. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. spiration of his father, who wasa most active spirit in the founding of the Col-lege of Philadelphia, now the University of Penn-sylvania, Francis Hopkinson was the first pupilupon the rolls of the institution, and was a mem-ber of its first class—that of 1760. After practic-ing law for five years he departed for England inthe year 1766. Arriving in the Old World at theage of twenty-nine, he sought that society forwhich his artistic soul longed, being received byBenjamin West, the Quaker president of theRoyal Academy, hims
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. spiration of his father, who wasa most active spirit in the founding of the Col-lege of Philadelphia, now the University of Penn-sylvania, Francis Hopkinson was the first pupilupon the rolls of the institution, and was a mem-ber of its first class—that of 1760. After practic-ing law for five years he departed for England inthe year 1766. Arriving in the Old World at theage of twenty-nine, he sought that society forwhich his artistic soul longed, being received byBenjamin West, the Quaker president of theRoyal Academy, himself a Pennsylvanian, JohnPenn, the proprietor of Pennsylvania, and LordNorth, to whom he largely owed his future ad-vancement. To the foreign favor of Lord Northmust be added the local influence of Francis Hop-kinsons marriage to Ann Borden, descendant ofJoseph Borden, founder of Bordentown. It was in the year 1774 that Hopkinson firstappears in New Jersey politics as mandamusmember of council, but in spite of temptationsnever faltered in the discharge of that duty. THE LORD NORTH MEDAL. 284 NEW JERSEY AS A COL owed his country when he boldly signed theDeclaration of Independence and afterward de-voted his pen to the cause he so much loved. During the early months of the year 1775 ap-peared The First Book of the American Chron-icles of the Times, which, as a scriptural parody,embracing the tea troubles, attracted a deal ofattention, has been credited to is no doubt, however, as to the authorshipof A Pretty Story, by Peter Grievous, Esq.,which was printed during the session of the Con-tinental Congress which met in September, Pretty Story is a delightful bit of satire,in which the disturbed relations between the OldFarm and the New Farm—England and America—are depicted. The Pretty Story ends abrupt-ly, for only time could tell to what lengths thesettlers upon the New Farm would be driven bythe tyranny of the owmers of the plantation. In the debate
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