Francis Hopkinson (October 2, 1737 – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, author, and composer. He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 as a delegate from New Jersey. (From Wikipedia) More about Francis Hopkinson:
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4 additional books about Francis Hopkinson in the extended shelves: The life and works of Francis Hopkinson (University of Chicago Press, 1926), by George Everett Hastings (page images at HathiTrust)
Some Jefferson correspondence, 1775-1787 (D. Clapp, 1902), by Worthington Chauncey Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
Francis Hopkinson, the first American poet-composer, and our musical life in colonial times. ([Philadelphia?, 1919), by O. G. Sonneck (page images at HathiTrust)
Francis Hopkinson, the first American poet-composer, (1737-1791) and James Lyon, patriot, preacher, psalmodist (1735-1794); two studies in early American music (Printed for the author by H. L. McQueen, 1905), by O. G. Sonneck (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Francis Hopkinson: Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. (3 volumes; Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1792) (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791, contrib.: The Oxford Book of American Essays (New York: Oxford University Press, 1914), ed. by Brander Matthews, also contrib. by Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, Richard Henry Dana, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Walt Whitman, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, George William Curtis, Theodore Winthrop, Charles Dudley Warner, Charles William Eliot, William Dean Howells, John Burroughs, Clarence King, Henry James, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Cabot Lodge, W. C. Brownell, Edward Sandford Martin, Samuel McChord Crothers, Theodore Roosevelt, Nicholas Murray Butler, and William P. Trent Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A Pretty Story Written in The Year of Our Lord 2774, By Peter Grievous, Esq.; A.B.C.D.E. (second edition; Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1774) (page images at HathiTrust)
Additional books by Francis Hopkinson in the extended shelves: Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Admiralty decisions in the District Court of the United States for the Pennsylvania District (P. Byrne, 1807), also by Richard Peters, Samuel Wilcocks, Richard Peters, France, Hanseatic League, Visby (Sweden), and United States. District Court (Pennsylvania) (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The battle of the kegs (Oakwood Press, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Colonial love lyrics : six songs (A.P. Schmidt Co., 1919), also by Harold Vincent Milligan (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Colonial love lyrics; six songs. (A. P. Schmidt, 1916), also by Harold Vincent Milligan (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: An evening of music of the colonial period (The Society, 1919), also by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Pennsylvania. Committee on historical research and George Washington (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: An exercise, containing a dialogue and ode on the accession of His Present Gracious Majesty, George III. Performed at the public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 18th, 1762. (Philadelphia: : Printed by W. Dunlap, in Market-Street,, M,DCC,LXII. [1762]), also by Jacob Duché and Academy College (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: An Exercise, containing a dialogue and ode sacred to the memory of His Late Gracious Majesty, George II. Performed at the public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 23d, 1761. : The ode written and set to music by Francis Hopkinson, Esq; M.A. in said college. (Philadelphia: : Printed by W. Dunlap, in Market-Street,, MDCCLXI. [1761]), also by William Smith and Academy College (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The first American composer : 6 songs (Arthur P. Schmidt, 1918), also by Harold Vincent Milligan (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The first American composer : 6 songs (Arthur P. Schmidt, 1918), also by Harold Vincent Milligan (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The first American song : My days have been so wondrous free (Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1918) (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Four dissertations, on the reciprocal advantages of a perpetual union between Great-Britain and her American colonies: Written for Mr. Sargent's prize-medal. To which (by desire) is prefixed, an eulogium, spoken on the delivery of the medal at the public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 20th, 1766. (Philadelphia : Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee-House, M,DCC,LXVI. [1766]), also by Joseph Reed, Stephen Watts, John Morgan, William Smith, and Academy College (HTML at ECCO TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Judgments in admiralty (T. Dobson, 1792), also by Pennsylvania. Court of Admiralty (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The lawfulness, excellency, and advantage of instrumental musick in the publick worship of God urg'd and enforc'd, from Scripture, and the example of the far greater part of Christians in all ages. Address'd to all (particularly the Presbyterians and Baptists) who have hitherto been taught to look upon the use of instrumental musick in the worship of God as unlawful. / By a Presbyterian. ; [Two lines from