To the most renowned the President and the rest of the Knights' of the most noble Order of the Toast [manuscript], ca. 1700.

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To the most renowned the President and the rest of the Knights' of the most noble Order of the Toast [manuscript], ca. 1700.

Address by Elkanah Settle before the noble Order of the Toast also known as the Kit-Cat Club.

2 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7535376

Folger Shakespeare Library

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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 ...

Kit-Cat Club (London, England)

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