KDC441022 Letter from the Poet Laureate, John Dryden, to Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester and First Lord of the Treasury, begging for his salary for half a year and also asking for a post in the Customs or Excise, 1682-3 (pen & ink on paper) by Dryden, John (1631-1700); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Dryden (1631-1700) English poet, satirist and writer, Poet Laureate (1668-89); facsimile from \'Facsimiles of Royal, Historical & Literary Autographs in the Department of Manuscripts\', British Museum, 4th series, printed for the Trustees, 1898; Add.MS.17017, f.49.;); English, out of copyright.