Introduction
A William Godwin,
correspondence & papers, 1772-1836
A.1
Diaries, 1788-1836
A.2
Correspondence, [1780]-1835, n.d.
A.2.1 Original correspondence
[1780]-1835, n.d.
A.2.2 Draft & fair copy,
[1784]-1834, n.d.
A.2.3 Letterpress ('wet-transfer')
copies, 1795-1805, n.d.
A.3
Literary papers, 1788-1836, n.d.
A.3.1 Plays, 1790, n.d.
A.3.2 Poems, n.d.
A.3.3 Novels and fiction fragments,
?1805-c. 1830, n.d.
A.3.4 Non-fiction, 1793-c. 1834,
n.d.
A.3.5 Essays & non-fiction
fragments, 1797-1824, n.d.
A.3.6 Prefaces, prospectuses, plans,
1816-33, n.d.
A.3.7 Obituaries & reviews by
Godwin, c. 1797-1820
A.3.8 Open letters,
1785-[1821]
A.3.9 Sermons & speeches
(including juvenilia), 1772-c. 1831-2, n.d.
A.3.10 Advertisements of Godwin's
works, 1806-30, n.d.
A.4
Criticism, c. 1784-1835, n.d.
A.4.1 Critique by others of Godwin's
works, c. 1784-1835, n.d.
A.4.2 Critique of others' works, 1826,
n.d.
A.5
Notes, 1788-1831, n.d.
A.5.1 Autobiographical,
1788-1831
A.5.2 Writing notes, c. 1790-c. 1836
(mainly undated)
A.5.3 Reading notes, n.d.
A.5.4 Historical, n.d.
A.5.5 Philosophical, n.d.
A.5.6 Religious, n.d.
A.5.7 General criticism and biography,
1814, n.d.
A.5.8 Political, n.d.
A.5.9 Miscellaneous notes,
n.d.
A.6
Legal & financial papers, 1793-1834, n.d.
A.6.1 Book proposals, 1798-?1807,
n.d.
A.6.2 Contract agreements,
1793-1834
A.6.3 Business papers, 1811-c. 1825,
n.d.
A.6.4 Fundraising, c.
1811-23
A.6.5 Miscellaneous legal, 1834,
n.d.
A.7
Copies & extracts, 1793-1836
A.7.1 Copied letters, 1798-1820,
n.d.
A.7.2 Extracts of poetry, plays,
memoirs etc., 1793-1835
B Mary Wollstonecraft,
correspondence & papers, [1785]-1797, n.d.
B.1
Correspondence, [1785]-1797, n.d.
B.2
Papers, 1795
C Wollstonecraft sisters,
correspondence & papers, 1783-1843
C.1
Mary to Everina Wollstonecraft & Eliza Bishop, 1783-94,
n.d.
C.2
Letters to Everina Wollstonecraft, 1786-1843
C.2.1 Original correspondence,
1786-1843
C.2.2 Copy letters, 1838
C.3
Letters to Eliza Bishop, 1785, n.d.
C.4
Papers, 1798
D Mary Jane Godwin
correspondence & papers, 1801-36, n.d.
D.1
Original correspondence, 1801-36
D.2
Papers, 1817, n.d.
E Letters & papers between
third parties (Godwin era), [1786]-1832, n.d.
E.1
Letters, [1786]-1832, n.d.
E.1.1 Original letters, [1786]-1832,
n.d.
E.1.2 Drafts, n.d.
E.2
Papers, c. 1799-1800, n.d.
F Mary Shelley, correspondence
and papers, ?1782-1876
F.1
Journals of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley,
1814-76
F.2
Original correspondence, [1816]-1850, n.d.
F.3
Copied material, mainly for the 'Life of William Godwin'
?1782-1820
F.4
Manuscripts, 1818-c. 1849, n.d.
F.4.1 Novels & short stories,
1818-19, n.d.
F.4.2 Poem, 1825
F.4.3 Translations, c.
1844-9
F.4.4 'Life of William Godwin', c.
1836-40
F.4.5 Non-fiction works, [1816],
n.d.
F.4.6 Greek studies, [1821],
n.d.
F.5
Poems by others, 1809-44, n.d.
F.6
Personal papers, 1821-49, n.d.
F.6.1 Drawings & prints, 1832,
n.d.
F.6.2 Inventories & lists, 1822,
n.d.
F.6.3 Extracts & printed ephemera,
1821-36, n.d.
F.6.4 Financial, 1849,
n.d.
G Percy Bysshe Shelley,
correspondence & papers, 1810-22, n.d.
G.1
Correspondence, 1810-22, n.d.
G.1.1 Original correspondence,
1810-22, n.d.
G.1.2 Drafts, [1820]
G.2
Papers, ?1817, n.d.
H Jane Williams, correspondence
& papers, 1819-60, n.d.
H.1
Correspondence, 1819-60, n.d.
H.1.1 Letters to Jane Williams,
1819-33, n.d.
H.1.2 Drafts, 1843-60,
n.d.
H.2
Papers, n.d.
I Letters & papers between
third parties (Percy and Mary Shelley era), 1815-?1838,
n.d.
I.1
Journals of John Gisborne, 1827-31, n.d.
I.2
Original letters, 1815-?1838, n.d.
I.3
Drafts, n.d.
J Sir Percy Florence and Jane,
Lady Shelley correspondence & papers, 1810-98, n.d.
J.1
Correspondence of Jane, Lady Shelley, 1851-98, n.d.
J.1.1 Letters to Jane, Lady Shelley,
1851-98, n.d.
J.1.2 Drafts, [1878]-1892,
n.d.
J.2
Sir Percy Florence Shelley correspondence, 1834-c. 1886,
n.d.
J.2.1 Letters to Sir Percy Florence
Shelley, 1834-58
J.2.2 Outgoing, draft, [1839]-c. 1886,
n.d.
J.3
Copied material (for 'Shelley Memorials' and 'Shelley and Mary'),
1810-?1850
J.3.1 Letters, 1810-?1850
J.3.2 Papers, 1814-20,
n.d.
J.4
Literary manuscripts, 1838-96, n.d.
J.4.1 'Shelley Memorials', notes and
drafts, c. 1859
J.4.2 'Shelley and Mary', notes and
drafts, c. 1882-1885
J.4.3 Notes and drafts (unknown
works), [1819]-1896, n.d.
J.4.4 Plays, stories, poems, 1830,
n.d.
J.5
Literary papers, 1845-87, n.d.
J.5.1 Criticism, 1862-c. 1885,
n.d.
J.5.2 Notes, c. 1886, n.d.
J.5.3 Lists, n.d.
J.5.4 Extracts & ephemera,
1845-87, n.d.
J.6
Personal papers, 184[?5]-98, n.d.
J.6.1 Legal, c. 1848-98,
n.d.
J.6.2 Miscellaneous,
1857-83
J.6.3 Drawings & prints, c. 1892,
n.d.
J.6.4 Photographs, n.d.
K Letters & papers between
third parties (Sir Percy and Jane Shelley era, and later),
1857-1937, n.d.
K.1
Letters, 1857-1937, n.d.
K.2
Papers, 1904-5
L Secondary materials,
n.d.
L.1
Wrappers, labels & lists, n.d.
L.2
Boxes & folders, n.d.
| Abstract: Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899) |
Note: The 'Dep.' shelfmarks have been superceded by the shelfmark 'MS. Abinger'. Please see the Conspectus of shelfmarks from 'Dep' to 'MS. Abinger'..
The Abinger collection comprises the correspondence and papers of three generations of the Godwin & Shelley families. This includes the majority of the surviving correspondence and papers of the philosopher and author William Godwin and his first wife, the feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft, and second wife, the translator and bookshop owner Mary Jane Clairmont, as well as the correspondence of Everina Wollstonecraft and Eliza Bishop, Mary Wollstonecraft's sisters. The remainder of the collection includes those letters and papers of Godwin and Wollstonecraft's daughter, Mary Shelley, and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, not given to the Bodleian Library in the nineteenth- and early twentieth centuries (see MS. Shelley and MS. Shelley adds.). Finally, the collection contains the (mainly Shelley-memoir related) correspondence and papers of Percy and Mary Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley, and his wife Jane Shelley.
As reflected in the current arrangement of the collection, each generation of the family was involved in the copying, description and organisation of these papers, mainly in order to write or expedite family memoirs and biographies. William Godwin arranged the correspondence of his wife Mary Wollstonecraft in order to write 'Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1798). Mary Shelley collected William Godwin's correspondence (which involved recalling Godwin's outgoing correspondence from his friends) in order to write the, unfinished, 'Life of William Godwin' (c. 1836-40). Mary Shelley also edited her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley's works. Jane, Lady Shelley edited two Shelley-related works, 'Shelley Memorials' (1859) and 'Shelley and Mary' (1882). Sir Percy and Jane Shelley also commissioned or loaned material to the authors of several other Shelley-related works, including Thomas Jefferson Hogg for 'Life of Shelley' (1858) and Edward Dowden for 'Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley' (1886).
Please see the provenance section, below, for more information about the history of the collection. For further information about the Godwin & Shelley family, please see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
The papers are arranged generationally, and comprise first: William Godwin's diaries, correspondence and papers; Mary Wollstonecraft's correspondence and papers; Everina Wollstonecraft & Eliza Bishop correspondence and papers; Mary Jane Godwin correspondence and papers; third-party correspondence and papers from the Godwin period. Second: Mary Shelley correspondence and papers; Percy Bysshe Shelley correspondence and papers; Jane Williams Hogg correspondence; third-party diaries and correspondence from the Shelley period. Third: Jane Shelley correspondence; Sir Percy Florence Shelley correspondence; Sir Percy Florence and Jane Shelley papers; third-party correspondence and papers from the Shelley/Abinger period. Fourth: secondary materials (original wrappers, labels, lists, boxes).
Bennett, Betty, Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1980-88.
Clemit, Pamela, The letters of William Godwin. Volume I: 1778-1797, 2011
Note: The first volume of the definitive edition of William Godwin's letters was published after the completion of this online catalogue. It contains much additional research to provide new identifications and datings for his outgoing and incoming correspondence, which may supplement and extend the information provided here.
Clemit, Pamela, William Godwin and Jame Watt's copying Machine: wet-transfer copies in the Abinger Papers in The Bodleian Library Record, 18/5 (April 2005), pp 532-60
Garrett, Martin Mary Shelley Chronology, 2002
Shelley, Mary Life of William Godwin, ed. Judith Barbour, 1998 [http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/godwin/]
St Clair, William The Godwins and The Shelleys, 1989
Stocking, Marion, The Clairmont Correspondence, 1995
Most material in each series is arranged chronologically.
The Abinger papers are the residue of the collection of Shelley family papers from Boscombe Manor (near Bournemouth, Dorset), the home of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Baronet of Castle Goring (1819-1889), and his wife Jane, Lady Shelley (1820-1899). Sir Percy had inherited the family archive from his mother, Mary Shelley (1797-1851). She was the central figure in its initial formation, for alongside her own papers she had accumulated those of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), her parents William Godwin (1756-1836) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), and her aunt Everina Wollstonecraft (1765-1843). She also added further papers from other members of the Shelley and Godwin circles, including returned letters, through her editorial and biographical researches on her husband and father.
In the last years of her life, Mary Shelley developed a close relationship with her daughter-in-law. Accordingly, it was Lady Shelley who took the lead after 1851 in caring for and augmenting the family papers. She established within Boscombe Manor a shrine-like 'Sanctum' to house and display papers, portraits and relics, accessible only to the family and their chosen visitors. Biographical projects encouraged the collection of further papers and relics, still from personal contacts but also increasingly through the saleroom. Lady Shelley herself drew extensively on the augmented family archive for her Shelley Memorials (1859) and the privately-printed Shelley and Mary (4 vols., 1882).Over the years, Sir Percy and Lady Shelley also encouraged biographies and editions by friends such as Thomas Jefferson Hogg (until the inevitable quarrel), Richard Garnett, Charles Kegan Paul, Edward Dowden and Florence Marshall, whilst keeping other would-be editors and biographers such as Henry Buxton Forman and William Michael Rossetti at arm's length. Papers and correspondence for some of these negotiations duly entered the archive.
After Sir Percy's death in 1889, Lady Shelley spent her last decade in finding homes for parts of the Boscombe collection, concentrating especially on the literary papers of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley. At Oxford, following the centenary of Shelley's birth, she endowed the Shelley Memorial at University College (1893) and gave selected notebooks, letters and relics to the Bodleian Library (1893 and 1894). She bequeathed most of Shelley's other working notebooks, with further relics and papers, to her husband's cousin and the heir to his baronetcy, John Courtown Edward Shelley, who later changed his name to Sir John Shelley-Rolls (1871-1951). Sir John gave the notebooks to the Bodleian Library in 1946, and bequeathed the rest to the Library, subject to his wife's life-interest (received 1961). All these earlier, non-Abinger donations from the Boscombe collection are preserved at the Bodleian as 'MSS. Shelley' and [printed] 'Shelley', and (amongst accessions from other sources) as 'MSS. Shelley adds.' and [printed] 'Shelley adds.'
The Abinger collection thus comprises all those items which were not specifically allocated by Lady Shelley, either during her lifetime or in her will: the remainder of the family archive, including the great mass of William Godwin papers and the scantier remnants of Mary Wollstonecraft's; the Shelleys' incoming correspondence; and three major treasures, Godwin's 32-volume journal, the 5-volume journal of Mary (with Percy) Shelley, and the surviving fragments of the draft and fair-copy manuscripts of Frankenstein. Lady Shelley bequeathed her houses with their residual contents to her two eldest grandsons (by adoption), Shelley Scarlett and Robert Scarlett. These were the children of her niece, Bessie Florence Scarlett (née Gibson), whom she and Sir Percy had adopted. Bessie had married Leopold Scarlett, in whose family lay the barony of Abinger. Leopold died in 1888 before he could inherit the title, but Shelley Scarlett and Robert Scarlett became respectively the 5th and 6th Barons Abinger, both childless. Their deaths in 1917 and 1927 provided some leakage onto the market -- notably printed books from the Shelley family library -- but the papers were passed down en masse to their brother Hugh, the 7th Baron Abinger.
When Hugh's son James became the 8th Baron Abinger on his father's death in 1943, he took a serious and well-informed interest in the family papers. He arranged or rearranged some papers into folders, made typescript lists of the folders' contents and combined them into a typescript catalogue. In 1948 and 1952 he allowed all or nearly all the papers to be microfilmed at his house at Clees Hall, Bures, Suffolk, for Duke University Library. This project was initiated in 1948 by Professor Newman I. White of Duke University and completed in 1952 by Marion Kingston. The Bodleian owns a copy of her typescript list (MS. Shelley adds. d. 11 = R.6.112), and a positive copy of the entire film in 16 reels (MSS. Film 58-68, 72-76). A list based on the film was also published by Lewis Patton, 'The Shelley-Godwin collection of Lord Abinger', Library News 27 (April 1953), pp. 11-17 (an annotated copy is available at R.6.112a). In 1954, Lord Abinger took the whole collection temporarily to New York, to enable a short-term display of selected items at the New York Public Library; the papers were then again microfilmed for the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, but in a different order.
In the early 1970s, Lord Abinger gave permission for an edition of the Shelleys' joint journal to be prepared for publication by Oxford University Press, and deposited the original journals at the Bodleian for the editors' use (published as The Journals of Mary Shelley 1814-1844, ed. Paula R. Feldman & Diana Scott-Kilvert, 2 vols., Oxford 1987). This led to Lord Abinger's further decision to deposit almost the entire collection on long-term loan at the Bodleian. However, this was not accomplished as a single deposit, but in a series of nine batches over some 20 years, 1974-1993. The arrangement of the loose papers in their folders, as they arrived batch by batch, corresponded only partially with the arrangements of the two microfilm projects of the 1950s. The folders and notebooks were allocated 'Dep.' numbers as they arrived, but were not sorted or fully catalogued. Not quite all the collection was deposited at the Bodleian, since some papers and relics remained with Lord Abinger (along with printed books) and others had been lent by him to other institutions such as the former Shelley Museum at Boscombe.
Lord Abinger's son James succeeded him as the 9th Baron in 2002. He decided to put the papers on the market, but gave first refusal to the Bodleian Library, which thereupon launched a national and international campaign to raise the purchase-money. This mission was accomplished in 2004, when the Abinger collection was bought outright by the Bodleian Library with generous donations from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, and many other institutional and individual donors. Cataloguing of the papers was completed in 2010 with the aid of a grant from the John R. Murray Charitable Trust, and the papers were redistributed from their former 'Dep.' numbers into new 'MS. Abinger' shelfmarks.
The provenance of any single item in the Abinger collection may often be inferred, but never taken for granted. Although Sir John Shelley-Rolls continued to add purchases to his share of the Boscombe collection well into the 20th century, there is no evidence that the successive Lords Abinger added to theirs: accordingly, it may be assumed that every item now in the Abinger papers was already present in the Boscombe collection by the time of Lady Shelley's death in 1899, apart from secondary papers concerning the later arrangement and administration of the collection. Most of the papers will have been inherited by Sir Percy and Lady Shelley from Mary Shelley in 1851: so the default provenance of most Godwin items, especially the file copies of his outgoing letters, is from his own personal archive, as inherited by Mary Shelley in 1836. However, each piece of paper must be examined on its own terms. An original letter from William Godwin, as posted, might have been returned to Mary Shelley by its recipient after 1836. Similarly, original letters from Mary Shelley might well have been returned later to Sir Percy and Lady Shelley, who certainly bought further letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley. The large batch of Gisborne notebooks in the Abinger papers was bought by them at auction in 1878 from the Gisbornes' servant, Elizabeth Rumble (though original letters from P. B. Shelley to the Gisbornes had already been obtained from her by Mary Shelley in the late 1830s). Sir Percy and Lady Shelley bought the manuscripts of Frankenstein before 1887 through Richard Garnett from a Mr. A. H. Bradford, who had in turn obtained them from 'a picture-cleaner named Godwin [sic]'. A skirmish in the courts in 1897 over ownership of some Shelley letters to T. J. Hogg, from the estate of Hogg's daughter, Prudentia Lonsdale, allowed Lady Shelley the opportunity for one last purchase.
The Abinger collection was deposited in the Bodleian Library by James Scarlett, 8th Lord Abinger (unless otherwise stated).
