Autograph letter signed from Samuel Pegge, Whittington, [Derbyshire], to Thomas Barrett, Canterbury [manuscript], 1791 February 21.

Pegge, Samuel, 1704-1796

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Samuel Pegge was born 5 November at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was educated at Chesterfield and St. John's College, Cambridge from where he graduated BA in 1725 and MA 1729. Pegge was ordained in 1729, became curate at Sundridge, Kent in 1730 and the vicar of Godmersham, Kent in 1731. From 1749 to 1751 he lived in Surrenden, Kent as tutor to the son of Sir Edward Dering. In 1751 he was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and in the same year he was inducted into the rectory at Brinhil...

Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826

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John Pinkerton(1758-1826), was a writer of numerous works including Scottish ballads and poems, although he was found to have forged some of the "ancient" pieces, which earned him notoriety as a literary impostor. He also wrote on geography, early Scottish history, as well as numismatics and medals which brought him to the attention of Horace Walpole, with whom Pinkerton corresponded until Walpole's death (1797). From the description of John Pinkerton letters, 1775 Dec 14-1815 Jan 31...

Barrett, Thomas, 1743 or 1744-1803

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