See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737–1791)
• HOPKINSON, JOHN (1849-1898)

HOPKINSON (1737–1791)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American author and statesman, one of the signers of the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 2nd of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1737 . He was a son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• HOPKINSON, FRANCIS (1737–1791)
• HOPKINSON, JOHN (1849-1898)

Hopkinson (1709–1751), a prominent lawyer of Philadelphia, one of the first trustees of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Philadelphia, now the University of Pennsylvania, and first See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the American Philosophical Society . See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis was the first student to enter the College of Philadelphia . from which he received his See also:

• BACHELOR (from Med. Lat. baccalarius, with its late and rare variant baccalaris—cf. Ital. baccalare—through O. Fr. bacheler)

bachelor's degree in 1757 and his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's degree in 176o . He then studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in Philadelphia of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin Chew, and was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1761 . Removing after 1768 to See also:

• BORDENTOWN

Bordentown, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, he became a member of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of that See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony in 1774 . On the approach of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of Independence he identified himself with the patriot or whig See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element in the colony, and in 1776 and 1777 he was a delegate to the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress . He served on the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee appointed to See also:

• FRAME

frame the Articles of See also:

• CONFEDERATION (Fr. confederation, Lat. confoederatio, from foedus, a league, foederare, to form a league)

Confederation, executed, with See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• NIXON, JOHN (1815–1899)

Nixon (1733—1808) and John See also:

• WHARTON (FAMILY)
• WHARTON, FRANCIS (1820–1889)
• WHARTON, HENRY (1664–1695)

Wharton, the " business of the See also:

• NAVY

navy" under the direction cf the marine committee, and acted for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as treasurer of the Continental See also:

• LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan office . From 1779 to 1789 he was See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty in Pennsylvania, and from 1790 until his See also:

• DEATH

death was See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• DISTRICT

district judge for that See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . He was famous for his versatility, and besides being a distinguished lawyer. jurist and See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was " a mathematician, a chemist. a physicist, a mechanician, an inventor, a musician and a composer of See also:

• MUSIC

music, a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of See also:

• LITERARY

literary knowledge and practice, a writer of See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

airy and dainty songs, a See also:

• CLEVER

clever artist with See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

pencil and See also:

• BRUSH (from Fr. brosse, which, like the English word, means both the undergrowth of a wood and the instrument; if the word in both these meanings is ultimately the same, then the origin is from a bundle of brushwood used as a brush or broom, but this is h
• BRUSH, GEORGE DE FOREST (1855– )

brush and a humorist of unmistakeable See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power " (See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler, Literary See also:

• HISTORY

History of the American Revolution) . It is as a writer, however, that he will be remembered . He ranks as one of the three leading satirists on the patriot See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side during the War of Independence .

His ballad, The See also:

• BATTLE

Battle of the Kegs (1778), was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long exceedingly popular . To alarm the See also:

• BRITISH

British force at Philadelphia the Americans floated kegs charged with See also:

• GUN

gun-See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder down the See also:

• DELAWARE

Delaware See also:

• RIVER

river towards that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, and the British, alarmed for the safety of their See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping, fired with See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon and small arms at everything they saw floating in the river . Hopkinson's ballad is an imaginative expansion of the actual facts . To the cause of the revolution this ballad,, says See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Tyler, " was perhaps See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth as much just then as the winning of a considerable battle." Hopkinson's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal writings are The See also:

• PRETTY

Pretty See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story (1774), A Prophecy (1776) and The Political See also:

• CATECHISM (from Gr. Karnxeiv, teach by word of mouth)

Catechism (1777) . Among his songs may be mentioned The Treaty and The New Roof, a See also:

• SONG

Song for Federal See also:

• MECHANICS

Mechanics; and the best known of his satirical pieces are Typographical Method of conducting a See also:

• QUARREL

Quarrel, See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Washing and See also:

• MODERN

Modern Learning . His See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional 1Vritings were published at Philadelphia in 3 vols., 1792 . His son, See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH HOPKINSON (1770-1842), graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1786, studied law, and was a Federalist member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives in 1815-1819, Federal judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1828 until his death, and a member of the state constitutional See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of 1837 . He is better known, however, as the author of the patriotic See also:

• ANTHEM

anthem " See also:

• HAIL (O. Eng. kcegl and hagol, 1 cf. the cognate Teutonic hagel, as in German, Dutch, Swedish, &c.; the Gr. K&XX17E, pebble, is probably allied)

Hail See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia " (1798) .