Batch I deposited 17 June 1974. Shelfmarked as: Dep. b. 210/1-9, Dep. b. 211-12, Dep. b. 214-15, Dep. c. 477-8, Dep. d. 311/1-5, Dep. d. 374/1-3
Batch II deposited 22 April 1975. Shelfmarked Dep. c. 507-22, Dep. d. 390-3, Dep. e. 196-229
Batch III deposited 30 July 1975. Shelfmarked Dep. c. 523-30, Dep. d. 398-414, Dep. e. 230-243, Dep. f. 32-41
Batch IV, deposited 22 January 1976. Shelfmarked Dep. c. 531, Dep. c. 531/1-9, Dep. c. 533-8, Dep. d. 474-5
Batch IVa (loaned to the Bodleian Library by Lord Abinger 5 Dec 1968, and transferred to long-term deposit 10 Aug 1977). Shelfmarked Dep. e. 246
Batch V, deposited 22 Feb. 1979. Two letters to Everina Wollstonecraft, 7 Nov. [1787] and 14 March 1788 (second leaf lost); one to Mrs. Eliza Bishop, 5 Nov. [no year]. Letter (signed 'Mary Imlay') to Everina Wollstonecraft, 20 Sept. [1793].returned to Dep. b. 210 (Batch I). Other deposits shelfmarked Dep. b. 226/1-16, Dep. b. 227/1-8, Dep. b. 228/1-9, Dep. b. 229/1-11, Dep. c. 601-3, Dep. c. 604/1-3, Dep. c. 605, Dep. c. 606/1-5, Dep. c. 607/1-8, Dep. c. 608/1-3, Dep. c. 609-12, Dep. d. 562-7, Dep. e. 203, Dep. e. 273-4, Dep. f. 65-9
Batch VI, deposited by Mr William St. Clair, 5 June 1982. Shelfmarked Dep. c. 663/1-6
Batch VII, deposited through Dr. Betty T. Bennett, 13 August 1984. Shelfmarked Dep. c. 674
Batch VIII, deposited through Mr John Buxton, 22 February 1989. Shelfmarked Dep. c. 766/1-6, Dep. c. 767/1-7, Dep. c. 768, Dep. c. 769/1-5
Batch IX, deposited through Dr Betty T. Bennett, 16 Aug 1993. Shelfmarked Dep. c. 810/1-3, Dep. c. 811/1-4, Dep. c. 812/1-6, Dep. c. 813/1-5, Dep. c. 814
The manuscript of Frankenstein, the Shelley and Mary journals, and holograph letters of Allegra Byron; George Gordon, Lord Byron; Washington Irving; John Keats; Thomas Malthus; Percy Bysshe Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Wollstonecraft and William Wordsworth are restricted.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Abinger c. 14, fols. 1-2].
See also:
The Shelley collection: MSS. Shelley and MSS. Shelley adds.
The Burdett-Coutts collection (Sir Francis Burdett)
Papers of the Publishing House of Bentley
Names of authors and recipients of letters have frequently been listed in accordance with published editions of the correspondence, as well as evidence from handwriting, addresses and Godwin's journal. The authors and recipient are therefore listed less conservatively (in the form of square brackets, question marks and the provision of alternate identifications) than the names of people listed in the contents descriptions.
Most names have been listed as written, an exception has been made in five cases (below). For your convenience, please use the following versions of these individuals' names when searching:
Date written: 1788-9
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 196
Fol(s).: 1-30
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. I. 6 Apr. 1788-4 Apr. 1789
Note: See also an electronic transcript and images at http://godwindiary.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/
Date written: 1789-90
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 197
Fol(s).: 1-38
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. II. 6 Apr. 1789-21 Aug. 1790
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Date written: 1790-91
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 198
Fol(s).: 1-36
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. III. -22 Aug. 1790-17 Sept. 1791
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Date written: 1791-2
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 199
Fol(s).: 1-22
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. IV. 4 Sept. 1791-30 June 1792
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Date written: 1792-3
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 200
Fol(s).: 1-22
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. V. 1 July 1792-20 Apr. 1793
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Date written: 1793-5
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 201
Fol(s).: 1-48
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. VI. 21 Apr. 1792-21 Jan. 1795
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Date written: 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 33
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 273
Fol(s).: 1-24
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Supplement to journal 1793. 23-24 Mar. 1793, 5 Apr. 1793, 10 Jan. 1795
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Date written: 1795-6
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 202
Fol(s).: 1-48
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. VII. 1 Feb. 1795-24 Sept. 1796
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Date written: 1796-8
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 203
Fol(s).: 1-48
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. VIII. 25 Sept. 1796-14 July 1798
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Date written: 1798-1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 204
Fol(s).: 1-48
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. IX. 15 July 1798-10 May 1800
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Date written: 1800-02
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 205
Fol(s).: 1-46
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. X. 11 May 1800-30 Jan. 1802
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Date written: 1802-3
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 206
Fol(s).: 1-48
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. XI. 31 Jan. 1802-19 Nov. 1803
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Date written: 1803-5
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 207
Fol(s).: 1-46
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. XII. 20 Nov. 1803-10 Aug. 1805
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Date written: 1805-7
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 208
Fol(s).: 1-46
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. XIII. 11 Aug. 1805-2 May 1807
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Date written: 1807-9
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 209
Fol(s).: 1-46
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
No. XIV. 3 May 1807-21 Jan. 1809
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Date written: 1809-10
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 15
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 210
Fol(s).: 1-46
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No. XV. 22 Jan. 1809-13 Oct. 1810
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Date written: 1810-12
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 16
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 211
Fol(s).: 1-38
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No. XVI. 14 Oct. 1810-14 Mar. 1812
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Date written: 1812-13
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 17
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 212
Fol(s).: 1-38
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No. XVII. 15 Mar. 1812-14 Aug. 1813
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Date written: 1813-15
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 18
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 213
Fol(s).: 1-38
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No. XVIII. 15 Aug. 1813-14 Jan. 1815
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Date written: 1815-16
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 19
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 214
Fol(s).: 1-38
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No. XIX. 15 Jan. 1815-15 June 1816
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Date written: 1816-17
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 20
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 215
Fol(s).: 1-38
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No. XX. 16 June 1816-15 Nov. 1817
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Date written: 1817-19
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 21
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 216
Fol(s).: 1-36
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No. XXI. 16 Nov. 1817-20 Mar. 1819
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Date written: 1819-20
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 22
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 217
Fol(s).: 1-38
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No. XXII. 21 Mar. 1819-19 Aug. 1820
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Date written: 1820-21
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 23
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 218
Fol(s).: 1-38
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No. XXIII. 20 Aug. 1820-31 Dec. 1821
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Date written: 1822-3
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 24
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 219
Fol(s).: 1-40
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No. XXIV. 1 Jan. 1822-28 June 1823
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Date written: 1823-5
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Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 220
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No. XXV. 29 June 1823-1 Jan. 1825
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Date written: 1825-6
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 26
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 221
Fol(s).: 1-40
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No. XXVI. 2 Jan. 1825-1 July 1826
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Date written: 1826-7
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No. XXVII. 2 July 1826-29 Dec. 1827
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Date written: 1827-9
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 28
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 223
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No. XXVIII. 30 Dec. 1827-22 Aug. 1829
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Date written: 1829-31
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Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 224
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No. XXIX. 23 Aug. 1829-16 Apr. 1831
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Date written: 1831-2
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger e. 30
Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 225
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No. XXX. 17 Apr. 1831-8 Dec. 1832
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Date written: 1832-4
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Former shelfmark: Dep. e. 226
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No. XXXI. 9 Dec. 1832-2 Aug. 1834
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Date written: 1834-6
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No. XXXI. 3 Aug. 1834- 26 Mar. 1836
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Arranged chronologically with incoming and outgoing correspondence interleaved. Undated items have been arranged alphabetically by recipient. Undated letters only questionably to William Godwin are at the end of the sequence. This series excludes Godwin's letters to Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Jane Godwin and Mary & Percy Bysshe Shelley - for those see their respective correspondence (below)
Date written: [1780-2]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, unsigned
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Concerning health and domestic matters; et al.
Incipit: As it is the sacred...
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[William Godwin] to [Ann] Godwin
Date written: ?1782-3
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, unsigned
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On quitting as a dissenting minister; et al.
Mentions [James] M[arshall]
Incipit: I am exceedingly sorry...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 31-3
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Father Paul [James Marshall] to [William Godwin]
Date written: 7 Jan. 1783
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 5
Document type: original, signed
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Concerning the imminent publication of Godwin's anonymous 'Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham' (1783); child expected of Mrs M[arshal]
Incipit: Fear not, mon cher ami...
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Frederick Norman to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Jan. 1783
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 6-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's situation at Beaconsfield; Norman's congregation
Incipit: I have been out on a Journey...
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[James Marshall] to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Jan. [1783]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 8-9
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the publication of Godwin's anonymous 'Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham' (1783); child expected of Mrs M[arshal]
Mentions Hearsley; Mrs M[arshall]
Incipit: Six days are almost...
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[James Marshall] to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sat., [1783]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the imminent publication of Godwin's anonymous 'Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham' (1783)
(Also includes a short list of proof corrections in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Hearsley
Incipit: Ecce homo!...
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?James Marshall to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sat., ?1783
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 607/2
Fol(s).: 11
Document type: original, unsigned
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Concerning the 'Life of Lord Chatham' (1783)
Mentions Hearsley; Camden (either Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden or John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden); Shelburne [William] Petty; [Edmund] Burke; [Charles] Fox; [?Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: I have been just saying...
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Richard Watson to [William Godwin]
Date written: 5 July 1784
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 12-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Godwin for the gift of a book
Incipit: I have just received at Cambridge the...
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James Marshall to William Godwin
Date written: 23 July 1784
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 14-15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Marshall's admiration for Godwin; experiences in the Caribbean; request for books and journals etc.
Mentions Mr Collins; Mr Smith
Incipit: This burning climate totally...
Images
Date written: 4 Sept. 1784
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 16-17
Document type: original, signed
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Concerning Mr. Marshall's tailor's bill
Mentions [James] Marshall; Mr Dobbins
Incipit: Mr Godwin will excuse the liberty...
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William Godwin to [M. Marshall]
Date written: 6 Sept. 1784
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 18
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning Mr. Marshall's tailor's bill
Mentions [James] Marshall; Mr Dobbins
Incipit: I am extremely sorry that...
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Thomas Harris to [William Godwin]
Date written: 19 Oct. 1784
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(d)
Fol(s).: 19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Refusing to perform [Godwin's] tragedy
Incipit: After so much trouble as...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Feb. 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning H Godwin's love of letters; William Godwin's relationship with Miss Jay
Mentions Mrs Hoyle
Incipit: Sweet! Surely, sweet...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Apr. 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 22-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the loss of Conyers [?Godwin]
Mentions Miss Jay
Incipit: Oh! My dear...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 29 June 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 24-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the possibility of H Godwin living with William Godwin
Mentions Miss Jay; Mrs Hoyle; Mr Wilkins; Mr Church
Incipit: What do you say now...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Aug. 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 26-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning prospective visits to William Godwin; people with whom H Godwin can speak honestly; H Godwin's search for a position; et al.
Mentions Wilkins; [?Frederick] Norman; Denning; Mrs Hague
Incipit: This letter is not to tell...
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[Hannah Godwin] to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Aug. 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 28-9
Document type: original, unsigned
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Concerning the death of Mr Sothren
Mentions Mrs Sothren; ?Ann Godwin; [?Frederick] Norman
Incipit: When you receive this my...
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Hannah Sothren to William Godwin
Date written: 13 Oct. 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(d)
Fol(s).: 30-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an offer of assistance Godwin has made to Sothren; Godwin's successor at Stowmarket
Mentions Mr Sothren
Incipit: I must own I am very much...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: [1785]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 32-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning H Godwin's current situation; a list of women who will try to assist her
Mentions [?Frederick] Norman; Mrs ?Hague; Mrs Mitchell; Mrs Philips; Mrs Wilson; Mrs Vina; Mr Jacobs; Mrs Branford; Mrs Callow; [Samuel] Parr
Incipit: If you do not receive a Letter...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: c. 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 34-5
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Enclosing reading matter for William Godwin
Mentions Conyers [Godwin]
Incipit: Read the inclosed my...
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Hannah Godwin to [William Godwin]
Date written: c. 1785
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 36
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning H Godwin's journey to Norwich
Incipit: We arrived safe at N--...
Mentions Mr Jay
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William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., [1785-6]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 37
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a work by Thomson
Incipit: I am very Sorry that I am...
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William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., [1785-6]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 38-9
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning newspaper reporting; et al.
Incipit: Dr. Thomson's Compliments...
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William Thomson to [William Godwin]
Date written: Fri., [1785-6]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an essay Thomson has written
Mentions [?John] Murray
Incipit: I received yours of this day...
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George Macartney to William Godwin
Date written: 27 July 1786
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a research query relating to India
Incipit: The letter with which you...
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William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 4 Oct. [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 43
Document type: orignal, unsigned
Contents
Concerning criticism of [William] Paley
Incipit: Dr. Thomson's Compliments...
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Andrew Kippis to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Nov. 1786
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 811/1
Fol(s).: 44r & 45r
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning [?Henry] Beaufoy's wish to call on Godwin
Incipit: Dr Kippis's compliments to...
Images
William Godwin to Andrew Kippis
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 811/1
Fol(s).: 45v
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Agreeing to meet Beaufoy
Incipit: Mr. G presents his c's to Dr. K...
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William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 46
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a speculation on the public economy; Commercial Treaty; et al.
Incipit: Enclosed is the promised speculation...
Images
William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 47-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning criticism of [William] Paley; the 'Political Herald'; et al.
Incipit: You will perceive I have been...
Mentions [Gilbert] Stuart; [George] Robinson
Images
William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 49-50
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the 'Herald'; a review of Playfair; et al.
Mentions [Gilbert] Stuart; [John] Playfair; [William] Paley
Incipit: I received y[ou]r Letter...
Images
William Thomson to [William Godwin]
Date written: Tue., [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 51
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the posthumous disposition of [Gilbert] Stuart's manuscripts; the 'Political Herald'; et al.
Mentions Dr. Grant; J[ohn] Murray
Incipit: Some of poor Dr. Stuart's Friends...
Images
William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 52
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Asking for political publications to review; et al.
Incipit: I thought a small slip of paper...
Images
William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a speculation on the character of the present age; reviewing arrangements; et al.
Mentions [?John] Playfair; [Gilbert] Stuart; [George] Robinson
Incipit: I have received yours and will not...
Images
William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Sun., [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 55-6
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a speculation for the last number of the 'Political Herald'
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [George] Robinson
Incipit: I have sent you a Speculation...
Images
William Thomson to William Godwin
Date written: Tue., [1786]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(b)
Fol(s).: 57-8
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning signed articles in the 'Political Herald'
Mentions Macrae; [John] Murray
Incipit: I received your note. All is well...
Images
Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., Thur., [1786-1787]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 59-60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning William Godwin's displeasure with H Godwin
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: I know not my dear Brother...
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[Hannah Godwin] to William Godwin
Date written: [1786-1787]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 61-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning H Godwin's visits to stay with William Godwin
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: Amongst all my Failings...
Images
Date written: 18 Mar. [1787]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 63r & 64v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thank you letter for Godwin's instruction of Webb
Incipit: Now that the first leisure...
Images
[William Godwin] to Willis Webb
Date written: [1787]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 63v-64r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Response to Webb's thank you letter
Incipit: I am much obliged to you for...
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Willis Webb to [William Godwin]
Date written: 29 Apr. [1787]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 65
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's teaching: response to Godwin's reply to Webb's letter of 18 March
Incipit: I was favoured with your kind...
Images
Date written: 14 June 1787
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the suppression of his paper on the shield of ?Aeneas
Incipit: When I was last in town...
Images
Date written: 8 July 1787
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 68
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Response to Godwin's letter of 6 July 1787
Incipit: I have been favoured with your letter of the 6th...
Images
Date written: 25 Oct. 1787
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 69-70
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Webb's favoured Classical authors; experiences at Hitcham school; wish to go to university
Incipit: It would perhaps be presumptuous in me to renew a correspondence...
Images
Date written: 11 Nov. 1787
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 71-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concering Webb's wish for Godwin to speak to his step-father regarding university; his studies
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I was not aware, when I last wrote to you...
Images
Richard Price to William Godwin
Date written: 26 Nov. 1787
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 73
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Introducing the bearer, Mr Van-Effin
(Also includes note (furniture prices) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Dr. Price presents his...
Images
Hannah Sothren to William Godwin
Date written: 7 Mar. 1788
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(d)
Fol(s).: 74-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's family; Godwin's work
Mentions [Hannah Godwin]; Joseph [Godwin]
Incipit: I was indeed much surprised...
Images
?William Godwin to [George] Robinson
Date written: Mon., 12 May 1788
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 76-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the treatment of a manuscript of a work on literature
Incipit: I am so much surprised at the...
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[Ann Godwin] to William [Godwin]
Date written: 29 May 1788
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 78
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning hopes for children; et al.
Mentions Hannah [Godwin]; Anna French; Frances French; Joseph [Godwin]; Jack [?John Godwin]; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]
Incipit: Your letter to be sure could...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 24 July 1788
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 79-80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of 'Trenck'; political results
Mentions [?Alexander] Hood; Lord John Townshend; [William] Pitt; Sir Sampson Wright; [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan; James P[?e]rry; Lord William Russel [Russell]
Incipit: I am greatly obliged by your kind...
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Thomas Holcroft to [William Godwin]
Date written: 4 Aug. 1788
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 81
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the election of Lord John Townshend
Mentions [?Alexander] Hood
Incipit: As I know Dear Sir you interest...
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[William Godwin] to [Thomas Holcroft]
Date written: [5] [Aug.] [1788]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 607/2
Fol(s).: 82
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment, on not writing letters; et al.
Mentions [?Joseph] Addison
Incipit: Though I am flattered...
Note: Paginated 125-6 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft
Date written: 5 Aug. 1788
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 83
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Fragment, on not writing letters; et al.
Mentions Lord John Townshend
Incipit: commentator. Nay if...
Note: Paginated 127 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Sept. 1788
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 84-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning news of [Archibald] Hamilton; et al.
Mentions [George] Robinson
Incipit: Having no opportunity of enquiring before...
Images
Date written: 24 Feb. c. 1788-90
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(b)
Fol(s).: 86-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On leaving Hitcham Hall school; life at university
Incipit: It would have been incumbent...
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J[oseph] Priestley to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Feb. 178[?5]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 88-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the 'English Review' and the 'Monthly Review'
Incipit: Tho, I believe, that not...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: [178[?5]]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 90-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning H. Godwin's recent activities
Mentions Mr Jacobs; Mr & Miss Jay; Mr Wilkins
Incipit: On Wednesday Evening you said...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Dec. 178[?6]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 92-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a lady whom H Godwin has suggested as William Godwin's wife
Mentions Mr & Miss Jay
Incipit: I received yours yesterday...
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Richard Watson to William Godwin
Date written: 18 May 1790
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 94
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Refusing to contact the Archbishop of Canterbury on Godwin's behalf
Incipit: I would not have hesitated...
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Henry Beaufoy to [William Godwin]
Date written: Tue., ?1790
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 95-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a position for in the [British] Museum
Mentions The Speaker ?Henry Addington; Dr [?George] Prettyman
Incipit: I have applied, with all diligence...
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Thomas Brand Hollis to [William Godwin]
Date written: 10 Jan. 1791
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(b)
Fol(s).: 97
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the situation in Europe
Mentions [Charles] Calonne
Incipit: I expressed my self...
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[Grace Mary Cooper] to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 14 Jan. [1791]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 98
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Cooper family news
Incipit: I have this minute receiv'd a...
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John Hollis to [William Godwin]
Date written: 18 Jan. 1791
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 99
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a disagreement with a Mr [?James] Barry; et al.
Incipit: Yours, which I rec[eive]d this morning...
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[Thomas Holcroft] to William Godwin
Date written: [1791]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 100
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the acquisition of Thomas Paine's pamphlet
Incipit: "I have got it...
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John Stewart to [William Godwin]
Date wriiten: [1791-1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 101
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Stewart's work in America; et al.
Mentions [?James] Ridgway [Ridgeway]
Incipit: If you hold the same opinion...
