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Letter from John Dryden to Laurence Hyde, c1682-1683.Artist: John Dryden
Letter from John Dryden to Laurence Hyde, c1682-1683. Letter from the poet John Dryden to Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, First Lord of the Treasury on his necessities, begging for a half-year's salary (as Poet Laureate and Historiographer) and for a post in the Customs or Excise. Without date but probably written in 1682 or 1683. He was made collector of customs in the Port of London on 17th December, 1683. From the first series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I - V, (London, 1899).
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AR942757
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3324px × 5232px
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
1st Earl of Rochester
ARTS
Beggar
color
CORRESPONDENCE
customs and excise
Dryden
Earl of
Earl of Rochester
FACSIMILE
FINANCE
Handwriting
Hyde
JOHN
John Dryden
Laurence
Laurence Hyde
letter
Literature
manuscript
Money
Poet
POET LAUREATE
Print Collector3
ROCHESTER
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
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The Print Collector