Richard Steere (author)

Richard Steere (1643 – 1721) was a colonial American merchant and poet.

Steere was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England, probably in 1643. He is known for his book of poetry A Monumental Memorial of Marine Mercy and The Daniel Catcher (1713), an anti-Catholic answer to 's Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden.

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