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Date written: 5 Apr. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 102-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Ann Godwin's hopes for her children's spiritual wellbeing; family news; Discourse on psalms 68 and 69
Mentions Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]; Mr Finch; John [Godwin]; Mrs & Miss Cooper; Hannah [Godwin]; Miss Green; Mr Venning; Mr Jacob; [Hannah] Sothren; Mrs A.. Hill
Incipit: I earnestly pray you may be making...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 27 July 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [Sarah] Siddons; [?John Philip] Kemble
Incipit: I arrived here last night...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Aug. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [?John Philip] Kemble
Incipit: I should have written before but...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 6, 7 Aug. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 108-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [Charles] Lee Lewis [Lewes]; [Sarah] Siddons; [Thomas] Holcroft; [?John Philip] Kemble
Incipit: I did not receive your epistle...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 13 Aug. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 110-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions Mr Woods; Mr Bell; Mr Sparks; [Sarah] Siddons; [?John Philip] Kemble
Incipit: I did leave such directions at...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Aug. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 112-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [?John Philip] Kemble; [Thomas] Holcroft; Mr Chateris
Incipit: The die is cast...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Aug. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 114
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [?John Philip] Kemble
Incipit: My last letter departed from...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to [William Godwin]
Date written: 3 Nov 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 115-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning critique from the recipient
Incipit: There is so much tenderness mixed with the justice...
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Elizabeth Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 14 Nov. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 117-18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Elizabeth Cooper's present life [with enclosure to Thomas Cooper, below]
Incipit: If I remember aright...
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Elizabeth Cooper to [Thomas Cooper]
Date written: 15 Nov. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 119-20
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Elizabeth Cooper's present life [enclosed with letter to William Godwin, above]
(Also includes note (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Thomas] H[olcroft]; [William] G[odwin]
Incipit: These you will own...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: c. 1792
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 121-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a play ['Everyone has his Fault' (1792)]
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris
Incipit: I should have written before...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 58-9
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George Dyson to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., [1792-7]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 123-24
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning personal dishonour
Incipit: Oil may smooth the quivering...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: [1792-7]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a novel by Godwin
Incipit: "God Bless You"...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fol. 23
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Elizabeth Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Feb. c. 1792-6
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a letter intended for Thomas Cooper; questions on politics et al.
Mentions Mrs Heston; ?Thomas Cooper; [Samuel] Whitbread; [Charles] Fox
Incipit: Had I imagined I should have...
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Elizabeth Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Mar. c. 1792-6
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Elizabeth Cooper's own behaviour
Incipit: The actions of my life...
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Elizabeth Cooper to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sun., c. 1792-6
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Elizabeth Cooper's relationship with Mr Dorsett
Incipit: I called here to-day...
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Frederick Norman to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Feb. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's 'Political Justice' (1793)
Incipit: I received your letter with singular...
Note: Paginated 70-1 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Grace Mary Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Mar. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 11-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's services to the Cooper family; G.M. Cooper's children; et al.
Mentions [Elizabeth Cooper]; [James] Marshall; Mr Collins; Thomas [Cooper]; [Thomas] Holcroft; [?Hannah] Godwin; Mr Holman
Incipit: I wished much to answer...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Mar. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 13-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]; Mr Collins; [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: Well here I am...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Mar. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 15-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's theatre company
Mentions Tyler; Curtis; Gille; Stanarix; Maxfield; Kelly; Woolley; Baker; Mr. & Mrs. Davies; Barrett; Mrs. Rivers
Incipit: I gave my mother...
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William Godwin to [George Robinson]
Date written: 29 Mar. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 17-19
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Proposal to write a history of Roman empire
Also includes an editor's note, in the hand of Mary Shelley
Incipit: The work I proposed to you this...
Note: Paginated 92-4 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Apr. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions Mr. Maxfield; Masters
Incipit: I received your last on...
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James Marshal [Marshall] to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 31 May 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 22-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Marshall's opinion of a manuscript by Godwin [?Caleb Williams]
Also includes an editor's note by Mary Jane Godwin
Incipit: I inclose you three guineas...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 4-6
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 13 July 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 24-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Incipit: You say in your last...
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William Ogilvie to [William Godwin]
Date written: 28 July 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 26
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a reference to the 'Essay on the Right of Property in Land' in the 'Enquiry [Concerning Political Justice]'
Incipit: As a new edition of your Enquiry...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Oct. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 27-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions Mrs Ward; Davies; [Thomas] H[olcroft]; Tyler
Incipit: Glory be to thee...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Nov. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 29-30
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions Davies; [Thomas] H[olcroft]; [?Thomas] Harris
Incipit: If there were an...
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Frederick Norman to William Godwin
Date written: 5 Nov. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's ['Political Justice' (1793)]; an invitation to visit Godwin
Mentions Mrs. Mannings
Incipit: I am very sorry to find by...
Note: Paginated 74-5 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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[Frederick Norman] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 27 Nov. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning barbarism; the French Revolution
Incipit: I find the incorrect manner...
Note: Paginated 77-80 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Samuel Newton to William Godwin
Date written: 4 Dec. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/2
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning 'Political Justice' (1793)
Incipit: I naturally contract a friendship...
Note: Paginated 67-9 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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[Samuel Newton] to William Godwin
Date written: 14 Dec. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/2
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning 'Political Justice' (1793)
Mentions [David] Hume; [Samuel] Johnson
Incipit: Since, Sir, you have been so...
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[Samuel Newton] to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Dec. 1793
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Christian attitudes towards liberty; et al.
Mentions [David] Hume; [Samuel] Johnson; [Thomas] Paine; [Joseph] Priestly [Priestley]; [Richard] Price; Lord Shaftesbury [Anthony] Cooper; [?Anthony] Collins
Incipit: It certainly afford me no pleasure...
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William Godwin to William Nicholson
Date written: Wed., c. 1793-1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's wish to know Nicholson's ideas on the origin of language
Incipit: I am now upon the point...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Jan. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 43-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: In enquiring into the causes...
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Thomas Holcroft to [William Godwin]
Date written: 7 July 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(b)
Fol(s).: 45-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the progress of war in France
Mentions [Betrand] Barrere [Barere de Vieuzac]; Robert Merry
Incipit: Not to write seems to be a want of that...
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Date written: 4 Sept. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 47
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Parr's fall from a horse; itinerary; Parr's philosophical views
Incipit: During my ramble in Wales...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 52, fol. 8
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[William Godwin] to [-] Holcroft
Date written: Thur., 9 Oct. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 531
Fol(s).: 48 & 49v
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's wish to visit Thomas Holcroft in prison
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [Thomas] Erskine
Incipit: I beg the favour of you...
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William Godwin to The Lords of His Majesty's Privy Council
Date written: 9 Oct. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 531
Fol(s).: 49r
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Request to the Privy Council for Godwin to visit Thomas Holcroft in prison
Incipit: William Godwin of Chatton...
Image
Date dated: 10 Oct. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 50
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the recipient's failure to help
Also includes an editor's note in the hand of Mary Shelley
Mentions John Gill
Incipit: Instead of your receiving an...
Note: Paginated 131 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Oct. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft; [Maria] Reveley
Incipit: Whether the god of wisdom...
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Maria Reveley to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Oct. [1794]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(c)
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the possibility of Holcroft's life being in danger; the evidence Reveley could give
Incipit: I was very much surprised last night...
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Elizabeth Cooper to [William Godwin]
Date written: 27, 28 Oct. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 55-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding one of Godwin's books
Mentions Miss White; Miss Kingston; Mrs Addison
Incipit: I have read two hundred...
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[Grace Mary Cooper] to [Elizabeth Cooper]
Date written: [1794]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 57-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a Mr Harrison
Mentions [William] Godwin
Incipit: I had y[ou]rs yester[da]y...
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[Thomas Cooper] to William Godwin
Date written: 28 Oct. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 59-60
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Incipit: All the devils in Hell...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 6 Nov. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 61-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning 'Caleb Williams' (1794)
Incipit: In the midst of your triumphs...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 62
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William Godwin to [Thomas Wedgwood]
Date written: 7 Nov. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 63-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning questions of philosophy; presents
Incipit: I will attempt, as you desire it, to...
Note: Paginated 26-7 for ?Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
Images
Date postmarked: 10 Nov. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: 65-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the Hardy trial
Mentions [Thomas] Hardy; Sir [James] Eyre; [Thomas] Erskine; [John] Horne Tooke; [Charles] Fox
Incipit: Your anxiety Dear Mr Godwin...
Note: Paginated 155-8 for Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 22 Dec. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 67-8
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the sentiments of a particular lady towards Godwin
Incipit: I have received a note...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 63
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Joseph Gerrald to William Godwin
Date written: [1794]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(d)
Fol(s).: 69-70
Document type: original, signed
Contents
War plans of the French; the opposing army; possible invasion of Britain; possibility of being sent to Sierra Leone
Incipit: From some circumstances I...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 44-5
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., [1794]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 71-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Waiting for all volumes of Godwin's novel before reading it
Mentions Mr. Merlow
Incipit: Unless my Curiosity should...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: [1794]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 73-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Requesting a volume of Godwin's novel [Caleb Williams (1794)]
Incipit: Pray send me the 2d vol as...
Note: Fol. 75 was a detached fragment of this letter, which has now been reattached to fol. 74
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: Tue., [1794]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 76-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning 'Caleb Williams' (1794)
Incipit: Your first volume is far...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 71-2
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J[oseph] R[itson] to [William Godwin]
Date written: c. 1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(c)
Fol(s).: 78
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a poaching law ('The Black Act') as it applies to characters in 'Caleb Williams' (1794)
Incipit: By 9 G.I.C.22. commonly called...
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Lord Lauderdale James Maitland to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 5 ?June ?1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 79
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Lauderdale's usefulness to [Joseph] Gerald [Gerrald]
Also includes an editor's note in the hand of Mary Shelley
Incipit: Lord Lauderdale's comp[limen]ts...
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William Godwin to Joseph Fawcett
Date written: Sat., 20 Dec. ?1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 80-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Godwin's opinion of one of Fawcett's poems
Incipit: I took your poem...
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[Joseph Fawcett] to [William Godwin]
Date written: ?1794
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 607/2
Fol(s).: 82
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning differing opinions on the merit of poetry
Incipit: I thank you for your honest opinion...
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J[ohn] Taylor to [William Godwin]
Date written: 13 Jan 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 83
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] book
Incipit: I have read your ingenious...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Jan. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 84-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's new position as a clerk for Mr Dorset
Mentions Dorset ?Dorsett; [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: The die I believe is now finally cast...
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[?T] Moore to [William Godwin]
Date written: 24 Jan. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 87
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding an invitation from Lord Lauderdale for Godwin to dine with him
(Also includes notes (list of names) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Lord Lauderdale [James] Maitland
Incipit: I supped yesterday with Lord...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy of this letter in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 7
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[Sarah Anne Parr] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 21 Apr. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(b)
Fol(s).: 88-9
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's response to a previous letter; Godwin's lack of reason
Mentions Mr. Cordy
Incipit: Did I not send you a most pastoral...
Note: Note: This item's year was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. This entry has now been copied to the correct sequence in the catalogue.
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James Marshall to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Apr. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 90-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Marshall's debts; Godwin's disapproval of Marshal's plan to publish some letters
Mentions James Robinson
Incipit: I am not a match...
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Lord Lauderdale, James Maitland to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 6 May [1795]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(d)
Fol(s).: 92
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
On a visit by Godwin to Lauderdale and future communication on the subject of [Joseph] Gerald [Gerrald]
Incipit: Lord Lauderdale's compliments...
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Thomas Lawrence to [William Godwin]
Date written: 25 May 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/17
Fol(s).: 93
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Postponing a meeting
Incipit: I am compell'd to take...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 16
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J[ane] Parr to [William Godwin]
Date written: 5 June 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 94
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the keeping of promises; travel arrangments
Mentions Mr Greene.
Incipit: Many years of my life have...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 13 June 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 95-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a critique of Godwin's novel 'Caleb Williams' (1794)
Mentions ?William Beloe
Incipit: As I expect Sir Charles...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 55
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Samuel Parr to [William Godwin]
Date written: 17 June 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 97
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning travel arrangments
Incipit: Take a place I beseech you...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 52, fol. 10
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Date written: 19 June 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 98
Document type: original, signed
Contents
[Contents unclear]
Incipit: I write to you, as by this Post...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 25 June 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/11
Fol(s).: 99-100
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's failure to see Godwin while in London; travel plans
Mentions [Erasmus] Darwin.
Incipit: I am afraid you will...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 22 July 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 101-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's fall from a ladder; gout; et al.
Mentions [Samuel] Parr; [Thomas] Cooper
Incipit: Had I not forgotten the place of Dr Parr's residence...
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[Thomas Cooper] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 24 July 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 103
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Cooper's studies
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft.
Incipit: I suppose you are ignorant...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 25 July 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's travel plans
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft.
Incipit: I am at a loss to discover wherein consists...
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Date written: 29 July 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's bachelor status; religion and atheism
Letter delivered by Mr Cooper, [?Thomas Cooper]; Mentions Mrs Cole; Miss Braddock.
Incipit: This is not the first time I ...
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Amelia Alderson to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 28 Aug. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 108-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the health of Godwin's friend Mrs Southern; et al.
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft; [Hannah] Southern [Sothren]; Annabella Plumpton; Dr. Moore; [Thomas] Palmer.
Incipit: I am just return'd from...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 22 Sept. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 110-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Wedgwood's questions to Godwin about the cultivation of the mind; pleasure; charitable institutions; et al.
Incipit: I received great pleasure...
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William Godwin to George Dyson
Date postmarked: 26 Sept. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 112-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Dyson's character and vices
Incipit: I have just received a note from you full of vice...
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Date written: 27 Sept. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 114-15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's letters
Incipit: I am just returned...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 52, fol. 9
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George Dyson to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 28 Sept. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 116-17
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Godwin's opinion of Dyson
Incipit: Surely your feelings are inspired ...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Sept. [1795]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 118-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Fragment concerning population and happiness; the effect of factories on health; et al.
Incipit: to days & Morrow, the seeds & nourishment...
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William Dunlap to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Oct. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 120-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's 'Political Justice'; Godwin's plans for the second edition of 'Political Justice'; critique of certain passages in 'Political Justice'; Holcroft; Dunlap's own literary efforts; et al.
(Also includes notes (jottings, figures) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft.
Incipit: You have address'd yourself...
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Thomas Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 4 Nov. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/11
Fol(s).: 122
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning copying paper and ink; the likely sufferings of the poor that winter due to the price of wheat; a subscription to [John Horne] Tooke's work; et al.
Incipit: I am afraid it will not be in my power...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Nov. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 123-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning questions of philosophy; presents
Also includes an editor's note in the hand of Mary Shelley
Incipit: It was not my meaning that your...
Note: Paginated 24-5 for ?Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Date written: 5 Nov. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 125
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning the interference of the government in the price of corn; Godwin's opinions on commerce
(Also includes an endorsment in unknown hand)
Mentions [George] Robinson; [John Horne] Tooke
Incipit: You suggest the idea of my offering some hints...
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Thomas Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 9 Nov. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 126-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning questions of philosophy; presents
Also includes editor's notes in hand of Mary Shelley
Incipit: You have now sufficiently...
Note: An additional editor's note was originally attached, and is now in MS. Abinger c. 62, fol. 73
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 10 Nov. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 128-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning questions of philosophy; presents
Incipit: I am charmed with the...
Note: Paginated 32-4 for ?Mary Shelley's 'Life of William Godwin'
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Date received: 25 Nov. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 130-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's desertion by friends since the publication of 'Political Justice' (1793); Parr's opinion of Morley
Incipit: Do not suppose that...
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George Dyson to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 30 Nov. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 132-3
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
On Godwin's latest work
Incipit: Recent from the...
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Date written: 2 Dec. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 134-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Godwin for some books; Godwin's pamphlet about [William] Pitt's two bills ['Considerations on Lord Grenville's and Mr Pitt's Bills' (1795)]; other political matters
Mentions Mr Faulder; Dr Jeddes; [Charles] Fox; Mr Malone.
Incipit: Permit me to return my respectful and thankful...
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[Samuel Parr] to William Godwin
Date received: 16 Dec. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 136-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Greek translations
Mentions Mr Faulder; Dr Walker; Mr Bacon.
Incipit: I thank you for executing the...
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James Mackintosh to [William Godwin]
Date received: 16 Dec. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Letter of introduction for the bearer
Mentions G[eorge] Robinson
Incipit: The bearer is a young Man of good...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 14
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[Amelia Alderson] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 27 Dec. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment, concerning mutual acquaintances; et al
Mentions Mrs Robinson; Mary Hays; Lady Sophia Butler
Incipit: for Lady Sophia Butler...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 29 Dec. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a pamphlet
Incipit: The following is an extract from a letter...
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Date written: Thur., 31 Dec. 1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 5
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning a prospective tenancy
Incipit: I received your letter Tuesday...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 15
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Joseph Fawcett to [William Godwin]
Date written: 10 Mar. ?1795
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the printing of Fawcett's 'Elegies'
(Also includes notes on Shakespeare etc. in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: It seems as I were...
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J[ohn] Stoddart to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 15 Jan. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a meeting; improving character
Incipit: It was not certainly my...
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Date postmarked: 22 Jan. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 607/2
Fol(s).: 8-9
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the writer's health; Godwin's proposal of a walk to the Temple
(Also includes notes (a list of names) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: To use at third hand the metaphor...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 22 Jan. [1796]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 10-11
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Seeking Godwin's opinion of a work
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: I have finished my Book...
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Date written: 26 Jan. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 12-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] doctrine of non-partisanship
Incipit: There are qualities enough...
Note: See also letterpress copies of the drafts of the letter from Godwin to King that elicited this response in MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 13-17. A Mary Shelley-era copy of Godwin's letter is in MS. Abinger c. 53 (fols. 24-7)
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Thomas Lawrence to [William Godwin]
Date written: 2 Feb. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/17
Fol(s).: 14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lawrence's inability to keep an appointment to dine
Mentions [John Horne] Tooke.
Incipit: The enclos'd Paper...
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Lord Lauderdale, James Maitland to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 4 Feb. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to dine; a research enquiry
Incipit: You may upon commanding every...
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Amelia Alderson to William Godwin
Date written: 5 Feb. [1796]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 16-17
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Godwin's 'Considerations'; Godwin's friend Mrs Southern; Holcroft and his daughter
Mentions Mrs Southern, probably Hannah Sothren; Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft; (?the politician) Thomas Hardy
Incipit: As I should find it very...
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Richard Twiss to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., 6 Feb. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 18r & 19v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to dine
Incipit: Do me the favour to come...
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[William Godwin] to [Thomas Lawrence]
Date written: [20] [Feb.] [1796]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 18v-19r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning the recipient's state of mind and health
Also includes an editor's note in the hand of ?Mary Shelley
Mentions [John] Horne Tooke
Incipit: I have felt considerable anxiety...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 28-30
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Amelia Alderson to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Feb. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Alderson's work 'Tiberius Gracchus'; Alderson's dramatization of 'The Sorcerer'; failure to secure a theatre for the play; Alderson's wish that Godwin could review and correct her script; request for news of acquaintances
Mentions [Thomas] Cooper; [?Thomas] Harris; [?John Philip] Kemble; [Thomas] Holcroft; [?John] Thelwal [Thelwall]; [John] Horne Tooke.
