Rhode Island’s Signers in Focus: Stephen Hopkins and William Ellery
This compact biography brings two key Rhode Island figures to life through their public service, learning, and quiet leadership. It explores how Hopkins shaped education and state affairs, and how Ellery balanced a life of letters, law, and politics while supporting the colonial cause.
- Discover Hopkins’s work on early committees, his push for libraries and colleges, and his role as a steady, persuasive leader in a diverse colonial landscape.
- Meet Ellery, a voracious reader and thoughtful diplomat who studied at Harvard, practiced law, and signed the Declaration with a blend of wit and resolve.
- Follow their journeys through war, governance, and family life, including how personal character and public duty intersected in colonial Rhode Island.
Ideal for readers of American Revolutionary history, biographical sketches of founders, and those curious about Rhode Island’s pivotal figures.