Stephen Hopkins 1707-1785 Signer of the Declaration of Independence, ten-time governor of Rhode Island, and author of the first anti-slavery law in the United States. Partial D. S. but complete in itself, 1p. 12mo., Scituate, Mar. 12, 1738 It reads in part: The above Instrumt is Recorded in Scituate records for yr Entry of bank Mortgages. Signed Stephen Hopkins Town Cler[k] . A few light stains, professionally mounted.