Incipit: "It cannot rain but...
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J[ohn] Stoddart to William Godwin
Date written: 17 Feb. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 22-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the despotism of talent; views on Burke and the Bishop of Durham; a response to Boaden's pamphlet on Shakespeare; et al.
Mentions [Edmund] Burke; Bishop of Durham [Shute Barrington]; [James] Boaden
Incipit: The only difficulty that I feel...
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Thomas Lawrence to [William Godwin]
Date written: Wed., 17 [Feb.] 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/17
Fol(s).: 24
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Giving the reasons why Lawrence cannot keep an appointment
Incipit: An affair of a domestic nature...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fol. 24
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Edward Henry [Illiff] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 27 Feb. [1796]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 16
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(b)
Fol(s).: fol(s). 3-4
Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. See MS. Abinger. c. 16, fols. 3-4 for the full description.
[Sarah] Anne [Parr] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 23 Mar. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 25-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding her opinions of truth and precision; et al.
Incipit: They say I must date this thing so...
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[Thomas Cooper] to William Godwin
Date written: 26 Mar. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 27-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Thomas Holcroft; Mrs Robinson
Incipit: I do not know exactly how...
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Amelia Alderson to [William Godwin]
Date written: 1 Apr. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 29
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Regarding Alderson's play; et al.
Mentions [Robert] Merry; Mrs [?Ann] M[?erry]
Incipit: You are very imprudent to say...
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[Amelia Alderson] to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 11 Apr. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 607/2
Fol(s).: 30
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment, concerning the recipient's criticism of the author's play
Mentions R[ichard] Twiss
Incipit: I think it necessary to...
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[Sarah Anne Parr] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 21 Apr. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 2
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(b)
Fol(s).: 88-9
Note: This item's year was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. See MS. Abinger c. 2, fols. 88-9 for the full description.
Elizabeth Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 13 May 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(b)
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Thomas Cooper's performance in a play
Mentions [?William] Dimond
Incipit: "I tremble for...
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Amelia Alderson to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 17 Aug. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's failure to meet Alderson; opinion of Mrs. Imlay; et al.
Mentions [Mary] Imlay [Mary Wollstonecraft]; [James Alderson]
Incipit: You are right in thinking it wrong...
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Robert Merry to William Godwin
Date written: 19 Sept. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Merry's departure for America; the distribution of money
Mentions [?Thomas] Cooper
Incipit: I am going for America...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 52, fol. 7
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William Godwin to [Robert Merry]
Date written: 20 Sept. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 37
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
On the Merrys' voluntary banishment
Incipit: Yesterday evening I heard of your...
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Amelia Alderson to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 14 Oct. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 38-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Merry's plan to leave England; Alderson's play; et al.
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft; [Ann] Merry; [James Alderson]; Richardson; Miss Hayes probably Mary Hays; Rigby; [?John] Thelwall; [Mary] Imlay [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I consider you as so...
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[Amelia Alderson] to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 1 Nov. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 40-1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's silence and sarcasm; [Alderson's] play; Mrs Imlay; news of acquaintances
Also includes note initialled M.J.G [Mary Jane Godwin]
Mentions [Mary] Imlay [Mary Wollstonecraft]; R[ichard] Twiss; B[asil] Montague [Montagu]; [John Horne] Tooke; [Robert] Merry; [Ann] Merry; Miss Hayes probably Mary Hays
Incipit: What a sweet tempered creature...
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Amelia Alderson to William Godwin
Date written: Sun., 13 Nov. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 42-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's opinion of Alderson's play; new ideas for the play; et al.
Mentions Mrs Pocklington; John Taylor; B Malkin; D[?octor] Morgan
Incipit: Miss Alderson has received the parcel...
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[Amelia Alderson] to [William Godwin]
Date written: 18 Nov. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 44-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning apples from Norfolk; alterations to a play; a report of Mrs Imlay's need for money; et al.
Mentions [Mary] Imlay [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I think I see y[ou]r wonder...
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[Amelia Alderson] to [William Godwin]
Date written: 22 Dec. 1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/6
Fol(s).: 46-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning displeasure with [Godwin]; his critique of [Alderson's] play; a benefactor; et al.
Mentions [Dorothy] Jordan; Richardson; [Mary] Imlay [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: "Never 'till now" did I feel any...
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J[ohn] Taylor to [William Godwin]
Date written: Mon., 22 Feb. ?1796
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/4
Fol(s).: 48
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Returning a book (mostly unread); quarrel with [Robert] Merry
Incipit: I am heartily ashamed of having...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 30 Jan. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 49-50
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the quality of Wedgwood's mind and metaphysical observations
Mentions [David] Hartley; [David] Hume
Incipit: I am much pleased with the perusal...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 28 Feb. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Attempting to borrow money from Wedgwood
Incipit: I write to you now...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 30-1
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 4 Mar. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/13
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Acknowledging receipt of a letter; claiming to be a sceptic
Incipit: You desire me to acknowledge...
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Date dated: 7 Mar. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 55-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Catholic doctrine; et al.
Incipit: Last night I returned from...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Apr. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 57-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's marriage
Mentions [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: From my very heart and soul I give you...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date dated: 11 Apr. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 59
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Wishing the Godwins joy; rearranging an engagement
Mentions [?Frederick Mansel] Reynolds; [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I most sincerely wish you...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 52, fol. 6
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 19 Apr. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 60-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On works considering emotion; perception and sensation; Wedgwood's health; Godwin's marriage; opinions of marriage in 'Political Justice'; et al.
Mentions [David] Hume; [Erasmus] Darwin; B[asil] Montagu
Incipit: Previous to my taking up...
Images
Date written: 2 May 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 62-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning losses in Skeys' family; news of [Eliza] Bishop
Incipit: I do now find myself...
Images
Date written: 3 May 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Godwin's cousin; William Godwin's marriage; et al.
Mentions ?Hannah Sothren; Mrs Jo. Godwin; Hannah [Godwin]; [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: What you say respecting your dear Cousin's...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 26 May 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/11
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Accusing Godwin of distance of manner; et al.
Incipit: When I last called upon you...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 30 May 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 68-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning visits from the recipient; on the recipient's power of disquisition
Incipit: I received your letter of Friday...
Note: See also a Godwin letterpress copy in MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 33-4 and a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols 32-3
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 26 July 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 70-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's visit to Godwin's mother; et al.
Mentions [Ann Godwin]; Major Harwood; [Anne] Harwood; Fanny [Holcroft]
Incipit: It was my intention...
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G[eorge] Colman to [William Godwin]
Date written: 30 July 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(l)
Fol(s).: 72
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning free theatre admission
Incipit: I acknowledge your claim upon me...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 31 July 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/11
Fol(s).: 73-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's plan to create grand experiments in education
Mentions [Thomas] Beddoes; [John Horne] Tooke; [Thomas] Holcroft; [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge; [William] Wordsworth; [George] Dyson; [John] Stoddart
Incipit: Fortune has placed a considerable...
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Charlotte Smith to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 95-6
Note: Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. See MS. Abinger c. 3, fols. 95-6 for the full description.
Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Sept. [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 75-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [the death of Mary Wollstonecraft]
Mentions [George] Tuthill
Incipit: I am so overwhelmed by the intelligence...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: [10-11 Sept. 1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 120-1
Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. See MS. Abinger c. 3, fols. 120-1 for the full description.
Elizabeth Inchbald to [William Godwin]
Date written: Mon., 11 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 77-8
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Offering condolences
Mentions [Mary Wollstonecraft]; [Richard] Twiss; Mrs Twiss
Incipit: The ceremony of condolence...
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Joseph Johnson to William Godwin
Date written: [10-12] [Sept.] [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 97-8
Note: Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. See MS. Abinger c. 3, fols. 97-8 for the full description.
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Joseph Johnson to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 79-80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Henry] Fuseli's relationship with Mrs Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: In the list you shew'd this morning...
Images
Date written: 12 Sept. [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 81-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the practice of justice; the birth of Godwin's child; Parr's opinion of Godwin's book
Mentions [?Thomas] Wedgwood; [Mary Wollstonecraft]; [David] Hume
Incipit: When your letter came...
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Joseph Johnson to [William Godwin]
Date written: 13 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 84
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning ?Mary Wollstonecraft's funeral
Incipit: I will certainly be ready in time...
Image
Date written: 13 Sept. [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 85
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Mrs Godwin
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: A paragraph in ye papers...
Image
Date written: 13 Sept. [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 86
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the [death of Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: With great sincerity...
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Charlotte Fawcett to William Godwin and James Marshall
Date postmarked: 14 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 87-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Joseph Fawcett's] imminent arrival
Mentions [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: With a hand trembling...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 14 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 89-90
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning friendship with Mrs Godwin
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I could refute every charge you allege...
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William Nicholson to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 91-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the physiognomy of the infant [Mary Shelley]
Incipit: When I had the pleasure of seeing...
Images
Date written: 29 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 93-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Mrs Godwin; invitation to Godwin to visit Skeys
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]; [Eliza] Bishop; [Everina] Wollstonecraft; Mrs Skeys
Incipit: I am unable to conjecture whether...
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Charlotte Smith to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Sept. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 95-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the marriage of Smith's daughter; seeking help finding a house for her daughter and son-in-law; et al.
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: Will you forgive me if...
Note: Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. This entry has now been copied to the correct sequence in the catalogue.
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Joseph Johnson to William Godwin
Date written: [10-12] [Sept.] [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 97-8
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the death of [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I have had daily notices...
Note: Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. This entry has now been copied to the correct sequence in the catalogue.
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Amelia Alderson to William Godwin
Date written: 11 Oct. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 99-100
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: Before I obtained leave...
Note: See also an unaddressed reply by William Godwin in MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 67-9, and a Mary Shelley-era copy of the reply in MS. Abinger c. 55, fols. 17-20
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Anthony Carlisle to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., 14 Oct. [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 101
Document type: original, signed
Contents
A dinner invitation; requesting a set of Mrs Godwin's works; extract of letter from Thomas Wedgwood
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I wish you would dine...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 18
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I.B. Johnson to William Godwin
Date written: 13 Nov. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 102-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Mrs Godwin; her travels in France
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]; Thomas Christie; George Foster; [Gilbert] Imlay; [Thomas] Paine; [Maximin] Isnard; [Pierre] Roederer; Miss Christie; [Marie-Jeanne] Rolande [Roland]
Incipit: A Tour I was making...
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Everina Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Nov. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's intention of publishing a life of Mary [Wollstonecraft]; correcting mistakes in the record
(Also includes notes (a list of place names) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Eliza [Bishop]; [Hugh] Skeys; [Sarah] Burgh; Mr Church; Fanny Blood [Skeys]; Mrs Campbell; [Susanna] Home; [Edward Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I have delayed writing to you a long time...
Images
Date written: 5 Dec. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Skeys' opinion of Godwin's works, particularly on truth; Skeys' marriages; et al.
Mentions [James] Marshall; [Henry] Grattan
Incipit: I receiv'd yesterday, your very kind Letter...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 7 Dec. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 108
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Anticipating a meeting with Godwin; giving Godwin forty pounds
Mentions [Basil] Montagu
Incipit: I write now to apprise you...
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Charlotte Smith to William Godwin
Date written: 7 Dec. [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 109-110
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Mary Woolstonecraft [Wollstonecraft]; Smith's early marriage; et al.
Incipit: I came to Town on Tuesday, & only...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Dec. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 111-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's need for money; the discretion of Wedgwood and Godwin's acquaintance [Basil] Montagu; Godwin's character; et al.
Mentions [James] Tobin or [John] Tobin
Incipit: Tobin interrupted us...
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William Nicholson to William Godwin
Date written: ?Sept. [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(b)
Fol(s).: 113-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Letter of condolence
Mentions [Mary Wollstonecraft]; Fanny [Godwin]
Incipit: I very truly sympathise with...
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William Nicholson to William Godwin
Date written: [1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 115-16
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
A draft death notice for Mary Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]; includes postscript on W.N.'s personal feelings about her
Incipit: When you have corrected...
Images
Date written: c. 1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 117
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the death of Mrs Godwin
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]; [Eliza] Fenwick
Incipit: Myself & Mrs. Fenwick...
Note: Possibly written by Mrs [Catherine] Nicholson?
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George Tuthill to William Godwin
Date written: ?1797
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 118-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning ?the funeral of Mary Wollstonecraft
Incipit: I have reconsidered the...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: [10-11 Sept. 1797]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 120-1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Mentions Charlotte Smith
Incipit: You have shocked me beyond...
Note: Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. This entry has now been copied to the correct sequence in the catalogue.
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 3 Jan. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 122-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Wedgwood's view that Godwin lacks sympathy; the advantages of cohabitation; Godwin's knowledge of metaphysics; et al.
Incipit: I received uncommon pleasure...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Jan. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 124-5
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Wedgwood's appreciation of Godwin's judgement; friendship; et al.
Incipit: It is hardly necessary for me...
Images
Date written: 10 Jan. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 126
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning Dr. [Samuel] Johnson
Incipit: I write now merely to acquaint you...
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Date written: 26 Jan. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 127
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Accounts of the deaths of various of Ann Godwin's neighbours; ill health; family news
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Thomas Keelor; John Garrett; Mr Cubit; Joseph Godwin; Mary Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I wrote you last Oct you are still...
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Sarah Siddons to William Godwin
Date dated: 29 Jan. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 3
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(d)
Fol(s).: 128-129
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Thanking Godwin for a present
Incipit: Mrs Siddons com[plimen]ts to...
Image
Date postmarked: 30 Jan. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the posthumous works and 'Memoirs'
Mentions [Mary] Godwin [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I beg leave to offer...
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C. P. Cooper to [William Godwin]
Date written: 2 Feb. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking Godwin's advice on the content of a letter
Mentions Mr Dorset [?Dorsett]
Incipit: Will you be kind enough to...
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[Hannah Godwin] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 5 Feb. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 811/1
Fol(s).: 4-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's memoirs of [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Mentions [Ann Godwin]
Incipit: When Louise told me you had...
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J[ames] Northcote to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 19 Feb. [1798]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/18
Fol(s).: 6-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Accepting an invitation to dine
(Also includes brief note in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Mr. Northcote's Complements...
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Louisa Jones to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Mar. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 8-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the care of Godwin's children; news of visitors to Godwin's house
Mentions Fanny [Godwin]; Mary [Shelley]; [Maria] Reveley; Mrs Martin; Mr Kitson; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [John] Fenwick; [George] Dyson; [?Joseph] Johnson; [?Joseph] Fawcett
Incipit: Not a word amongst your...
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J[?ohn] W[?estbrooke] Chandler to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 18 Mar. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 10-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning N's opinion that Chandler should not become Godwin's disciple; et al.
Incipit: I am at a loss to know why...
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Henry Dibbin to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Apr. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 12-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the health of Dibbin and Godwin's mutual acquaintance [George] Dyson
Incipit: As I shall not see you...
Images
Date postmarked: 30 Apr. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 14-15
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Thanking Godwin for sending his memoirs of [Mary Wollstonecraft]; the care of his children; et al.
Mentions Hannah [Godwin]; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]
Incipit: I'm a poor letter writer at best...
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H[enry] Grattan to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 5 May 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 16-17
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Grattan's intention to call
(Also includes notes (a list of events from Feb. to May. in Ireland) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I was favoured with your...
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Rowland Maltby and William Maltby to William Godwin
Date written: 8 May 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a debt for books
Incipit: We are desired by the assigner...
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[Richard] Sherman to William Godwin
Date written: 10 May 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning [Mary Wollstonecraft's] book debts
Mentions [Rowland] Maltby or [William] Maltby
Incipit: Mr Sherman's Compliments to Mr. Godwyn...
Note: This letter probably answers a letterpress letter of Godwin's in MS. Abinger c. 22, fol. 96
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J[?ohn] W[?estbrooke] Chandler to William Godwin
Date written: 11 May 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/9
Fol(s).: 22-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to dine
(Also includes notes on the formation of character, in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Will you go to the Shakespeare...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 14, 22 May 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 24-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning financial difficulties; request for advance money secured upon literary efforts
Mentions George Ross; [George] Robinson
Incipit: Some time ago you wrote...
Note: See also a letterpress copy in MS. Abinger c. 22, fols. 97-9 and a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 55, fols. 24-6
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 26 May 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 26-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a visit to Wedgwood
Incipit: Your letter of the date of Wednesday...
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William Godwin to [Harriet Lee]
Date written: Sat., 2 June 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/4(b)
Fol(s).: 28
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding the lack of response to Godwin's letter
Also includes comments in another hand, possibly Harriet or Sophia Lee
Incipit: I have been extremely mortified...
Images
Date written: 4 June 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/6
Fol(s).: 29-30
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Arranging a meeting with Godwin in Bath
Incipit: Both my sisters & myself...
Images
Date written: 16 June 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/4(c)
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Lee's feelings; plans to travel to London
Incipit: I should suspect myself to be deficient either in understanding or right feeling...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 19, 21 July 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Incipit: It must be so...
Images
Date written: 31 July 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/4(c)
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, initalled
Contents
Regarding Lee and Godwin's differences of opinion
Incipit: You distress me, Sir...
Images
Date written: 7 Aug. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/4(c)
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, initalled
Contents
Concerning Godwin's appeal to Sophia Lee; Harriet Lee's wish to say farewell
Incipit: The Justice due both...
Images
Date written: Fri., 10 Aug. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; Arnot's estate
Mentions Louisa [Jones]
Incipit: I shall leave this place tomorrow...
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Thomas Malthus to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Aug. [1798]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/1
Fol(s).: 41-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning perfectibility and happiness; population; et al.
Mentions [?Joseph] Johnson; [Richard] Price
Incipit: I went out of Town almost immediately...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 29 Sept. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 45-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a proposed visit from Godwin declined by Wedgwood; difficulties in the publication of Godwin's latest novel; request for money from Wedgwood
Mentions [George] Robinson
Incipit: I felt some disappointment certainly from you...
Images
Date postmarked: 29 Sept. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 47-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Godwin for a letter
Incipit: As I have the pleasure of...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 5 Oct. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 49-50
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Wedgwood for giving him money; personal habits; visit to Wedgwood's home
Incipit: I have received your letter...
Images
Date written: 22 Oct. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels
(Also includes notes (a list of names and sums) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Peter Reid
Incipit: I arrived here on the 17th...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Nov. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a picture; a subscription
(Also includes notes (a list of Spanish names and arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Daniel] Mytens; [George] Robinson; [John] Fenwick; [Eliza] Fenwick; [?William] Bosville; Godfrey; J Bannis
Incipit: I send you the picture...
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Date written: Wed., 7 Nov. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 55-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; intention of publishing Scottish songs
Mentions Mr Tuchill [George Tuthill]
Incipit: Here I am...
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Date written: Sat., 8 Dec. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 57-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels
Mentions Mr Tuchill [George Tuthill]; Mr Henley
Incipit: Your letter too has given...
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Date written: Sat., 8 Dec. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 59-60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels
Mentions Mr Tuchill [George Tuthill]; Mr Henley
Incipit: Your letter too has given me...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 20 Dec. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 61-3
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's health
Incipit: I am sorry I forgot to...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Dec. 1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning recriminations regarding critiques of Godwin's play
Incipit: I am sorry to have excited...
