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Stephen Hopkins (March 7, 1707 – July 13, 1785) was a Founding Father of the United States, [2] a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence. He was from a prominent Rhode Island family, the ...
The Governor Stephen Hopkins House is a museum and National Historic Landmark at 15 Hopkins Street in Providence, Rhode Island. It was the home of Stephen Hopkins, a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. [3]
Governor Stephen Hopkins House: 15 Hopkins Street, Providence, Rhode Island: April 5 to 7, 1776 April 7 to 8, 1776 Leffingwell Inn Christopher Leffingwell, proprietor 348 Washington Street, Norwich, Connecticut
Stephen Hopkins (merchant) (c. 1581–1644), passenger on the Mayflower and one of forty-one signatories of the Mayflower Compact; Stephen Hopkins (politician) (1707–1785), Rhode Island governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence SS Stephen Hopkins, a 1942 World War II Liberty ship named for him; Stephen T. Hopkins (1849–1892), U ...
Thomas Hopkins (1616–1684) was an early settler of Providence Plantations and the great grandfather of brothers Esek Hopkins, the only Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, and Stephen Hopkins who was many times colonial governor of Rhode Island and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Stephen Hopkins of Providence; 7 May 1755 - 4 May 1757; William Greene of Warwick; 4 May 1757 - 23 January 1758 (died in office) Stephen Hopkins of Providence; 13 March 1758 - 5 May 1762; Samuel Ward of Newport; 5 May 1762 - 4 May 1763; Stephen Hopkins of Providence; May 1763 - 3 May 1765; Samuel Ward of Newport; 3 May 1765 - 1 May 1767
Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and slave owner, introduced a bill while serving in the Rhode Island Assembly in 1774 that prohibited the importation of slaves into the colony, and this became one of the first anti-slavery laws in the United States.
Many Victorian and American colonial houses such as the Stephen Hopkins House remain in the area. Brown University, Moses Brown School, Wheeler School, and the Rhode Island School of Design are atop the hill, giving it its name. [4] Thayer Street is a popular destination nearby with coffee shops, galleries, stores, and restaurants.