Richard Alsop
Richard Alsop (1761–1815) was an American author from the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut.
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Born | January 23, 1761 |
Died | August 20, 1815 |
Richard Alsop was born January 23, 1761. His father (1727–1776) and son were also named Richard Alsop, which has led to confusion in historical sources. His mother was Abigail Sackett.[1] He was a member of the literary group called the Hartford Wits, and contributed verse to the Political Greenhouse and the Echo.[2]
This Richard Alsop was not a merchant, as is sometimes stated. Although he translated a work on Chile (largely from an Italian edition), he never traveled to South America or anywhere else abroad. (The Richard Alsop who made a fortune trading in Peru and Chile in the 1820s was his son.)
His sister Abigail Alsop married Theodore Dwight (1764-1846). He married Mary Wyllis and died on August 20, 1815 in Long Island, New York.[1]
References
- Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1874). The history of the descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass. 1. J. F. Trow & son, printers and bookbinders. p. 231. ISBN 9781981482658.
- "Alsop, Richard". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. (subscription required)