Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756
Person
Biography
Stephen Duck (1705-1756), English poet
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
"At length the tedious winter's fled", 1755 May 13
Part of Collection — Box 50: [Barcode: 39002137225257], Folder: GROUP 1708, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Poem, holograph manuscript, with note at the end signed "S. Duck."
Dates:
1755 May 13
Joseph Spence papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 4
Abstract:
The papers include correspondence, personal papers, notes and memoranda, and related papers. Much of the material concerns Spence's Anecdotes, including manuscripts of his notes on conversations with Alexander Pope, memoranda on Stephen Duck and other authors, and notes on Spence's reading. There are also extensive notes on English gardens, shorter writings by Spence, and drafts of works which appeared in his Moralities (1753, under the pseudonym of Sir Harry Beaumont). The correspondence...
Dates:
1649-1859, bulk 1739-1768