Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814

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Samuel Jackson Pratt abandoned his clerical career to become successively an actor, a bookseller, a dramatist, and finally a prolific poet and novelist whose best-known productions were the poem Sympathy and a translation of The Sorrows of Werther.

The collection also contains "The Linnets," a sentimental fable by Pratt, and a copy of a poem, "On Mrs. Provis leaving Bath the day after Keppel's Arrival."

From the description of Pratt papers, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146930

Samuel Jackson Pratt abandoned his clerical career to become successively an actor, a bookseller, a dramatist, and finally a prolific poet and novelist whose best-known productions were the poem Sympathy and a translation of The Sorrows of Werther.

The collection also contains "The Linnets," a sentimental fable by Pratt, and a copy of a poem, "On Mrs. Provis leaving Bath the day after Keppel's Arrival."

From the description of Pratt papers, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81982892

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. ALS to "Dear Sir"; Birmingham, 1802 May 7. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. Copy of the inscription on Garrick's monument in Westminster Abbey erected in 1797 [manuscript], 18th or 19th century. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. The school for vanity [microform] : a comedy in five acts. Indiana University
creatorOf Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. Letter to Miss Weston : ALS, [undated]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
creatorOf Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. Pratt papers, 1779. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Carter, John, 1761 or 2-1829. Miscellanies in prose and verse, original and selected, circa 1775-1828 / by J. C. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Wrangham, Francis, 1769-1842. Autograph letter signed : Bridlington, Yorks., to S.J. Pratt, 1810 June 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Papers, 1781-1807. Houghton Library
creatorOf Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814. Pratt papers, 1779. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Amelia Opie manuscript material : 205 items, 1795-1853 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Autograph File, M Houghton Library
creatorOf Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Autograph letter signed : London, to S.J. Pratt, 1811 May 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Bessborough papers, 1774-1827 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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associatedWith Carter, John, 1761 or 2-1829. person
associatedWith Garle, Mr., 18th/19th cent. person
associatedWith Garrick, David, 1717-1779 person
associatedWith Godwin, William, 1756-1836. person
associatedWith Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Morley, Frances Parker, Countess of person
associatedWith Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853 person
associatedWith Pennington, Penelope. person
associatedWith Seward, Anna, 1742-1809 person
associatedWith Weston, Miss. person
associatedWith Wrangham, Francis, 1769-1842. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Bath (England)
Bath (England)
Subject
English poetry
Love-letters
Sentimentalism in literature
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Birth 1749-12-25

Death 1814-10-04

Britons

English

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