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Harriet Lee to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sat., ?Aug. [1798]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/4(c)
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, initalled
Contents
Lee does not wish to meet again; morality and virtue
Incipit: Pardon me if from the frame of...
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Date written: Fri., [1798]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/6
Fol(s).: 68-9
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Regretting Lee's inability to meet Godwin that evening
Incipit: Miss Harriet Lee presents...
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J[ohn] Wolcot to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 19 Feb. ?1798
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 70
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down an invitation from Godwin
Incipit: On looking over my memorandum...
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[?Francis] Wrangham to William Godwin
Date written: c. 1798-9
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 15
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: fol(s). 99r, 99r-v, 99v
Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. See MS. Abinger c. 15, fol. 99r, MS. Abinger c. 15, fols. 99r-v, MS. Abinger c. 15, fol. 99v for the full descriptions (incoming letter plus two drafts).
Date written: 15 Jan. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 71-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Offering letters from Mary Wollstonecraft for publication
(Also includes notes (a shopping list and figures) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: In the early part...
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Date written: 26 Jan. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 73-4
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
On Mary Wollstonecraft and Godwin's 'Memoirs of the Author of The Rights of Woman'
Incipit: Having read a Book...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 26 Jan. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 75-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's ill health; et al.
Incipit: I am extremely sorry for the unfavourable...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 28 Jan. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 77-8
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's lack of contact with Godwin
Incipit: Thank you for your kind letter...
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James Mackintosh to William Godwin
Date written: 30 Jan. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 79-80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Mackintosh's opinion of various French philosophers; et al.
Mentions [Anne-Robert-Jacques] Turgot; [Jean Jacques] Rousseau; Condorcet
Incipit: I read your very candid & good...
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Date postmarked: 31 Jan. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 81
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Address leaf of a letter, source unknown
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J[ames] Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 1 Feb. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/5
Fol(s).: 82-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning property Wollstonecraft has in Spain; need to sell inheritance from his father
Incipit: Owing to the war with Spain...
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Date written: 6 Feb. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 84-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; winter in Dresden; philosophy of Dr. John Brown; request for a copy of Tristram Shandy
Mentions Dr. John Brown possibly the chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle; Tuchill [George Tuthill]
Incipit: We have had a most severe winter here...
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[George Dyson] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 18 Feb. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 86-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a difference in opinion between Dyson and Godwin
Mentions [?George] Fordyce
Incipit: My letter was as little...
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Rac[hel] Prescott to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Mar. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 88-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Appreciation for Godwin and [Mary] Wollstonecraft's writings; et al.
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I have long hesitated on the propriety...
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Date written: 25 Mar. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 90
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Acknowledging receipt of ten pounds to be forwarded to Mr. Arnot, wishing to know sender before forwarding money
Incipit: In compliance with an anonymous...
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Date postmarked: 27 Mar. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 91
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Address leaf of a letter, source unknown
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Date written: 3 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 92-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels
Mentions Tuchill [George Tuthill]
Incipit: I am glad you seem to...
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Date written: 5 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 94-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Outline of plan to write The History of Europe during the Eighteenth Century, questions for Godwin regarding best way to proceed with research
Incipit: Before I enter upon so...
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Date written: 7 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 96-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning family news
Mentions Hannah [Godwin]; Mrs French; Mr Hague; John [Godwin]; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]
Incipit: I wish your happiness...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 10 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 98-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan to Godwin; Godwin's play, a tragedy
Mentions [?George] Robinson; [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan
Incipit: When I sent you...
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Rac[hel] Prescott to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 100-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning attacks on Godwin's writings; marriage; et al.
Mentions [James] Mackintosh
Incipit: To thank you for the immediate attention...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 18 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Request for money; problems with writing his Tragedy
Mentions [?George] Robinson; [Samuel] Johnson; [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan
Incipit: I wrote a letter to you Wednesday...
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Date written: 20, 21 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Arnot's opinion of Godwin's friend Tuchill; Arnot's travels
Mentions Tuchill [George Tuthill]; [James] Marshall
Incipit: Your letter contains so...
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William Godwin to [?Thomas] Wedgwood
Date written: 27 Apr. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 108
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's debt to Wedgwood
Mentions [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan; [?George] Robinson
Incipit: I acknowledge the receipt...
Note: See also a draft in MS. Abinger c. 17, fol. 90
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John Arnot to William Godwin and Louisa [Jones]
Date written: 5 May 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 109-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; financial difficulties; postscript to Louisa [Jones]
Incipit: I received your letter yesterday...
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Date written: 9 May 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/5
Fol(s).: 111-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning ten pounds given by Godwin to a friend of Hall
Incipit: When I received Worthy Sir...
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Date written: 25 May 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/5
Fol(s).: 113-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a subscription to assist families of state prisoners
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: For some time past...
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Sophia Lee and Harriet Lee to William Godwin
Date written: 2 June 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/6
Fol(s).: 115-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's belief that a character in Lee's writing is based upon him, postscript by Harriet Lee thanking Godwin for his favourable opinion of Sophia Lee's story; et al.
Incipit: I feel so unconscious of a mean personality...
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Date written: 7 June 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 117-18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's plans and proceedings
Mentions Louisa [Jones]
Incipit: I find that you think very...
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Date written: 25 June 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 119-20
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; debts
Incipit: You see I am still here...
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Date written: 4 July 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 121-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; poor health
Incipit: You asked me to write to you...
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George Tuthill to William Godwin
Date written: 5 July 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 3)
Fol(s).: 123-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On meeting German literati; Wieland's knowledge of Godwin's novel 'Caleb Williams'
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft; [Johann] Richter; [Johann] Herder; [Johann] Goethe; [Johann] Schiller; [Christoph] Wieland
Incipit: Altho' I am breathing the same air...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 19 July 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 125-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the translation of Godwin's novel 'St Leon' (1799) into German; Godwin's disapproval of Holcroft's travel plans
Mentions his wife Louisa [Holcroft] or his daughter Louisa [Holcroft]; Fanny [Holcroft]
Incipit: We have been in this place eight days...
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Date written: 28 July 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 127-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; improved health
Incipit: I write to you only to...
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Date written: Sun., 4 Aug. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 129-34
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; advice from Holcroft on the publication of Arnot's travel journal
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft; Tuchill [George Tuthill]
Incipit: I now send you my Journal...
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Georg Friedrich Christian Weissenborn to [William Godwin]
Date written: 8 Aug. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 135-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Weissenborn's translation of 'Memoirs [of Mary Wollstonecraft]' (1798)
Mentions Frederick Burmester; Henry Burmester; [Christian] Salzmann
Incipit: As one of your Countrymen...
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William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft and Mr Cole
Date written: 19 Sept. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 137-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On writing without a subject; Arnot's travels and travel-writing; news of acquaintances
Mentions [Elizabeth] Inchbald; [John] Arnot; [Sophy] Cole; [?William] Nicholson; Colonel [?Henry] Barry; [John] Opie; [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: I know I have been guilty of what...
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Date written: 21 Sept. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 4
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 139
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the sale of Dalling estate to [Philip] Hull [Godwin]; et al.
Mentions John [?Godwin]; Nath [Nathaniel Godwin]; John [Godwin]; Hannah [Godwin]; Wright
Incipit: I hope yo[u] rec[eive]d a letter...
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Date written: 10 Oct. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning financial matters; questions about [Thomas] Holcroft and Mary Hays
Incipit: In consequence of our...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 22 Oct. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/1
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Acknowledging a letter from Godwin; gratitude for Godwin's friendship; et al.
Incipit: I had been a rake yesterday...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date postmarked: Oct. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/1
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning future meetings with Godwin; Curran's opinion of [Elizabeth] Inchbald; et al.
Incipit: I got your note on my return...
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Date written: 5 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On a misunderstanding between Godwin and Professor [Richard] Porson
Incipit: On my return to town I was...
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Date written: Thur., 14 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Fell's prospective marriage
Incipit: I intended, in consequence...
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James Ballantyne to William Godwin
Date written: 14 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/5
Fol(s).: 11-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a portrait; introducing Doctor Bell
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: About three years ago...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Response to Godwin's request for money
Incipit: I do assure you that the sight...
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[Hannah Godwin] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 18 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 14-15
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning affection for William Godwin; the conduct of one of William Godwin's friends
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: You have treated me unkindly...
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[Hannah Godwin] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 19 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 16-17
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a matter of conduct
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [George] Dyson
Incipit: I could not fear that you...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of some of Holcroft's works; the German publication of Godwin's works; paintings
Mentions [?John] Harris or [?Thomas] Harris; [George] Robinson; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [John] Opie; his wife Louisa [Holcroft] or his daughter Louisa [Holcroft]; Fanny [Holcroft]
Incipit: Loath as you are...
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Date written: 9, 11, 18, 23 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; financial situation
Mentions Cole
Incipit: I arrived here on Monday last...
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[Ralph Fell] and unknown writer to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 25 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 22
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning plans for marriage; postscript concerning dinner plans, in an unknown hand
Incipit: My resolution was...
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Date written: Mon., 25 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 23
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding a wish not to see Godwin for a few days
Incipit: A circumstance has...
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Date written: 26 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 24-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels
Mentions [George] Tuthill; [Christoph] Wieland; [Johann] Herder; [Johann] Goethe
Incipit: You will perhaps think...
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George Robinson to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 26-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking a meeting
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: I wish to speak to you...
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R[ichard] Porson to [William Godwin]
Date written: 29 Nov. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 28
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a quotation from 'Coriolanus'
Incipit: The following is the quotation from...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to [William Godwin]
Date written: Wed., 4 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 29-30
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Inchbald's attitude to reading
Mentions [John Philpot] Curran
Incipit: It was last Monday...
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Date dated: 6 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Critique of Godwin's novel 'St Leon' (1799)
Incipit: I finished your volumes...
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Sophia Lee to [William Godwin]
Date written: 7 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/6
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thank you for the present of 'St Leon'; et al.
Mentions Harriet [Lee]
Incipit: I write with my Sister in...
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Harriet Lee to [William Godwin]
Date written: 8 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/6
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thank-you for sending books; comments upon the work
Mentions Anne [?Lee]
Incipit: Allow me to thank you for the Books...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of some of Holcroft's works; the German publication of Godwin's works
Mentions [George] Robinson; [?John] Harris or [?Thomas] Harris; his wife Louisa [Holcroft] or his daughter Louisa [Holcroft]; Fanny [Holcroft]; [Willey] Revely [Reveley]
Incipit: You will perhaps be...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 13 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of some of Holcroft's works; the German publication of Godwin's works
Mentions [Richard] Phillips; Pizzaro; [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan; Bulow
Incipit: Do not be surprised at my writing again...
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Date written: 19 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 41
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning gifts of money
Mentions Mary Bailey; [Philip] Hull [Godwin]; Joseph [Godwin]; John Jex
Incipit: I desire you to give Mary Bailey...
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J[ames] Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date dated: 20 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/5
Fol(s).: 42-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Wollstonecraft's financial problems; need for a loan
Mentions [?Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: Should it not be convenient...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Dec. [1799]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 44-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's 'St Leon' (1799)
Incipit: The brilliant imagination...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 64-7
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Date written: 26 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 3)
Fol(s).: 48-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [John Arnot's] travel journal
Incipit: My having kept my brothers...
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Frederic Mansel Reynolds to William Godwin
Date dated: 29 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 50-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Arranging a meeting
Incipit: Mrs. R and myself are...
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William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft
Date written: 31 Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 52-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the critique of a play; correspondence with Volney
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: After two or three attempts...
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George Dyson to William Godwin
Date postmarked: Dec. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 54-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's opinion of Dyson's character
Mentions [James] Marshall; Margaret Jones; [?Louisa Jones]
Incipit: After so many years of undrest...
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[H.R. Arnot] to William Godwin
Date written: Sun., c. 1799
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 3)
Fol(s).: 56
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning [John Arnot's] travel journal
Incipit: Mr Arnot was unavoidably...
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Date written: 3 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 57-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a story that Godwin has converted to Christianity; et al.
Mentions Mr Morely; Basil Montagu; [James] Mackintosh
Incipit: I received a visit more...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 5 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/11
Fol(s).: 59
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking Godwin to return some letters Wedgwood wrote; et al.
(Also includes notes (a quotation in French) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Marie-Jeanne] Roland
Incipit: If you happen to have...
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Henry Fuseli to William Godwin
Date dated: 7 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/19
Fol(s).: 60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Accepting an offer from Godwin
Incipit: Casa [?] certainly not so well qualified...
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[Ralph Fell] to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 9 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 61-2
Document type: original or draft, in the hand of William Godwin and Ra: Fell
Contents
On [Godwin's] criticism; standards of literary critique
Incipit: You appear to my apprehensions...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 16 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 63
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a copy of 'St Leon'; et al.
Incipit: I did not forget what passed at Mrs Smith's...
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J[?ohn] W[?estbrooke] Chandler to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Jan. [1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a party; et al.
Mentions young Northcote (possibly James Northcote?); Macqui; [Henry] Fuseli
Incipit: You have long known the interest...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a copy of 'St Leon'; a satire called 'St Godwin'
Incipit: The promptness, & explicitness...
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Thomas Chandler to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Jan. [1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 68
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's behaviour
Incipit: I am not concerned to know...
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Thomas Chandler to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Jan. [1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 69-70
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Chandler's character
(Also includes a note ('Coleridge') in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I thought you too decerning...
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Thomas Holcroft and Fanny Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 71-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's publication plans; the German publication of Godwin's works; postscript by Fanny Holcroft
Mentions [George] Robinson; [James] Marshall; Foulkes; Cole; his wife Louisa [Holcroft] or his daughter Louisa [Holcroft]; Sophy [Cole]; Colonel [?Henry] Barry
Incipit: On the 2[?]th instant yours...
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William Nicholson to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 73-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the safe delivery of [Thomas] Holcroft's son
(Also includes notes (a list of names) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Louisa] Holcroft; Mr Maussion de Mombre
Incipit: I have just received a...
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J[ames] Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 28 Jan. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/5
Fol(s).: 75-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's loan of twenty five pounds; financial problems; inability to repay the loan
Incipit: I did not get your letter 'till...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 4 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 77-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan to Godwin
Mentions [George] Robinson
Incipit: I hear that you are on the point of quitting...
Note: See also a draft in MS. Abinger c. 17, fols. 102-3
Images
Date written: 6 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 79-80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning family news; difference between city and country; et al.
Mentions Joseph [Godwin]; Harriet [?Godwin]; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]; J[ohn] Jex; Mary Bailey
Incipit: I should be glad to hear a good account...
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Josiah Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 81-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Writing on behalf of [Thomas Wedgwood]; refusing Godwin money; estates
Incipit: My brother has received...
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J[ames] Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 10 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 210/5
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Wollstonecraft's inability to repay Godwin's loan
Incipit: I tremble to write to you...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 11 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 85-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's publication plans; the German publication of Godwin's works; the welfare of Holcroft's step-mother; et al.
Mentions Villiaume; [James] Marshall; [?Joseph] Richardson; Reverend G. Smith; his wife Louisa [Holcroft] or his daughter Louisa [Holcroft]; Fanny [Holcroft]
Incipit: The last I have received of yours...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 11 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 87-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's embarkation plans for Nevis; et al.
Mentions [Josiah Wedgwood]
Incipit: I cannot bear the idea...
Images
Date written: 16 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 89-90
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; journal
Mentions [George] Dyson; William Pitt
Incipit: I have not yet received an...
Images
Date written: Thur., 27 Feb. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 91-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a lawsuit; a prospective visit from the recipient and [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge
Incipit: "Being gone I am myself again"...
Mentions Mrs Dorset; [?Richard] Phillips; [John] Fenwick
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Josiah Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Mar. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/12
Fol(s).: 93-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's willingness to comply with Godwin's request
(Also includes brief notes (including arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I write in great haste...
Images
Date written: 18 Mar. [1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 95-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Godwin for sending copies of his books
Incipit: You will think me an inconsistant Mortal...
Images
Date written: 28 Mar. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 97
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning family news
Mentions Mary Bailey; Joseph [Godwin]; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]
Incipit: I have but just time to write three...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 98-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's income and spending; acting
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris; [Joseph] Holman; Mr Darnly; Sophia Upton; [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: I am extremely happy...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 100-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's publication plans; lack of money; a translation of Fischer; et al.
Mentions Mr Foulkes; Bourgoing; [James] Marshall
Incipit: After another most anxious period...
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Lord Lauderdale, James Maitland to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 3 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 102-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the nomination of a boy to a position
Mentions Mr ?Tod
Incipit: I have this morning...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of Holcroft's journal; Holcroft's picture sale; et al.
Mentions Mr Foulkes; [James] Marshall; [James] Christie
Incipit: I might have written four days ago...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the sale of Holcroft's pictures; et al.
Mentions Foulkes; Gillies; Colonel Harwood; [?William] Nicholson; [?William] Shield; [John] Opie; [James] Perry; [Charles] Fox
Incipit: Involved as I am in difficulties...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 108-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an invitation from Godwin
Incipit: I should have made one...
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Lord Lauderdale, James Maitland to William Godwin
Date dated: 27 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(d)
Fol(s).: 110-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning assistance for Godwin's nephew
Incipit: I have only just received...
Images
Date written: 28 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 112
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Returning a book to Godwin
Incipit: For Reasons [?] it were some...
Note: Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. This entry has now been copied to the correct sequence in the catalogue.
Images
Date written: Tue., 29 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 113-18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Parr's failure to read one of Godwin's novels; a letter from Godwin to Parr; Mackintosh's lectures; Parr's sermons; et al.
Mentions [James] Mackintosh
Incipit: I have read your letter attentively...
Images
Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Apr. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 119
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's writing of a comedy; Holcroft's pictures
Mentions Coleman ?George Colman; Foulkes; Pougens; [James] Marshall
Incipit: A week ago I wrote you a letter...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: 5 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 120-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an accusation by Godwin that Fenwick has been indiscreet; et al.
Mentions [Maria] Reveley; [Eliza] Fenwick
Incipit: You do me injustice...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 9 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 122-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's comedy; the translation of a book on Russia
Mentions Coleman ?George Colman; [George] Robinson; Mr Foulkes
Incipit: I write with apprehension of effectually...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: 9 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 124-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's failure to respond to Fenwick's letter of 5 May
Mentions [Maria Reveley]
Incipit: I do not take it for granted...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 13 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 126-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the sale of Holcroft's pictures; Holcroft's comedy
Mentions [John] Opie; Mr Foulkes; [James] Christie; [George] Robinson; [James] Marshall; Mercier
Incipit: On Sunday the 11th I received...
Images
Date written: Sun., 18 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 128-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; publication of Arnot's journal
Incipit: I write from Presburg...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: 20 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 130-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning people abusing Godwin
Mentions [Eliza Fenwick]
Incipit: Your letter gives me the...
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William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft
Date written: 20 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 132-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the transcription of a manuscript; the translation of a book on Russia; paintings; et al.
Mentions [John] Opie; [George] Colman; [Hannah Godwin]; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [George] Robinson; John Parry; Foulkes
Incipit: I have heard from you thrice...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 27 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 134-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an accident Holcroft suffered; Holcroft's translations; Holcroft's picture sales; et al.
