Elizabeth Wright letter October 8, 1799

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Elizabeth Wright letter October 8, 1799

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Elizabeth Wright writes to an unidentified publisher to remind him of a manuscript of a poem, "An Ode to Peter Pindar", which she sent to him for publication 2 years before. The poem has not been published nor has the manuscript been returned. Wright has made arrangements for the manuscript to be picked up from the publisher by Mr. Cass, shopman to Mistress Woods, Gerrard Street in Soho.

1 folder (1 leaf)

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections

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Wright, Elizabeth

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Epithet: widow of the Reverend R Wright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000155 Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000154 ...

Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819

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Peter Pindar is the pseudonym of John Wolcot, an English satirist. From the guide to the Peter Pindar letter to John Walker, 1805-1812, (Ohio University) John Wolcot studied medicine in London, took his M.D. at Aberdeen, and became physician-general of Jamaica. After returning to England, he met the painter John Opie and in 1780 the two moved from Truro to London, where Wolcot devoted himself to the writing of verse satires, mostly published under the name "Peter Pindar." ...