Richard Alsop
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Richard Alsop was an American
merchant and author.
Richard Alsop was born January 23, 1761. His father was also named Richard Alsop (1727–1776). His mother was Abigail Sackett.
He was a member of the group called the Hartford Wits
, and contributed verse to the Political Greenhouse and the Echo.
His sister Abigail Alsop married Theodore Dwight
(1796–1866).
He married Mary Wyllis and died on August 20, 1815 in Long Island, New York.
United States
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merchant and author.
Richard Alsop was born January 23, 1761. His father was also named Richard Alsop (1727–1776). His mother was Abigail Sackett.
He was a member of the group called the Hartford Wits
Hartford Wits
The Hartford Wits were a group of American writers centered around Yale University and flourished in the 1780s and 1790s. Mostly graduates of Yale, they were conservative federalists who attacked their political opponents with satirical verse...
, and contributed verse to the Political Greenhouse and the Echo.
His sister Abigail Alsop married Theodore Dwight
Theodore Dwight (author)
-Life:Theodore Dwight was born March 3, 1796 in Hartford, Connecticut.His father was Theodore Dwight of the New England Dwight family. His mother was Abigail Alsop , the sister of Richard Alsop ....
(1796–1866).
He married Mary Wyllis and died on August 20, 1815 in Long Island, New York.
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