Congreve] (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by William Dunlap, at the newest printing-office, in Market-Street., M,DCC,LXIII. [1763]), also by James Lyon (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. (Printed by T. Dobson, at the stone-house, no. 41, Second street, 1792), also by Schott and Pennsylvania. Court of Admiralty (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq. Volume I[-III]. (Philadelphia: : Printed by T. Dobson, at the Stone-House, no 41, Second Street., M,DCC,XCII. [1792]) (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Ode from Ossian's poems : for voice & harpsichord (or pianoforte) (Schirmer, 1920), also by Carl Deis (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The old farm and the new farm: a political allegory. (A.D.F. Randolph, 1864), also by Benson John Lossing (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The old farm and the new farm: a political allegory. (Dana, 1857), also by Benson J. Lossing (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: An oration, which might have been delivered to the students in anatomy, on the late rupture between the two schools in this city. (Philadelphia: : Printed by T. Dobson and T. Lang, in Second Street., February, 1789) (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The Pennsylvania state trials: containing the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of Francis Hopkinson, and John Nicholson, esquires. The former being judge of the Court of admiralty, and the latter, the comptroller-general of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Vol. I. (Printed by F. Bailey for E. Hogan, 1794), also by John Nicholson (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The Pennsylvania state trials: containing the impeachment, trial, and acquittal of Francis Hopkinson, and John Nicholson, Esquires. The former being judge of the Court of Admiralty, and the latter, the comptroller-general of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. : Vol. I. : [One line in Latin from Virgil] (Philadelphia: : Printed by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street, for Edmund Hogan., M,DCC,XCIV [i.e., 1795]), also by John Nicholson and Pennsylvania. General Assembly, ed. by Edmund Hogan (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A pretty story written in the year of our Lord 2774. By Peter Grievous, Esq; A.B.C.D.E. ; [One line in Latin] (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by John Dunlap., M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]) (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A pretty story written in the year of our Lord 2774, by Peter Grievous, Esq, A.B.C.D.E. ; [One line of Latin text] (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by John Dunlap., M,DCC,LXXIV. [1774]) (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A pretty story written in the year of our Lord, 2774, by Peter Grievous, Esquire, A.B.C.D.E. ; [One line of Latin text] (Williamsburg [Va.]: : Printed by John Pinkney, for the benefit of Clementina Rind's children., MDCCLXXIV. [1774]) (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A psalm of thanksgiving, adapted to the solemnity of Easter: to be performed on Sunday, the 30th of March, 1766, at Christ-Church, Philadelphia. ([Philadelphia: : s.n., 1766]), also by Pa.) Christ Church (Philadelphia (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A Psalm of Thanksgiving ... the 30th of March, 1766. ([Philadelphia, 1766) (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The Psalms of David, with the Ten commandments, Creed, Lord's prayer, &c. in metre. Also, the Catechism, Confession of faith, liturgy, &c. (Printed by James Parker, at the new printing-office in Beaver-street, 1767), also by Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the City of New York, William Loring Andrews, Nicholas Brady, Nahum Tate, and Rosenbach Company (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Reports of cases adjudged in the District court of South Carolina. [1792-1809] (Published by William P. Farrand and co.; Fry and Krammerer, printers, 1810), also by United States. District Court (South Carolina), Thomas Bee, United States. District Court (Massachusetts), South Carolina. Court of admiralty, and Pennsylvania. Court of Admiralty (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Science. A poem. / By Francis Hopkinson, Esq; ; [Two lines in Latin from Horace] (Philadelphia: : Printed by William Dunlap, in Market-Street,, MDCCLXII. [1762]) (HTML at Evans TCP) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: Tables and tracts, relative to several arts and sciences (Printed for W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, T. Longman, and T. Cadell ..., 1771), also by James Ferguson, T. Cadell, Thomas Longman, Francis Rivington, John Rivington, William Strahan, and James Mynde (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: The Washington-Duché letters. Now printed, for the first time, from the original manuscripts (Priv. print., 1890), also by Jacob Duché, Worthington Chauncey Ford, George Washington, and New York Historical Printing Club (Brooklyn (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A Washington garland : seven [i.e. eight] songs (Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1918), also by Harold Vincent Milligan (page images at HathiTrust) Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791: A Washington garland : seven [i.e. eight] songs (A. P. Schmidt, 1918), also by Harold Vincent Milligan (page images at HathiTrust)
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