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Happy Birthday Esek Hopkins

Leave a Comment / History / By Beth Comery / 04/26/2018 04/27/2018 / esek hopkins

(4.26) Born on this date in 1718, Commodore Esek Hopkins was the first commander in chief of the Continental navy during the American Revolution. The brother of Governor Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Esek has a more mixed legacy. It was under his command that the only naval battle of the Revolution …

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Esek Hopkins Back On The PPS MEP List

2 Comments / Preservation / By Daily Dose / 03/12/2015 03/12/2015 / esek hopkins, PPS MEP List, providence preservation society

Ideas anybody? Having made its debut 20 years ago, and clearly not painted since, the Esek Hopkins House at 97 Admiral Street is once again on the Providence Preservation Society’s Most Endangered Property List. Location, location, location: The 7-acre homestead is situated in a no-man’s land across Route 146 sort of behind the main post …

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