Richard Alsop (1761 - 1815)

Richard Alsop

Richard Alsop was an 18th-century American writer and poet.

Alsop was one of the founders of the later famous literary group, the Hartford Witters. He wrote poetry in the journals The Political Greenhouse and The Echo, the latter soon becoming primarily concerned with satirical parodies of public speeches and articles of a political nature.

Alsop also published various translations from French and Italian.