Richard Steere (author) explained

Richard Steere (c. 1643–1721)^{[1] [2]} was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England, probably in 1643. Steere emigrated to the American colonies, probably to Massachusetts.^{[1] [3]}

Poetry

Steere is known for a book of poetry, A Monumental Memorial of Marine Mercy, and for The Daniel Catcher (1713), an anti-Catholic answer to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden. These were published in Boston. The modern critic Donald P. Wharton described him as "a poet unusually versatile for his time and place, [who] adds a dimension to the study of 17th-century American poetry."

Notes and References

1. Wharton, Donald P. (1979) Richard Steere: Richard Steere: Colonial Merchant Poet. Donald P. Wharton, quoted on the University of Pennsylvania page summarizing Wharton's book. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
2. Richardson, Robert D. (1999). Three Centuries of American Poetry, 1620–1923. Random House Digital, Inc.,
3. UNSW Library, Sydney Retrieved 22 February 2018.