Wolcot papers, ca. 1790-1819.

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Wolcot papers, ca. 1790-1819.

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The papers consist of mansucripts of elegies, odes and other miscellaneous verse, most of it satiric, in both Wolcot's hand and the hand of his amenuensis. Several are directed against the publisher James Rivington; other odes lament the world's ingratitude to poets or praise the virtue of charity.

0.50 linear ft. (1 box)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8317144

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Rivington, James, 1724-1802

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English-American printer and bookseller. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Peter Van Scheeck of Kundahook, 1791 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655298 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Samuel Galloway, 1768 May 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655295 James Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist in London and New York. Publisher of a prominent Loyalist newspaper, he was later disco...

Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819

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Peter Pindar is the pseudonym of John Wolcot, an English satirist. From the guide to the Peter Pindar letter to John Walker, 1805-1812, (Ohio University) John Wolcot studied medicine in London, took his M.D. at Aberdeen, and became physician-general of Jamaica. After returning to England, he met the painter John Opie and in 1780 the two moved from Truro to London, where Wolcot devoted himself to the writing of verse satires, mostly published under the name "Peter Pindar." ...