Benjamin Thompson letter to Thomas Hill, 1799 Dec. 20.

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Benjamin Thompson letter to Thomas Hill, 1799 Dec. 20.

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Thompson writes to Hill, 20 Dec. 1799, communicating the safe arrival at home of himself and his wife, and anticipating an expected visit from Hill, with a reminder to send a copy of each play. Integral envelope, addressed to Thos. Hill, London, postmarked 23 Dec. 1799.

2 p.

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Thompson, Benjamin, 1776?-1816

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English dramatist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Nottingham, to the book collector, Thomas Hill, 1800 Nov. 22 and 1801 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572093 English dramatist and translator Benjamin Thompson was trained as a lawyer, but elected not to practice. He was sent to Hamburg as an agent for his father, a merchant, where he translated several plays from German into English. These proved quite successful on the British stage, especi...

Hill, Thomas, 1760-1840

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Thomas Hill was a book collector described as "a lover of English literature who possessed one of the most copious collections of English poetry in existence." From the description of Letter, Covent Garden, to Rev. Thomas Maurice, 1799 February 13. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34072970 John Taylor was the editor of the newspaper The Sun, and author of a memoir titled Records of my life. Thomas Hill was the editor of the Monthly Mirror. The t...