Mentions Bourgoing; Fischer; Fanny [Holcroft]; Gillies; [George] Robinson
Incipit: I cannot but suppose the letters I have...
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Mary Robinson to [William Godwin]
Date written: Fri., 30 May 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 810/2 (fasc i)
Fol(s).: 136-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Robinson's financial difficulties
Mentions the Prince of Wales [George IV]
Incipit: I thank you for your very kind letter...
Images
Date written: 1 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the political inorthodoxy of a Reverend Davies
Mentions Sir Francis Burdett
Incipit: I enter without apology...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 3 June [1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a proposal to write a dictionary of German and English; Holcroft's pictures; et al.
Mentions [George] Robinson; Coleman ?George Colman; Foulkes; Fischer
Incipit: This note comes inclosed in a letter...
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Francis Burdett to William Godwin
Date dated: 4 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Burdett's inability to assist Godwin's friend
Incipit: I am sorry it will not be...
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John Philpot Curran to [William Godwin]
Date written: 8 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/1
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] friendship; 'St Leon'; et al.
Mentions ?Lady M[ountcashell], [Margaret Moore] [Margaret Mason]; [?John Philip] Kemble; [John] Fenwick
Incipit: I have just met a friend...
Images
Date written: 11 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On King's request for a critique of her writing from Godwin
Incipit: Perhaps it was rash in me...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 13 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the sale of Holcroft's pictures; et al.
Mentions [James] Christie; [John] Opie; [?William] Birch; Phillips; [?James] Cox; Burrel
Incipit: Though the atttacks I have lately received...
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G[eorge] Colman to William Godwin
Date written: 19 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(l)
Fol(s).: 11-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down a manuscript Godwin has proffered for production at Colman's theatre
Incipit: The Business which presses upon me...
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Thomas Holcroft and Fanny Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 20 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 13-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's translations; the playwright Kotzebue; a lengthy postscript by Fanny Holcroft with family news
Mentions Mr Gillies; [John] Opie; Holcroft's wife Louisa [Holcroft] or daughter Louisa [Holcroft]
Incipit: Les Memoires depart this day...
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Anthony Carlisle to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 24 June 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Enclosing something from Thomas Wedgwood
Incipit: The enclosed is from Tom Wedgwood...
Images
Date written: Sat., Sun., 5, 6 July 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 16-17
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels
Mentions Dr Werner
Incipit: Notwithstanding all the...
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[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date written: Fri., 11 July 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Fanny and Mary; news of his visit to Ireland
Mentions Fanny [Godwin]; Mary [Shelley]
Incipit: I received your letter this morning...
Images
Date written: 19 July 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 20-2
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travel journal
Mentions [H.R. Arnot]; Mr Sevright
Incipit: I am sorry you shewed...
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[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date written: 2 Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 23-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's visit to Ireland; seeing Lady Mountcashell, [Margaret] Moore [Margaret Mason], [Henry] Grattan, Hugh Hamilton, Joseph Cooper Walker, [John Philpot] Curran, execution of Jem[?n]y O'Brien
Incipit: I begin another letter...
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[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date postmarked: 6 Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 26-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's visit to Ireland; Fanny [Godwin]
Mentions Mrs Elwes; [John Philpot] Curran; [Henrietta] Grattan; Lady Harriet Butler; Di. Ponsonby; Mrs Robinson; Fanny [Godwin]
Incipit: Mrs.Elwes tells me...
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Lord Lauderdale, James Maitland to William Godwin
Date written: 11 Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(d)
Fol(s).: 28-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Lauderdale is now able to appoint Godwin's nephew to Christ's Hospital
Incipit: I wrote you a Letter some weeks ago...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 30-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the sale of Holcroft's paintings; request for books
Mentions Colonel Harwood; Mr Gillies; [?James] Cox; Burrel; Mercier; Volney; [James] Marshall; [?Thomas] Harris or [?John] Harris; William Nicholson; [Muzio] Clementi
Incipit: I again write imagining...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/11
Fol(s).: 32-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's intention of calling on Godwin
Incipit: I am just arrived...
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Mary Robinson to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 24 Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger b. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Robinson's opinions of Godwin before and after meeting him; et al.
Mentions James Marshall
Incipit: Why, my dear Philosopher...
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[Mary Robinson] to William Godwin
Date written: 28 Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 34-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning their friendship; her discontented spirit
Incipit: I cannot resist the desire which...
Images
[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date written: Aug. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 36-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the visit to Ireland and Wales; seeing George Ponsonby, Michael Kelly (a judge), [Henry] Grattan et al.; Irish views of the novel 'St Leon'; gifts for Fanny [Godwin] and Mary [Shelley] from their aunts
Mentions [John Philpot] Curran; [Eliza] Bishop; Everina [Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I see by my memoranda that...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Sept. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 38-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Americans
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris; [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: I trust that long before...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Sept. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the rejection of one of Holcroft's works; the publication of Holcroft's 'Travels'
Mentions [?John] Harris or [?Thomas] Harris; Mr Gillies; [George] Robinson
Incipit: Harris informs me he...
Images
Mary Robinson to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Sept. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/7
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Robinson's reluctance to receive [John Philpot] Curran as a guest
Mentions [John Bellenden] Gawler
Incipit: I was extremely sorry, my...
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Lady Margaret Mountcashell [Margaret Mason] to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Sept. [1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/5
Fol(s).: 43-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the upbringing of children; et al.
Mentions Charles Lamb
Incipit: I feel very much flattered...
Images
Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Sept. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 45-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's literary works; the authorship of a work on Russia; Godwin's novel 'St Leon' (1799)
Mentions [George] Robinson; [James] Marshall; Colonel and Major Masson
Incipit: I write in answer to yours of the 26th...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: Sun., 14 Sept. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 47-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to discuss Godwin's play
Mentions [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan
Incipit: I shall be confined to the...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Sept. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(d)
Fol(s).: 49r & 50v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On a play Godwin has sent to Kemble
Incipit: I have received your four acts...
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[William Godwin] to [John Philip Kemble]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(d)
Fol(s).: 49r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
On an unfinished play
Incipit: When I last saw you, I...
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Date written: 10 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; Arnot's journals; financial situation
Mentions [George] Dyson; Louisa Jones
Incipit: Your letter of the 5th...
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Mary Robinson to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(a)
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Robinson's mood
Incipit: The first day that I am permitted to write...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 14 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 55-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's play
Incipit: I have received your Packet...
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M[?artha] Carlisle to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 17 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(a) (fasc2)
Fol(s).: 57r
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down Godwin's dinner invitation
(Also includes brief literary notes in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Anthony] Carlisle
Incipit: I am desired by Mr Carlisle...
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Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(a) (fasc2)
Fol(s).: 57v
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning a wish to see the addressee before leaving for the country
Incipit: I have a pressing occasion...
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John Bellenden Gawler to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 21 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 58-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding an invitation from Godwin
Incipit: Your very kind letter was...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 60-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the disposition of some of Holcroft's literary efforts; et al.
Mentions [?John Philip] Kemble; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; Symmonds; Henry Hill; [George] Tuthill
Incipit: I am just returned from Leipsick...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 62-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to call on Kemble
Incipit: Will you be so good...
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Date written: 28 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 5
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 512
Fol(s).: 112
Note: This item's date was identified after foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. See MS. Abinger c. 5, fol. 112 for the full description.
John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 30 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's play
Incipit: I shall give your Play...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 30 Oct. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to call on Kemble
Incipit: Pray let me see you...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 3 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 68-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Kemble's opinion of Godwin's play; request for the manuscript; et al.
Incipit: All I can say in answer to your...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 70-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's play
Incipit: I have given the three Acts to the Copyist...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 11 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 72-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's caution over authorship
Incipit: Depend on my observing all...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 74-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Planning a meeting to discuss Godwin's play 'Antonio'
Incipit: I shall be glad to see you about four...
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[Martin Smart] to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 76-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Critique of Godwin's 'Political Justice' (1793)
Mentions (on address leaf) William Bird
Incipit: To the author of the Enquiry...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 78-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the sale of Holcroft's play; Godwin's play writing
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [?John] Harris or [?Thomas] Harris; [?John Philip] Kemble; [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan; Henry Hill
Incipit: How essentially do you...
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William Green Munford to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 80-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Request for Godwin to buy some books; the coming American presidential election
Incipit: My regret at being compelled by...
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Date written: 26 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 82-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; journal
Mentions [George] Dyson; Louisa [Jones]
Incipit: In the beginning of October last...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 27 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 84-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning copies of Godwin's play; a pseudonym for the author of 'Antonio'
Mentions [John] Tobin
Incipit: An Accident I met...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 28 Nov. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 86-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning money matters; Holcroft's picture dealing; et al.
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris or [?John] Harris; [George] Robinson; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [?Charles] Macleane [Maclean]
Incipit: I am disappointed in...
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Date written: 30 Nov. [1800]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 88-9
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
On public views about proper female behaviour; Godwin's views about women; et al.
Incipit: Are your ideas really equal...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 90-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's play 'Antonio'
Incipit: I intend to advertise Antonio...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 4 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 92-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to call on Kemble
Incipit: I shall be at home all day...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 94-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning alterations and additions to Godwin's play; the best time to present the play; et al.
Mentions Mr Smith
Incipit: The Alterations and Additions are too...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 11 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 96-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [John] Tobin's presence at the rehearsals for Godwin's play; et al.
Incipit: Mr. Tobin is regularly called to the...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 14 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 98-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the poor success of Godwin's play
Mentions [Sarah] Siddons
Incipit: I wish with all my soul we had...
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Date written: 19 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 100-1
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Farewell letter
Incipit: I am going into the Country - I would have call'd to...
Note: Possibly from Charlotte Smith
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Date written: 26 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 102-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; strangers ordered to depart from Vienna
Incipit: This is the third time I...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 26 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning money matters; public critique of Godwin's play; et al.
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]; John Philip Kemble; Mr Schuchmacher; Robert Garbutt; Mr Thomson; [?Charles] Macleane [Maclean]
Incipit: I yesterday received a bill for...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 27 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the performance of Godwin's play ['Antonio' (1800)]
Incipit: Several times within the last fortnight...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 108-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's disappointment
(Also includes notes (the family tree of Mahomet [Mohammad]) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I have just rec[eive]d y[ou]rs..
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William Godwin to [?Thomas] Wedgwood
Date written: 30 Dec. 1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 110
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the repayment of loans
Incipit: I am sorry you found anything obscure...
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Date written: Tue., 14 Jan. ?1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 111
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Turning down Godwin's invitation to dine; Fell's treatment of Godwin's friend Coleridge
(Also includes notes (including an address) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge
Incipit: I should with great...
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Date written: Wed., 15 Jan. ?1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 112
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Accepting an invitation from Godwin; on Godwin's response to Fell's censure regarding the way Godwin has treated him.
Incipit: I accept your invitation...
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[Hannah Godwin] to [William Godwin]
Date written: Fri., 15 Aug. ?1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 113
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning her feelings towards [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: I suppose from what Cooper...
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Date dated: 10 Dec. ?1800
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 114-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Fell's return from Whitby
Incipit: I have the pleasure to...
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William Vincent to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sun., [1800-3]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 116
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning enquiries about Chaucer
Mentions Mr Horsefall
Incipit: There was no discovery of...
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Maria Elizabeth Robinson to [William Godwin]
Date written: c. 1800-1
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 117
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking the return of letters from Maria's mother, [Mary Robinson] for a biography
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: Though I am not guilty...
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Date written: 1 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 118-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning family news
Mentions Joseph [Godwin]; Mary [Wollstonecraft]; Hannah [Godwin]; Hague
Incipit: I do purpose in a few weeks to...
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Date written: 4 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 120-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; strangers being ordered to depart from Vienna; Arnot's health
Mentions [George] Dyson; Louisa [Jones]
Incipit: Before I answer your letter of the...
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Maria Elizabeth Robinson to [William Godwin]
Date written: Thur., 8 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(e)
Fol(s).: 122
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On [Mary Robinson's] opinion of Godwin
(Also includes notes (a list) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: May I hope, that you will accept...
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Date written: 9 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 123r & 124v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting ten pounds of a debt owed by Godwin
Mentions [John] Phillips
Incipit: I shall be obliged to you...
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[William Godwin] to [M. Chandler]
Date written: 20 Jan. [1801]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 123v-124r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning a loan
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]
Incipit: You very liberally lent me a...
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William Godwin to Martin Smart
Date written: 12 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 125-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On learning his correspondent was a serjeant of militia; character of Brightwel in 'Caleb Williams'; the recipient's criticisms of 'Political Justice'
Also includes editor's note in hand of ?Mary Shelley
Incipit: I know not whether I...
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J[oseph] Ritson to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(c)
Fol(s).: 127r & 128v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the repayment of a loan
Incipit: I wish you could make it convenient...
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[William Godwin] to [J[oseph] Ritson]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(c)
Fol(s).: 127v-128r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning the repayment of a loan
Incipit: The note I have just received...
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Date written: Sat., 17 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 129-30
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
On Godwin's opinions of Fell's latest manuscript; the French Revolution; George II; on Fell's capture by a French privateer; on Fell's attempts to find a publisher et al.
Incipit: I am inconceivably...
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Charles Kemble to [William Godwin]
Date written: Wed., 21 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(d)
Fol(s).: 131
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning ?theatre tickets
Incipit: I am very happy that...
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John Phillips to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 132-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan to Godwin
Mentions Mr [?Thomas] Chandler
Incipit: Mr. Chandler left...
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William Nicholson to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 26 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 6
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 134
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a legal matter
Mentions Mr Duncan
Incipit: Can you oblige me...
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Date written: 30 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; Arnot has fallen in love; poor health
Incipit: Having told you that I intended to return to England...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 30 Jan. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the failure of Godwin's play 'Antonio' (1800); Curran's inability to give Godwin money; et al.
Incipit: I had spent the Christmas in a...
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Date postmarked: 9 Feb. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the sale of stocks; family news
Mentions Mr Copland; T. Tomson
Incipit: I'm very uncapable of writing now...
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William Godwin to Martin Smart
Date written: 10 Feb. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning publication of 'Political Justice'; Godwin's biography; opinion of book 'Volneys Ruins'; accuracy of 'Caleb Williams'; et al.
Mentions Mary Wollstonecraft
Incipit: I have to acknowledge...
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Date written: 18 Feb. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 3)
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; Arnot's journals; Arnot's beloved
Incipit: I write merely to inform you that I shall depart from here in two months...
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Date written: 21 Feb. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/7 (fasc 3)
Fol(s).: 11-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Arnot's travels; love
Mentions Baroness Vay
Incipit: I have received your letter...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 26 Feb. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 13-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Refusing to give an opinion on Godwin's play before it has been accepted for representation
(Also includes note (the word 'Bertula') in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: The Hurry I was in all day...
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[William Godwin] to Thomas Holcroft
Date written: 6 Mar. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 15-16
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the disposition of the manuscript of 'Herman & Dorothea'
Mentions the publishers Longman; Rees
Incipit: The last letter I have received from you...
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J[oseph] Ritson to William Godwin
Date written: 7 Mar. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(c)
Fol(s).: 18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the repayment of a loan; return of books; et al.
Incipit: Though you have not ability to repay...
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[William Godwin] to J[oseph] Ritson
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(c)
Fol(s).: 17-18r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning the use of Ritson as an executor; the return of books
Incipit: I have long entertained the highest esteem...
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J[oseph] Ritson to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Mar. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(c)
Fol(s).: 19 & 20v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the repayment of a loan
Incipit: A very slight degree of candour...
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[William Godwin] to J[oseph] Ritson
Date : n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(c)
Fol(s).: 20
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning the repayment of a loan
Mentions [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan
Incipit: I should be sorry to interrupt your...
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Martin Smart to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Mar. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 21-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Smart's engagements
(Also includes lists of crossed-out numbers, (perhaps pages in a 3-volume book) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I obtained rather...
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Lady Margaret Mountcashell [Margaret Mason] to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Apr. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/5
Fol(s).: 23-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the upbringing of children; et al.
Mentions Charles Lamb; [John Philpot] Curran
Incipit: It is so long since I...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 7 Apr. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 25-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the failure of 'Antonio' (1800); borrowing and repayment of loans
(Also includes an endorsement, in ?Thomas Wedgwood's hand)
Mentions [George] Robinson; [Richard] Philips [Phillips]
Incipit: In a very kind note I received from you...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Apr. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 27
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's inability to assist Godwin
Incipit: It would have given me great pleasure...
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John Lesh[?] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 25 Apr. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 28-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a query from Godwin relating to Mr. Cavendish's library
Mentions Mr Heydinger; Mr Cavendish
Incipit: I wish it were in my power...
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Date postmarked: 27 Apr. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 30-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting a loan of £20 from Godwin secured on an upcoming play and a romance written by King
Incipit: Encouraged by those elevated...
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N.A. FitzGerald to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 5 June 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 32-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On FitzGerald's present circumstances; hope that Godwin will be able to procure FitzGerald a job in London as a housekeeper
Mentions [John Philpot] Curran
Incipit: Mr Curran having written...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: 5 June 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 34-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's play 'Antonio' (1800)
Incipit: I thank you for the play of Antonio...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: 7 June [1801]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 36
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On a pamphlet about to be published by Godwin ('Reply to Parr')
Mentions [George] Robinson; [James] Mackintosh; [Samuel] Parr
Incipit: I certainly will not make any...
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Lord Lansdowne, William Petty to William Godwin
Date written: 8 June 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Arranging an appointment with Godwin
Incipit: Ld. Lansdowne's comp[limen]ts to Mr Godwin...
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John Robinson to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 9 June 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's pamphlet; publication matters
(Also includes notes (a list of names) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: You will before this have...
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[-] Schweizer to William Godwin
Date written: 2 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Schweizer's intention to visit Godwin
Incipit: As you have the habit to see with your philosophical Eye...
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Edward Williams to William Godwin
Date written: 4 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 43-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Confirming an appointment with Godwin
Incipit: I am favoured with your note...
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Date postmarked: 7 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 45r & 46v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Hill's plans to visit Godwin once returning from a business trip to Bath
Incipit: This Evening I leave Town for Bath...
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Date written: 10 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 45 & 46r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Thank you for receipt of book, Godwin's opinions of the work; et al.
(Also includes literary notes (a short list of book titles) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I thank you for the copy...
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Date written: 8 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 47-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Introducing the bearer, Mr Gibson
Mentions Mr Gibson possibly ? Francis Gibson
Incipit: This will be put into...
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Joseph Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 11 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 49
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On expectations of a letter from Mr. Lea.
Incipit: I own myself very remiss...
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Date postmarked: 20 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/9
Fol(s).: 50-1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Request for books from Godwin
Incipit: Mr Turner presents his...
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Martin Smart to William Godwin
Date written: 31 July 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 52-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's 'Political Justice' and 'Memoirs of the Author of the Vindication of the Rights of Woman'; Smart's memories of Newington Green; et al.
Mentions [John] Hewlett
Incipit: In the hurry and...
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Date written: 11 Aug. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 54r & 55v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Fragment, concerning Godwin's wish to meet John Horne, author of 'Douglas'
Incipit: you expressed a wish to meet...
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Date written: 15 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(a)
Fol(s).: 54v-55r
Document type: fair copy or draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Enclosing a tragedy he's written; comments on its pacing
Incipit: I inclose you a tragedy...
