After The Revolution and Legacy
Hopkins was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was highly respected in Rhode Island and continued to serve the Rhode Island General Assembly through 1786, then retired to his farm where he died February 26, 1802. His home, the Esek Hopkins House, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
See USS Hopkins for ships named in his honor.
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