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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1786, n.d.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 9 Folder 38
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Betsey (Ship).
- Actions and defenses--United States.
- Actions and defenses.
- Shipping.
- United States.
- Shipping--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--18th century.
- Portraits.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce--18th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- Engravings (prints)
- Portraits.
- Writs.
- Penn Provenance:
- Portrait engraving gift of Arthur Billings Hunt, 16 March 1950.
- Physical Description:
- 3 items (3 leaves)
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 9 Folder 38
- Place of Publication:
- 1786, n.d.
- Biography/History:
- Francis Hopkinson was a judge of the Court of Admiralty of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- Summary:
- Consists of one legal document, one account sheet, and one portrait engraving.
- The legal document is dated 17 June 1786 and directs Clement Biddle, Marshal of the Court of Admiralty, to seize and attach a schooner called the Betsey in the Port of Philadelphia, due to nonpayment of debts owed to Nicholas Young and Jacob Schrider for repairs to the ship. On the reverse is a note from Biddle to Hopkinson dated 20 June 1786 indicating that Biddle was unable to find the ship because it had left the state.
- The account sheet notes the pay of one year's salary as Judge of Admiralty and the amount of fees, as per accounts rendered, for the four quarters of 1786.
- The engraving was made "from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers" (Johnson, Fry & Co., New York). It is undated but was printed ca. 1862; it contains the notation, "entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1862." It also contains a facsimile of Hopkinson's signature.
- OCLC:
- 155885969
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