CHARLES BRECK, born in Boston, Mass., 1782, died at Amsterdam,
Holland, May, 1822, was the third son of Samuel Breck, a wealthy
merchant of Boston, who was agent to the army and fleet of King Louis
XVI. after the French intervention in the American Revolution.
Charles Breck, while travelling in Italy, met and became engaged to a
very beautiful young lady of that country. He built in Philadelphia,
whither his father had removed from Boston, a residence exactly like
that of his betrothed. Her sudden death, just before his arrival in
Europe to claim his bride, hastened his own.
THE FOX CHASE. A Comedy in Five Acts, as performed at the Theatres,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. New York, 1808. 18mo, pp. 64.
THE TRUST. A Comedy in Five Acts. New York, 1808. 18mo, pp. 82.