island Legislature and a founder of the Providence town library. Hopkins was one of the earliest and most vigorous champions of colonial rights.

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

==Death==

==Death==

Hopkins died at his Providence home at the age of seventy-eight.

Hopkins died at his Providence home at the age of seventy-eight.

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