Richard Alsop (January 23, 1761 – August 20, 1815) was an American author from the Alsop family of Middletown, Connecticut. 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. He was a member of the literary group called the

Hartford Wits The Hartford Wits were a group of young writers from Connecticut in the late eighteenth century and included John Trumbull, Timothy Dwight, David Humphreys, Joel Barlow and Lemuel Hopkins. Originally the Connecticut Wits, this group formed in t ...

, and contributed verse to the Political Greenhouse and the Echo. 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

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* http://www.bartleby.com/96/155.html 1761 births 1815 deaths Hartford Wits People of colonial Connecticut 18th-century American writers 19th-century American writers People from Middletown, Connecticut Alsop family {{US-business-bio-1760s-stub