[ Autographs ] FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737 - 1791) Signer of the Declaration of Independence, active in pre-Revolutionary agitation and had an important part in designing the American flag. D.S. "F. Hopkinson" as Treasurer of Loans, 1p. oblong 8vo., New Jersey, Feb. 7,1779, a Continental sight draft numbered 1008 ordering payment of E36.00 to Peter and Isaac Wickoff for "interest due on Money borrowed by the United States..." Endorsed on the verso by American political leader and founder of the Bank of North America, WILLIAM BINGHAM. Unevenly trimmed, otherwise very good.