Francis Hopkinson (September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791) was an American judge, author and composer.
He later became the first federal judge of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania on September 30, 1789. ==Education and career== Born on October 2, 1737 (Gregorian), September 21, 1737 (Julian) in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) and an Artium Magister degree in 1760 from the same institution.
Many of his writings can be found in Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings, published at Philadelphia in three volumes in 1792 (see Bibliography). Hopkinson began to play the [at age seventeen and, during the 1750s, hand-copied arias, songs, and instrumental pieces by many European composers.
He later became the first federal judge of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania on September 30, 1789. ==Education and career== Born on October 2, 1737 (Gregorian), September 21, 1737 (Julian) in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) and an Artium Magister degree in 1760 from the same institution.
He was the first native American composer of a secular song in 1759.
He is credited as being the first American-born composer to commit a composition to paper with his 1759 composition "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free." By the 1760s he was good enough on the harpsichord to play with professional musicians in concerts.
He later became the first federal judge of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania on September 30, 1789. ==Education and career== Born on October 2, 1737 (Gregorian), September 21, 1737 (Julian) in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) and an Artium Magister degree in 1760 from the same institution.
He is credited as being the first American-born composer to commit a composition to paper with his 1759 composition "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free." By the 1760s he was good enough on the harpsichord to play with professional musicians in concerts.
He was Secretary of a Commission of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania which made a treaty between the Province and certain Indian tribes in 1761.
He entered private practice in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania from 1761 to 1766.
He was Collector of Customs in Salem, Province of New Jersey in 1763.
He entered private practice in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania from 1761 to 1766.
Hopkinson spent from May 1766 to August 1767 in England in hopes of becoming Commissioner of Customs for North America.
Hopkinson spent from May 1766 to August 1767 in England in hopes of becoming Commissioner of Customs for North America.
He was a merchant in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, who sold varieties of fabric and port wine, starting in 1768.
Additionally, in 1768 he was elected to the revived American Philosophical Society, and would go on to serve as the Society's Curator from 1776 to 1782.
He married Ann Borden on September 1, 1768.
He was Collector of Customs for New Castle, Delaware Colony from 1772 to 1773.
He was Collector of Customs for New Castle, Delaware Colony from 1772 to 1773.
He resumed private practice in Bordentown from 1773 to 1774.
He resumed private practice in Bordentown from 1773 to 1774.
He was a member of the New Jersey Provincial Council from 1774 to 1776.
He was a member of the Executive Council of New Jersey from January 13, 1775, to November 15, 1775.
He was admitted to practice before the bar of the Supreme Court of New Jersey on May 8, 1775.
He was also one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, as a delegate from New Jersey.
Additionally, in 1768 he was elected to the revived American Philosophical Society, and would go on to serve as the Society's Curator from 1776 to 1782.
He was a member of the New Jersey Provincial Council from 1774 to 1776.
He was elected an Associate Justice of that court in 1776, but declined the office.
He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress (Continental Congress) from June 22, 1776, to November 30, 1776.
He was a member of the Navy Board in Philadelphia from 1776 to 1777.
He was a member of the Navy Board in Philadelphia from 1776 to 1777.
He was Treasurer for the Continental Loan Office in Philadelphia from 1778 to 1781.
He was Judge of the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania from 1779 to 1789.
He was Treasurer for the Continental Loan Office in Philadelphia from 1778 to 1781.
Additionally, in 1768 he was elected to the revived American Philosophical Society, and would go on to serve as the Society's Curator from 1776 to 1782.
He later became the first federal judge of the Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania on September 30, 1789. ==Education and career== Born on October 2, 1737 (Gregorian), September 21, 1737 (Julian) in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, Hopkinson received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1757 from the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) and an Artium Magister degree in 1760 from the same institution.
He was Judge of the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania from 1779 to 1789.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania Convention which ratified the United States Constitution. ==Federal judicial service== Hopkinson was nominated by President George Washington on September 24, 1789, to the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, to a new seat authorized by .
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, and received his commission the same day.
Francis Hopkinson (September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791) was an American judge, author and composer.
His service terminated on May 9, 1791, due to his death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of a sudden apoplectic seizure.
Many of his writings can be found in Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings, published at Philadelphia in three volumes in 1792 (see Bibliography). Hopkinson began to play the [at age seventeen and, during the 1750s, hand-copied arias, songs, and instrumental pieces by many European composers.
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