Joseph Hopkinson (1770 -1842) Lectures, Eulogium and Published Letter - 8 copies of the "Lecture Upon the Principles of Commercial Integrity, and the Duties Subsisting Between A Debtor and His Creditors" (Carey & Lea, Philadelphia 1832); 4 copies of "Eulogium in commemoration of the Hon. Bushrod Washington" (T.S. Manning, Philadelphia 1830); 15 copies of "Judge Hopkinson's Letter", or, "Extract of A Letter From Judge Hopkinson, of Philadelphia, To A Gentleman In England, Published in the London Morning Chronicle of the 15th October 1829" Sanderson, in his "Life of the Signers," referring to the impeachment proceedings against Judge Samuel Chase, said : "The speech of Mr. Hopkinson, then a very young man, has not been exceeded as a specimen of powerful and brilliant eloquence, in the forensic oratory of the country." From the Francis Hopkinson Family Archives