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3797. HOPKINSON (Francis), Genius of.—

He is a man of genius, gentility, and great
merit * * * and as capable of[filling] the
office[of Director, or Master of the Mint], as
any man I know. The appointment would give
general pleasure, because he is generally esteemed.—
To James Monroe. Ford ed., iii, 496.
(Pa., 1784)