Signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey, delegate of the Continental Congress. Served as Treasurer of Loans from July 1778 to July 1781, balancing the finances of a new nation.

Partly printed DS, "Fr. Hopkinson", 1p., 8 x 3 1/2", Pennsylvania, October 19, 1779. A Revolutionary War sight draft #992, made out to James Wadsworth for sixty dollars. "Interest due on money borrowed by the United States." Excellent. (#STP2111)