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Author: Alsop, Richard

Biography:

ALSOP, Richard (1761-1815: WBIS)

One of the “Hartford wits,” he was born in Middletown CT, the eldest son of Richard and Mary (Wright) Alsop. He attended Yale in 1777 but left without a degree. He was independently wealthy and was best known as a satirist and translator. His long poem The Charms of Fancy was published posthumously in 1856. (ANBO 29 Aug. 2017; Kettell)

 

Books written (6):

Philadelphia: for the editor, 1795
[New York]: printed at the Porcupine Press, [1807]