Elkanah Settle letters to patrons

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Elkanah Settle letters to patrons

1700-1724

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Two letters from Settle, the first to Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset, the second to another patron, presenting poems; with an autograph note by Thomas Percy concerning Settle and these letters.

.04 linear feet

eng, Latn

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Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724

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Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) was an English poet and playwright. He was born at Dunstable, and entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1666, but left without taking a degree. His first tragedy, Cambyses, King of Persia, was produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1667. The success of this play led the Earl of Rochester to encourage the new writer as a rival to John Dryden. Through his influence, Settle's The Empress of Morocco (1673) was twice performed at Whitehall, and proved a ...