Pratt, Mr. (Samuel Jackson), 1749-1814
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Samuel Jackson Pratt abandoned his clerical career to become successively an actor, a bookseller, a dramatist, and finally a prolific poet and novelist whose best-known productions were the poem Sympathy and a translation of The Sorrows of Werther.
The collection also contains "The Linnets," a sentimental fable by Pratt, and a copy of a poem, "On Mrs. Provis leaving Bath the day after Keppel's Arrival."
From the description of Pratt papers, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146930
Samuel Jackson Pratt abandoned his clerical career to become successively an actor, a bookseller, a dramatist, and finally a prolific poet and novelist whose best-known productions were the poem Sympathy and a translation of The Sorrows of Werther.
The collection also contains "The Linnets," a sentimental fable by Pratt, and a copy of a poem, "On Mrs. Provis leaving Bath the day after Keppel's Arrival."
From the description of Pratt papers, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81982892
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| associatedWith | Carter, John, 1761 or 2-1829. |
| associatedWith | Garle, Mr., 18th/19th cent. |
| associatedWith | Garrick, David, 1717-1779 |
| associatedWith | Godwin, William, 1756-1836. |
| associatedWith | Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| associatedWith | Morley, Frances Parker, Countess of |
| associatedWith | Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853 |
| associatedWith | Pennington, Penelope. |
| associatedWith | Seward, Anna, 1742-1809 |
| associatedWith | Weston, Miss. |
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Birth 1749-12-25
Death 1814-10-04
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