Poems by the late unhappy and lamented William Dodd, LL.D. : manuscript, 1745-1796.

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Poems by the late unhappy and lamented William Dodd, LL.D. : manuscript, 1745-1796.

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This volume consists of seven of Dodd's published poems, bound together with what appear to have once been several different manuscript compilations of his poems, each paginated separately. The compilation was done by Weeden Butler, who had been employed by Dodd as an amanuensis from 1764 to 1777. Very few of the poems are in Dodd's distinctive hand. Many or most of the transcripts appear to be in Butler's hand, based on a comparison with his 1796 introduction. Butler did some of this transcription during Dodd's lifetime, as at least one of the original volumes was annotated and expanded by Dodd. The collection also includes an apparently unpublished tragedy, Panormus and Emelinda.

269 leaves, bound (.2 linear ft.)

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Butler, Weeden, 1742-1823

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Master at a fashionable boys' school in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, England; Buther was an Anglican minister, and author of various books, including The Perpetuity of Brotherly Love (1791); As a native of Kent, Weeden Butler was presumably unrelated to the Irish Butlers; NOT Weeden Butler the younger (1773-1831); aAs From the description of Letter, 1788 Sept. 2, Chelsea, [London, England], from [Rev.] W[eeden] Butler [to] Hon. P[ierce] Butler. (University of South Carolina). WorldC...

Dodd, William, 1729-1777

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William Dodd (1729-1777) attended the University of Cambridge, and was ordained as a minister in 1752. He published a wide variety of works from 1747 onward, including poetry, a novel, theological writings, and his most successful work, The Beauties of Shakespeare (1752). In 1767, he founded Pimlico Chapel in London behind Buckingham House, in an effort to attract royal patronage. Dodd grew increasingly desperate for money to pay debts. On 1777 Feb. 1, he forged the name of a former pupil on a b...