Francis Hopkinson

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		May 09, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 13, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 28, 2023
	Add new Web site: Library of Congress - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 16, 2019
	Add new Web site: The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 16, 2019
	Revised last sentence in article to make it clear that the U.S. Congress believed Hopkinson had contributed to the design of the flag, along with other individuals.	Amy McKenna	Nov 19, 2018
	Add new Web site: The Washington Library Center for Digital History - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Oct 03, 2017
	Add new Web site: Lemelson-MIT - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Oct 03, 2017
	Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 16, 2013
	Add new Web site: History Central - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 16, 2013
	Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 16, 2013
	Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 16, 2013
	Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 16, 2013
	Added information on his legal career and on his activities during the 1760s.	Michael Levy	May 10, 2010
	Added new Web site: ColonialHall.com - Biography of Francis Hopkinson.	Gloria Lotha	May 10, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 23, 2002
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998