Autograph letter signed : [Clapton], to Jacob Tonson, [1693] Aug. 30.

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Autograph letter signed : [Clapton], to Jacob Tonson, [1693] Aug. 30.

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Mentioning his stay in Clapton and his translation of Ovid; noting that the Queen [Mary II] has "commanded her Historiographer [Thomas] Rymer, to fall upon [Dryden's] Plays" because Dryden criticized her government; sending greetings to [William] Congreve.

1 item (1 p.) ; 21cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7210986

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