Francis Hopkinson Achievements

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Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) was an author, musician, lawyer, judge, and one of the
56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Francis Hopkinson grew up in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania and went to school of Law in Office of Benjamin Chew to become Chief Justice,
College of Philadelphia, and went to England for two years to study at the Bishop of Worcester.
In 1761, he became a lawyer in New Jersey, later working as a customs collector.. In 1774,
Francis joined the Governor’s Council. He was appointed, in 1776, to the Continental Navy
Board as the treasurer of the Continental Loan office. In the same year, he became a congressman for New Jersey, helped write the new Federal Constitution, and signed the
Declaration of Independence. Hopkinson …show more content…
Besides making major political achievements, he is said to have helped developed the design of first American flag and for the Great Seal of the US. Hopkinson also claims ownership of the earliest surviving non-religious song of “My Days Have Been So
Wondrous.” Unfornitually in 1791, Francis Hopkinson died of a major seizure on May 9.
John Penn (1741-1788) was a lawyer, a signer of the Articles of Confederations, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Through his childhood, Penn received a basic education as his father did not believe in an education. After Penn’s father passed away when he was 18, he went to a library owned by his uncle to start studying law. At 22 years of age, John
Penn licensed to practice law in Virginia. He came in lawyer in 1762. In 1774, he transferred to
Granville County, North Carolina where he established a practice law and became a gentleman member of the political community. John Penn was elected to attend the Prounical Congress and the Continental Congress, being apart of the first and second Continental Congress in 1775, participating in the committee work. He served the Provincial Congress for till 1777 and the
Continental Congress for 6 years. In 1779, he was elected Board of War and served for a year.
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