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Lady Margaret Mountcashell [Margaret Mason] to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Aug. [1801]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/5
Fol(s).: 56-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Godwin's letters; the upbringing of children; travel plans; et al.
Mentions [Mary Shelley]
Incipit: I was sorry to find by...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date dated: 8 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 58-61
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a critique in a journal; a theft from Inchbald
Incipit: I have not seen one single number...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 62-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the removal of Godwin's name from a play
Incipit: Your direction shall be punctually...
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William Powell to [William Godwin]
Date written: 23 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/3
Fol(s).: 64r & 65v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down a play
Incipit: The Proprietors have directed...
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[William Godwin] to ?William Powell
Date written: 25 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/3
Fol(s).: 64 & 65v
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning possible alterations to a play
Incipit: I am sorry to intrude for a moment...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 26 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 66r & 67v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning alterations to Godwin's play; offer to present the play
Incipit: When you have made...
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[William Godwin] to [John Philip Kemble]
Date written: 28 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 66v-67r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning alterations to a play
Incipit: The sole object...
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John Philip Kemble to [William Godwin]
Date written: 28 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 68
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a play reading; alterations
Incipit: If it could be supposed that a Play...
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[William Godwin] to [John Philip Kemble]
Date written: 29 Sept. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 69
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning alterations
Incipit: I am sorry to trouble you again...
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John Philip Kemble to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Oct. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/2
Fol(s).: 70-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the presentation of Godwin's play
Incipit: You have not been troublesome...
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[Muzio] Clementi to William Godwin
Date dated: 25 Oct. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 72
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Thanking Godwin for a present
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: Clementi calls on Mr Godwin to make...
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[?C. W] Flint to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Nov. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 73
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Refusing Godwin's application for a passport
Written on behalf of Lord [Thomas] Pelham.
Incipit: [?C W] Flint presents his...
Note: C.W. Flint possibly Charles Flint
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[Francis] Douce to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Nov. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 74-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's request to borrow books on Chaucer from Douce's personal library
Incipit: Mr Douce presents his compliments to...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Nov. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 76-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a misunderstanding between [Eliza] Fenwick and Godwin; sending books to New York
Incipit: I accidentally learnt...
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David Webster to William Godwin
Date written: 7 Dec. 1801
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 78-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Webster's early education; Webster's pamphlet on 'The God of the Jews...'
Incipit: It is with great diffidence that I...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Jan. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 80-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's marriage; business matters; Fanny [Holcroft]'s marriage
Mentions [?John] Harris or [?Thomas] Harris; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; Brown; [Stephanie-Felicite] Genlis; Lady Mountcashel [Margaret] Moore [Margaret Mason]
Incipit: I cannot write a word...
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Date postmarked: 6 Jan 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 520
Fol(s).: 82
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Address leaf, addressed to Godwin
(Also includes notes (?appointments for Monday and Friday) in William Godwin's hand)
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan to William Godwin
Date dated: [6] [Jan.] 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/3
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a meeting with Godwin
Incipit: I assure you I have done everything...
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J[ohn] Wolcot to William Godwin
Date dated: 8 Jan. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 85-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down an invitation to a philosophical party Godwin is holding
Mentions Lord [Horatio] Nelson
Incipit: Most willingly would I join your...
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Thomas Clio Rickman to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Jan. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 87-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's responses to [Samuel] Parr and [James] Mackintosh; Godwin's doctrines; et al.
Incipit: I have read with pleasure your reply to Dr. Parr...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Feb. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 89-90
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an opera Holcroft intends to adapt for the stage; the procurement of marmots; Fenwick's journals; et al.
Mentions [George] Tuthill; [?Thomas] Harris; [?John] Harris; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [Anthony] Carlisle; [John] Fenwick
Incipit: A day or two after I wrote...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 17 Feb. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 91-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a warning in the Times against Holcroft as a spy; the Mountcashells' parting with Fanny Holcroft; et al.
Mentions Lady M[ountcashel] [Margaret Moore] [Margaret Mason]; Lord Mountcashel [ [Stephen] Moore]; Fanny [Holcroft]; Manning; Gimingham; [George] Tuthill; [?Charles] Macleane [Maclean]
Incipit: The devil of misfortune is everlastingly at...
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Lady Mountcashell, Margaret Moore [Margaret Mason] to [William Godwin]
Date written: 21 Feb. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(p)
Fol(s).: 93-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On [Thomas] Holcroft; [Fanny] Holcroft's unsuitability as a governess
Mentions Lord Mountcashell, [Stephen] Moore]
Incipit: I am very much concerned...
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Thomas Holcroft and Fanny [Holcroft] to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Mar. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 95-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the acquisition of a marmot and a loir. Postscript by Fanny [Holcroft].
Mentions [Anthony] Carlisle; Louisa [Holcroft] or Louisa [Holcroft]; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: Your last was dated Jan[ua]ry 29th...
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William Godwin to William Cole
Date written: 2 Mar. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 97-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the education of children
Mentions [Anna] Barbauld
Incipit: Your question is much...
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Sarah Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Mar. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 99
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning financial arrangements made for Sarah Holcroft on Thomas Holcroft's behalf
Incipit: I receiv'd yours of the 2nd...
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Date written: 17 Mar. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 100
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the health of one of Godwin's children
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; [Mary Shelley] or [Fanny Godwin]
Incipit: Your favour I received last...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Mar. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 101-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning translations by [James] Marshal [Marshall] and other literary efforts
Mentions Madame de Stael [ Anne Stael-Holstein]; [?Charles] Macleane [Maclean]; Hamilton
Incipit: I have seen Madam de Stael...
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[?Richard] Cosway to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 1 Apr. [1802]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 103-4
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Forwarding [Thomas] Holcroft's manuscript to Godwin
(Also includes notes (list of names and date spans) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Mr. Cosway presents his...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Apr. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 105-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's publication plans; et al.
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris or [?John] Harris; Foulkes; Madame de Stael [ Anne Stael-Holstein]; Fanny [Holcroft]; [?Charles] Macleane [Maclean]; the Robinson family; [William] Nicholson; Mr Crawfurd ? Adair Crawford; [Anthony] Carlisle
Incipit: By the last Post...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 8 Apr. [1802]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 107-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Seeking Godwin's opinion of a work; money
Incipit: Your Letter this moment arrived...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 2-3
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Martin Smart to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Apr. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 109-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Containing critique of Godwin's 'Enquiry Concerning Political Justice' (1793)
Incipit: Ecce iterum Crispinus!...
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P[rince] Hoare to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 10 Apr. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 111-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a request from Godwin
Mentions Mr Hoare
Incipit: Allow me to express a pleasure in your...
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P[rince] Hoare to William Godwin
Date written: 13 Apr. [1802]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 113-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a request from Godwin
Mentions Mr Hoare
Incipit: I must not longer be allowed to profess...
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George King to [William Godwin]
Date written: 17 Apr. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 115-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking Godwin's assistance in mediating with King's father
Mentions Mr King
Incipit: Unfortunately, by birth...
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Date written: 21 Apr. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 117-18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's offer to assist King in mediating with King's father
Mentions Mr King; Lathrop
Incipit: With pleasure I received...
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Date written: 22 Apr. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 119-20
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On King's education and health and prospects for employment
Incipit: I shall be happy at all...
Mr [-] Campbell and Mr [-] Wood to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 28 Apr. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 121-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Invitation to dine
Incipit: Mr. Campbell and Mr. Wood...
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Thomas Holcroft, Louisa Holcroft and Fanny Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 2 May 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 123-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's publications; books for translation; et al. Postscripts by Louisa and Fanny Holcroft.
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris or [?John] Harris; Madame de Stael [ Anne Stael-Holstein]; [Mary Jane] Godwin; Foulkes; [?William] Bosville; [John] Horne Took [Tooke]
Incipit: By Friday's Post...
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Date written: 24 May 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 125
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting some drawings given to Godwin, so that they can be engraved
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Written on behalf of [?Richard] Phillips
Incipit: I am desired by Mr. Phillips...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 27 May 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 126-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a theatre's prevarication over one of Holcroft's plays; the character of a Mr S; et al.
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris or [?John] Harris; [James] Marshal [Marshall]; [John] Fenwick; Ashly; Fogo; Fanny [Holcroft]
Incipit: The conduct of Mr Harris...
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Thomas Cooper to [William Godwin]
Date written: 10 June 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 128
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Introducing the bearer, Charles Ingersol, a writer
Incipit: I have been chargrined at...
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James Marshall to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., 3 July 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 129
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a party for Lucas and ?Godwin's children
(Also includes notes (addresses) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Lucas ?Marshall
Incipit: I am desirous that Lucas...
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Martin Smart to William Godwin
Date written: 5 July 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 130-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Smart's employment
Mentions [James] Marshall
Incipit: I would before this time...
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James Marshall to William Godwin
Date written: 5 July 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 7
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 132-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning books and letters from [Thomas] Holcroft; Godwin's treatment of Marshall
Mentions [?Thomas] Harris or [?John] Harris; [Mary Jane] Godwin; Mr Hamilton
Incipit: I return you Mr. Holcroft's letter...
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J[ames] Boaden to [William Godwin]
Date written: 28 July 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's esteem for Boaden
(Also includes literary notes in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: You and I are not men to say fine things to each other...
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James Perry to [William Godwin]
Date written: 24 Aug. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning suspicions about [Thomas] Holcroft
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I really do not know what to do...
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Humphry Davy to William Godwin
Date written: 26 Sept. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Inviting Godwin to dine
Mentions [?Thomas Clio] Rickman; [James] Tobin or [John] Tobin
Incipit: Will you favor me...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 2 Oct. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 4-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the expression of sentiment
Incipit: I am much gratified by...
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John Flaxman to [William Godwin]
Date written: 19 Nov. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/16
Fol(s).: 6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Giving permission for the use of Flaxman's name as an authority
Mentions Smith
Incipit: I have not the least objection to my name being mentioned...
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Date written: 10 Dec. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Booth's 'Analytical Dictionary of the English Language'
Mentions [John Horne] Tooke
Incipit: A purposed [sic] undertaking in which...
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William Austin to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Dec. 1802
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 9r-v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Enclosing a work from Austin
Mentions Dr Griffiths
Incipit: This unusual mode...
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Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 9v
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning the perfections of Godwin's writing
Incipit: Do not pervert what I have...
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[William Godwin] to ?[Martin] Smart
Date written: 12 Jan. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 10
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
On the advantages of experience
Incipit: For God's sake, my dear friend, do not let us ger into altercation about these trifles...
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Date written: 29 Jan. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 11
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning a list of printer's errors Godwin has sent to the recipient
Incipit: I cannot submit to your law of silence...
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Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 12r
Document type: original, or fair copy, unsigned
Contents
A poem, beginning 'Inferior thoughts alone their powers engage'
Incipit: Inferior thoughts...
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William Godwin to ?Mary Jane Godwin
Date written: 14 Feb. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 12v
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's corrections of the recipient's poem; et al.
Incipit: would amend my alterations...
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William Crowe to [William Godwin]
Date written: 26 Feb. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(q)
Fol(s).: 13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On a plan of [Godwin's] to visit Oxford University, particularly the Bodleian Library
Mentions [John] Price
Incipit: My absence from Oxford...
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Ed[?ward] Roberts to [William Godwin]
Date written: 5 Mar. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Advising where records relating to Chaucer can be found
Incipit: I am sorry that I have not the means of...
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Date postmarked: 25 Mar. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(e)
Fol(s).: 15-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's application to Wake for assistance
Incipit: It gives me great pleasure...
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Date postmarked: 29 Mar. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 17
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment of letter (address leaf only)
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Date written: 20 Apr. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/3
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Bequeathing Arnot's literary estate to Godwin
Mentions Mrs Reid; Peter Reid; Jane [Arnot]
Incipit: In case of my death, or loss of...
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Date written: 27 Apr. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 20
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Sending gifts; family news
Mentions Harriot ? Harriet Godwin; Mrs H[arriet] Godwin; Mr Sykes; Mary Bailey
Incipit: Doubtless I should be glad to see you...
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[James] Dallaway to William Godwin
Date written: 17 May 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 21
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning research in the Herald's College
Mentions Anne of Bohemia; Sir John Holland
Incipit: Mr Dallaway returns respectful compliments...
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Elihu Palmer to William Godwin
Date written: May 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(q)
Fol(s).: 22-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Forwarding a copy of Palmer's book 'Principles of Nature'; critique of Godwin's 'Political Justice'
Incipit: I send you a Copy of the Second Edition...
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Date written: 25 June 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 24-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a translator for the works of Madame Harmes (Baroness von Berlepsch ); the Hanoverian army; et al.
Mentions [Mary Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I am about to request of you...
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Thomas Turner to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 4 July 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 26
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking Godwin's help against vice
Incipit: I am confident that you are a man...
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John Bernard Trotter to William Godwin
Date written: 9 July 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(b)
Fol(s).: 27-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's views about Cicero
Mentions [John Philpot] Curran; [Henry] Grattan
Incipit: You will be much surprized...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date dated: 8 Aug. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 29-30
Document type: original, initialled
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Concerning Godwin's protege [Thomas] Cooper; et al.
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I am sure you'll regret that my delay...
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Date written: 10 Aug. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 31
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a visit to Ann Godwin
Incipit: I dont know how to make a proper Apology [sic]...
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Date postmarked: 17 Aug. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 32-3
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the origins of a Shakespeare scene
Mentions [William] Shakespeare; Ben Jonson; [Walter] Raleigh
Incipit: In the first place, it is, impossible...
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Robert Lemon to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 29 Aug. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 34-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's novel 'St Leon' (1799)
Incipit: With many thanks I return the...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 3 Sept. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 36-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an accusation Godwin has made about Holcroft
Incipit: I am deeply afflicted that any action...
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H. Chatterton to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Sept. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(q)
Fol(s).: 38-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the study of philosophy; et al.
Mentions Bishop [John] Wilkins; Condorcet; [Isaac] Newton; [Joseph] Priestley; [Antoine] Lavoisier; [John] Locke; [David] Hartley; [Carl] Linnaus
Incipit: As I cannot for a moment...
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Archibald Hamilton Rowan to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Sept. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 40-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the acquisition of a house in the country; [Robert] Emmet and Irish nationalism
Incipit: If I may be permitted to estimate...
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Date written: Tue., 4 Oct. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 42-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lofft's visit to [Thomas] Brand Hollis's house
Incipit: I have just receiv'd your Letter...
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Date postmarked: 5 Oct. [1803]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 44-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning alterations to the manuscripts of Godwin's 'Life of Geoffrey Chaucer' (1803)
Mentions [?Martin] Smart; [Richard] Philips [Phillips]; [John] Fenwick; [?Thomas] Cooper
Incipit: At last I have had an...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Oct. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 46-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's accusations about Holcroft
Incipit: The reason of my silence has not been...
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Date written: 15 Nov. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 48-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a Mr Sykes; the Godwin's visit to Ann Godwin; et al.
Mentions [Mary Jane Godwin]; Mr Sykes; John [Godwin]; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]; Raven
Incipit: My dear William whose Countenance gave me...
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Date written: 5 Dec. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(k)
Fol(s).: 50
Document type: original, signed
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Concerning Godwin's opinion of Lofft's 'Tragedy'; plans to travel to London; the building of barracks in Woodbridge; et al.
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; [Sarah] Lofft
Incipit: Mrs Lofft has had a very agreeable...
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John Horne Tooke to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Dec. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(b)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's visit to Horne Tooke's home
Mentions [?William] Bosville; Mr Ward; W[?alter] Scott
Incipit: I this moment receive...
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J. T. Finegan to William Godwin
Date written: 7 Dec. 1803
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's observations on the author of Piers Plowman's Visions
Mentions [Robert] Crowley; [Peter] Heylin [Heylyn]; [John] Stow
Incipit: In the persuasion that...
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[William] Godwin to Martin Smart
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(b)
Fol(s).: 55v
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Address leaf, including a postscript enclosing corrections to a work
Incipit: I am sorry if I have...
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[William Godwin] to ?[Martin] Smart
Date written: Wed., 9 Feb. [1803]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(b)
Fol(s).: 55r
Document type: original or draft, unsigned
Contents
Regarding a disagreement
Mentions [?James] Ballantine [Ballantyne]
Incipit: I am much grieved that you...
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J. Macdonald to [William Godwin]
Date written: Thur., 8 ? [1803-1807]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 56
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a forthcoming meeting
Mentions [John] Horne Tooke
Incipit: My projected visit to Somers...
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Joseph Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Feb. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/2(a)
Fol(s).: 57-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
A request for William Godwin to loan the first volume of 'Life of Chaucer'
Incipit: I should esteem it a particular favour...
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Date written: 25 Mar. [1804]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 59-60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the conduct of a Mr W[?ist] towards Miss Godwin
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Colonel Stapleton
Incipit: The only reason of my not answering...
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F. Damiani to [William Godwin]
Date written: Fri., 13 Apr. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 61
Document type: original, signed
Contents
A response to a historical enquiry (about Florence and Tuscany)
Incipit: I beg your pardon again if I have been too long to give you an answer...
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Henry Ellis to [William Godwin]
Date written: 13 Apr. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(b)
Fol(s).: 62
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a research enquiry about the manufacturing of silk
Incipit: I fear you will, by this time...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 14 Apr. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 63-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's reasons for writing plays; need for money
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge
Incipit: It is with the utmost reluctance...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Apr. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 65-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan to Godwin; Wedgwood's health; et al.
Mentions Mr Howship
Incipit: I am so unwilling to leave you in a moment suspence...
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 18 Apr. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 67-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wedgwood's character; the gift of money for the education of talented people
Incipit: It was with the highest pleasure...
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Thomas Holcroft to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 20 Apr. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 69
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Refusing to be shaken in friendship
Mentions [?George] Cooke
Incipit: I have seldom been more afflicted...
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Thomas Holcroft and Louisa Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 21 June 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 70-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning accounts; et al.. Postscript signed L. Holcroft
Mentions Fanny [Holcroft]; Colonel Harwood; [Mary Jane] Godwin; [Anthony] Carlisle; Dr Buchan
Incipit: In this case I can not blame you even...
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Anthony Carlisle to [William Godwin]
Date written: 7 July 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 72
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's childrens' health
Mentions [Mary Shelley]; [Fanny Godwin]; [Mary Jane Godwin]
Incipit: I have seen the remains...
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John Flaxman to [William Godwin]
Date written: 16 July 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/16
Fol(s).: 73
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an invitation to dine
Incipit: Permit me to assure you that my vanity...
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 23 Sept. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(b)
Fol(s).: 74r
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting that Godwin not make alterations without conference
Incipit: remember there are such things...
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[William Godwin] to ?Thomas Holcroft
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(b)
Fol(s).: 74v
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning a work upon which he and the recipient are collaborating
Incipit: I confess my fault. I have been...
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Thomas Holcroft to [William Godwin]
Date written: 25 Sept. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 75
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a piece Holcroft has written
Mentions Fanny [Holcroft]; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I am sorry our feelings...
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Date written: 25 Sept. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(a) (fasc2)
Fol(s).: 76r & 77v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Invitation to dine
Mentions [John Philpot] Curran
Incipit: Will you be so good as to favour me...
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[William Godwin] to [Thomas Holcroft]
Date written: 1 Oct. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(a) (fasc2)
Fol(s).: 76v-77r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning [Holcroft] rewriting a tragedy
(Also includes literary notes in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: The contents of your last note...
Note: Note: See also the original in MS. Abinger c. 8, fols. 79-80
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William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft
Date written: Wed., 27 Sept. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 78
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a debate between Godwin and Holcroft; et al.
Incipit: I cannot exactly agree with you...
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William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft
Date written: 1 Oct. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 79-80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Holcroft's effort to re-write Godwin's tragedy;
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; [Louisa] Holcroft
Incipit: The contents of your last note...
Note: Note: See also a Godwin draft in MS. Abinger c. 8, fols. 76v-77r
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: 3 Oct. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 81-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning critique of Godwin's manuscript
Mentions Louisa [Holcroft]; Fanny [Holcroft]; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: Determined and absolute candor...
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?Timothy Brown to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Oct. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning inability to loan money to Godwin
Incipit: I have been so unfortunate by lending...
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Richard Wroughton to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Oct. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 85-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the production of Godwin's plays
Mentions [Richard Brinsley] Sheridan
Incipit: I received your's with the Tragedy...
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Francis Burdett to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Nov. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 87-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning some former urgent query from Godwin
Incipit: I found both your letters at my house on...
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Richard Wroughton to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 8 Nov. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 89-90
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning arrangements for the theatre season
Incipit: With every Wish to answer your Letter...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date written: 23 Dec. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 91
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] play
Incipit: The proprietors of the theatre are gone from Town...
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Ann Godwin to William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin
Date received: Dec. 1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 92
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Ann Godwin's children and grandchildren
Mentions John [Godwin]; Hannah [Godwin]; [Philip] Hull [Godwin]; Mr Raven
Incipit: You must excuse my incorectness [sic]...
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?James Pratt to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 27 Aug. ?1804
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 93
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Regarding plans for a hospital and school in London for the benefit of people from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire
Incipit: A Year & Half is now...
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William Godwin to Thomas Holcroft
Date written: 1 Jan. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 94-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the recipient's neglect of Godwin in a toast
Mentions Colonel Harwood; Dr Buchan; [Anthony] Carlisle
Incipit: I trouble you with the following lines...
Note: See also a draft in MS. Abinger c. 18, fol. 42
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Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 2 Jan. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 96-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a toast Holcroft made
Incipit: I answer your letter...
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Richard Wroughton to William Godwin
Date dated: 27 Jan. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 98-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a meeting with a theatre proprietor
Incipit: I am this Day to see the Proprietor...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 16 Feb. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 100
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a meeting with a theatre proprietor
Incipit: Do not think me inattentive or guilty of ill manners...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: Tue., 19 Feb. [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 101-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Kemble's performance in Inchbald's play [?'To Marry or Not to Marry' (1805)]
Mentions [?John Philip] Kemble
Incipit: Your congratulations are very...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 60-1
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Thomas Holcroft to [William Godwin]
Date written: 28 Feb. [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 511
Fol(s).: 103
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Breaking off relations with [Godwin]
Incipit: I write to inform you that instead...
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 1 Mar. [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
On reading Godwin's novel; not trusting secrets to married men
Incipit: I am just returned home...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fol. 73
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to [William Godwin]
Date written: Thur., 7 Mar. [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 106-9
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
On the novel 'Fleetwood' (1805)
Mentions [John] Tobin or [James] Tobin
Incipit: I have this moment finished...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 53, fols. 74-9
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William Godwin to Thomas Wedgwood
Date written: 25 Mar. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 110-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's need for money; Godwin's 'History of England'
Incipit: I write this letter with great pain...
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J[ames] Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Mar. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(f)
Fol(s).: 112-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking Godwin to pay some of the correspondent's bills; financial arrangements
Mentions Charles [Wollstonecraft]; [Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: I arrived at Gravesend just in time...
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Thomas Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Mar. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 114-15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Sending money to Godwin; et al.
Mentions Mr Howship
Incipit: To get rid of business first...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 29 Mar. [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 116-17
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Inchbald sending her manuscript, unsolicited, to Godwin
Incipit: There are certain things...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fol. 1
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 13 Apr. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 8
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 118-21
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the manuscripts of Inchbald's novel "A Simple Story" (1791); Chapter listing of the second volume of "My Life"
Incipit: Like Lord Melville I have...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 4-5
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to [William Godwin]
Date written: [Apr.-May] [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning uncertainty over whether to publish a work; grammar
Incipit: If this whole work was burnt...
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Date written: 1 May 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning family news
Mentions John [Godwin]; [Mary Jane Godwin]; Miss Woodhouse; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]; Mr Benford; Joseph [Godwin]
Incipit: You & y[ou]r wife have been exceeding...
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Date written: 11 May 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(e)
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Amphlett's critique of Godwin's novel 'Fleetwood'; et al.
Mentions [Samuel] Richardson;
Incipit: I received yours...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., 11 May [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning grammar
Incipit: I found my parcel...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 11
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: Tue., 14 May [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Inchbald's avoidance of society
Incipit: To any one who had...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 12-13
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Date written: 20 [May] 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(n)
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning family news; Godwin's 'History of England'
Mentions Edward [Taylor]; [Mary Jane] Godwin; [Richard] Phillips
Incipit: Whilst my Son Edward...
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John Horne Tooke to [William Godwin]
Date written: 1 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Invitation to dine
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I beg my best respects to Mrs...
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Date written: Sun., 9 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lofft's reason for being in London; Godwin's novel 'Fleetwood' (1805); et al.
Mentions [Sarah] Lofft; Fanny [Lofft]; Sara [Lofft]; Laura [Lofft]; [?Thomas Clio] Rickman; Mr Gurrow; Gurney
Incipit: A cause of importance brings...
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Capel Lofft to [William Godwin]
Date written: 11 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(k)
Fol(s).: 13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Arranging a meeting with Godwin; et al.
Mentions [Henry] Grattan; [?Samuel] Whitbread; [Thomas] Erskine
Incipit: I was just going out...
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Edw[?ard] Morris to [William Godwin]
Date written: 11 June [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Morris's opinion of Godwin's novel 'Fleetwood' (1805).
Incipit: I am very much flattered by your kind invitation...
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Thomas Hodgkins to [William Godwin]
Date written: 12 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(g)
Fol(s).: 15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the withholding of part of Hodgkins' salary
Incipit: As I could not spare time yesterday morning...
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Date written: 14 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(k)
Fol(s).: 16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lofft's appointments while in London
Incipit: The Trial which had brought me to Town...
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Joseph Planta to [William Godwin]
Date written: 15 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 17
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a request to deviate from Museum rules
Incipit: In answer to your favor...
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Thomas Clio Rickman to William Godwin
Date written: 18 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Rickman's opinion of Godwin's character
Mentions [Capel] Lofft
Incipit: I have seen Mr Lofft's...
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[William Godwin] to ?Thomas Clio Rickman
Date written: 19 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 19v
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
A response to an unfavourable letter from the recipient
Incipit: I consented to our personal...
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Richard Phillips to William Godwin
Date written: 26 June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the use of the word 'compile' in publishing; Godwin's 'History of England'
Incipit: I still object to the word Compile...
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J[ames] W[ollstonecraft] to William Godwin
Date written: 3 July [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 22-3
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a journey to Jamaica; Jamaica's climate; et al.
Mentions Lord [Horatio] Nelson;
Incipit: Though we had a tolerable...
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M. R. Masters to William Godwin
Date written: 7 July 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(h)
Fol(s).: 24-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Godwin after a recent visit to the Godwins' house; et al.
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; Mrs Masters
Incipit: The very cordial reception...
Images
Date written: 8 July 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 26
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a visit to Ann Godwin
Mentions Mr Jacob; Natty [Nathaniel Godwin]; Aunt Barker
Incipit: I have rec[eived]d your wifes kind letter [sic]...
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M. [R] Masters to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sun., 11 Aug. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(h)
Fol(s).: 27
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a visit to the Godwins
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: In sober truth...
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Josiah Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 19 Aug. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 28
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan, writing on behalf of [Thomas Wedgwood]
Incipit: I ought to have given...
Images
Date written: 24 Aug. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 29r & 30v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting a loan from Godwin et al.
Incipit: The disappointment of...
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[William Godwin] to [Ralph Fell]
Date written: 25 Aug. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 29v-30r
Document type: original or draft, unsigned
Contents
Recalling a loan Fell made to him previously; willingness to offer the loan Fell requested in letter of 24 Aug. 1805, inability to do so due to lack of money
Mentions [Sarah] Fell
Incipit: In answer to your...
Images
Date written: 4 Sept. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Amphlett's critique of Godwin's 'Fleetwood' (1805)
Incipit: When I wrote to you a few months...
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[William Godwin] and [Mary Jane Godwin] to James Wollstonecraft
Date written: 5 Sept. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Regarding care of the tenancies of the Primrose Street Houses and other financial affairs; continuation in the hand of Mary Jane Godwin concerning the opening of their shop; et al.
Mentions [James] Marshal [Marshall]; Everina [Wollstonecraft]; [Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: It gave us great pleasure to receive...
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Lydia Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Sept. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the rents of houses in Primrose Street
Mentions James Wollstonecraft; Charles Wollstonecraft; [Joseph] Johnson; [?Daniel Isaac] Eaton
Incipit: In the last letter...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 18 Sept. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Inchbald's reasons for not renewing her acquaintance
Mentions Prince Hoare; Mr Edgeworth; [Amelia] Opie
Incipit: The moment I received...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 14-15
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P[rince] Hoare to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 18 Sept. [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(e)
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Arranging an meeting with Godwin
Incipit: I am much gratified by...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date written: Thur., 19 Sept. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 41
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's play
Incipit: These are puffs preliminaries...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., 21 Sept. [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 42-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Request for money to assist [Eliza] Fenwick; denies writing a critique for The Mirror
Incipit: I have this day recd....
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Mary Jane Godwin to [William Godwin]
Date dated: Sept. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 44
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
A reproach; anticipating [Godwin's] return home
Incipit: How cruel, how more than cruel...
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Alexi Eustaphieve to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 9 Oct. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(e)
Fol(s).: 45
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking advice on writing
Incipit: You will receive this from a Russian...
Images
Richard Wroughton to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Oct. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 46-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the acceptance of Godwin's play
Mentions the Young Roscius [William Betty]
Incipit: I am sorry at not being in the Way when you did me the Honour of calling...
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William Godwin to Philip Hull Godwin
Date written: 17 Oct. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(c)
Fol(s).: 48 & 49v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an annuity for Ann Godwin (their mother); her health
Mentions Mr Sykes
Incipit: I am exceedingly gratified...
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Hannah Godwin to Philip Hull Godwin
Date written: [17] [Oct.] [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(c)
Fol(s).: 49
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting a copy of Henry's exposition of the bible or testament; domestic matters
Incipit: I have just sent to brother...
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Philip Hull Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Oct. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(e)
Fol(s).: 50
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Ann Godwin's] annuity
Mentions Sykes
Incipit: I'm according to your instruction...
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John Horne Tooke to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Oct. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(b)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a prospective visit from Godwin
(Also includes notes on 16th century reformation history, and figures/sums in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: A letter from you...
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Leonora Knapp to [William Godwin]
Date written: 10 Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(g)
Fol(s).: 53
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the Edward Baldwin 'Fables'; offer to Godwin to stay in Knapp's house
Incipit: On my return the other day from a five-months excursion...
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Anthony Carlisle to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 11 Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 54-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the health of Mrs Smith; additional note initialled by Mary Jane Godwin
(Also includes arithmetic and lists in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I went down to Telford...
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William Godwin to Philip Hull Godwin
Date written: 12 Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(c)
Fol(s).: 56-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an annuity for [Ann Godwin]; health of John [Godwin]
Mentions Mr Jacob
Incipit: I intended very early...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 15 Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 58
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Arranging a meeting with Godwin about his play
Mentions the Young Roscius [William Betty]
Incipit: Unconscious of the...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 18 Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 59
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's play
Mentions the Young Roscius [William Betty]
Incipit: I read your Play this morning...
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Josiah Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 24 Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan, writing on behalf of [Thomas Wedgwood]
Incipit: I came to town yesterday...
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Ralph Fell to [William Godwin]
Date written: 31 Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 61
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Request for interest of £100
Incipit: You owe the interest...
Image
Date written: 20 ?June 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(k)
Fol(s).: 62
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the integrity of a mutual acquaintance
Mentions [Henry] Grattan; [?Thomas Clio] Rickman
Incipit: Had I foreseen or...
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William Gudrews to [William Godwin]
Date written: Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(e)
Fol(s).: 63r
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting payment from [Godwin]
Incipit: I begg [sic] the Liberty of persenting [sic]...
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[William Godwin] to ?Josiah Wedgwood
Date written: c. Dec. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(e)
Fol(s).: 63
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Requesting money to pay a large bill
Incipit: I have a favour to request, which...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: [1805]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Godwin for his advice on one of Inchbald's works
Mentions [Richard] Cumberland
Incipit: I once again thank...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 8-9
Images
Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., c. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a book of Inchbald's
Incipit: There has & probably...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fol. 10
Images
Date written: c. 1805
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/3
Fol(s).: 68
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment, concerning Godwin's novel 'Fleetwood' (1805)
Incipit: I know not how far you may read...
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Lydia Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Jan. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 69-70
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning financial support of Wollstonecraft
Mentions [Joseph] Johnson; Charles Wollstonecraft; Edward Wollstonecraft (junior) or Edward Wollstonecraft (senior); James Wollstonecraft; Fanny [Godwin]
Incipit: I received your very oblidging letter [sic]...
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Josiah Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Jan. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 71-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down Godwin's application for money; Wedgwood's borrowings
Incipit: I received your letter of the 10th...
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William Godwin to Philip Hull Godwin
Date written: 16 Jan. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 73-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the imminent birth of [Hull] Godwin's child; financial arrangements; et al.
Mentions Mrs Benford; Mr Jacob; Lancaster; Sykes
Incipit: This letter, I suppose...
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Josiah Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 16 Jan. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/3
Fol(s).: 75
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding a request for money; inability to make an advance of money until after March
Incipit: I have received your letter of the 14th...
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Josiah Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 21 Jan. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/12
Fol(s).: 76
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Offering [Godwin] the assistance he requires
Incipit: I have been prevented writing to you today...
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Josiah Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 23 Jan. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 77
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan
Incipit: I send you a check to bearer...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date written: 27 Jan. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/3
Fol(s).: 78
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a visit to Wroughton
Incipit: I am sorry that I was not...
Image
Date written: 9 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 79
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Hull Godwin's new daughter
Mentions [Ann Godwin]
Incipit: According to your request...
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Josiah Wedgwood to [William Godwin]
Date written: 14 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the security on a loan
Incipit: I am sorry I did not express myself clearly...
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Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 15 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 81-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the care of [Ann Godwin]
Incipit: I did not write to our...
Images
Hannah Godwin to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 18 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning inheritance; et al.
Mentions [Philip] Hull Godwin; [Ann Godwin]; Joseph [Godwin]; Natt [Nathaniel Godwin]
Incipit: When I was about to leave...
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William Parker to [William Godwin]
Date written: 23 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 85
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's novel 'Fleetwood' (1805)
Incipit: Though a stranger to your person...
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Everina Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 86-7
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning Everina and her sister's income; Eliza Bishop's health; death of James [Wollstonecraft]
(Also includes a chapter list and arithmetic in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Thomas] Cooper; Charles [Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: I have allowed two...
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Josiah Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 88-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning interest on a loan; inclosing a draft
Incipit: I received your letter of the 19th...
Images
Date written: Wed., 26 Feb. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 90-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wake's trial
Mentions the Bishop of London [Beilby Porteus]
Incipit: I am very much obliged by the...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 6 Mar. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/3
Fol(s).: 92
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a new Tragedy; sketch on verso
Incipit: Mr Wroughton called...
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Richard Sharp to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Apr. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 93-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Declining to assist Godwin with a loan
Incipit: Your letter of this day has given...
Images
Richard Sharp to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Apr. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 95-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Explaining why Sharp declined to assist Godwin
Incipit: I am very sorry that you should have...
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Francis Burdett to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 21 Apr. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 97r & 98v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Burdett's inability to lend Godwin money immediately
Incipit: You will not perhaps be...
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[William Godwin] to [Francis Burdett]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 97
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Thanking Burdett for the promise of money some months hence
Incipit: The [?earliness], the...
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Sarah Fell to [William Godwin]
Date written: 23 Apr. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(c)
Fol(s).: 99
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking for help finding work for [Ralph] Fell
Mentions [Richard] Phillips
Incipit: Mr Phillips has promised...
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P[rince] Hoare to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 30 Apr. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 100-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Hoare's inability to meet Godwin
Mentions [John Horne] Tooke; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: Your card which I find...
Images
Francis Burdett to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 2 May 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 102-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Burdett's willingness to act as security for Godwin
Incipit: I wish you could contrive to call...
Images
Date written: 8 May 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 104
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Accepting a dinner invitation from Godwin
Incipit: Mr Moore accepts...
Note: Possibly from Thomas Moore
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[Mary Jane Godwin] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 2 June [180]6
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 105-6
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a journey to visit [Charlotte] Smith; details of a publication
Mentions the Harris family
Incipit: We arrived here my dearest about 5...
Images
William Godwin to Charlotte Smith
Date written: 6 June 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 107-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding some missing letters Godwin has sent to [Mary Jane] Godwin; et al.
Incipit: Excuse my troubling...
Images
Mary Jane Godwin to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 7 June 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 109-10
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a meeting between the Godwins
Mentions Mr Newnham or [?John] Newnham; [Charlotte] Smith; William [Godwin (junior)]; Mrs Mulready; Fanny [Godwin]; H[arriet] Smith; Charles [Clairmont]; Mary [Shelley]
Incipit: I sent you a hasty line last evening...
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Mary Jane Godwin to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 9 June 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 111
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a proposed meeting at Wimbledon; travel plans; et al.
Mentions [Charlotte] Smith; [?James] Perry
Incipit: Your letter of yesterday would have been...
Images
Mary Jane Godwin to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 11 June 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 112-13
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning travel plans; et al.
Mentions Mrs Newhouse; [Charlotte] Smith; Mr Newnham or [?John] Newnham; Miss Hart; [?Harriet] Smith; [John Horne] Tooke; Fanny [Godwin]
Incipit: Tis no use my love...
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Mary Jane Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., [June 1806]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 114-15
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning the dullness of a previous letter; seeking news from home; et al.
Mentions Fanny [Godwin]; Charles [Clairmont]; Mr Hawthorne; [Charlotte] Smith; Mrs Scott
Incipit: I wrote you a dull and sleepy...
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Everina Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 15 July [1806]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 9
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(f)
Fol(s).: 116-17
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the health of [Eliza Bishop]; et al.
(Also includes legal notes in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Fanny [Godwin]
Incipit: I am very happy to have it in my power...
Images
Richard Phillips to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Aug. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning repayment of a loan to Godwin
Incipit: Mr Phillips wonders that he...
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William Cullen Brown to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Sept. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 2-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Explaining Brown's failure to respond to an invitation; request for a loan
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; Dr [?John] Harness; Dr G[eorge] Pearson; Mr Wilkie
Incipit: I know no task that...
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John P. Binham to [William Godwin]
Date written: Tue., 9 Sept. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Binham's position with [?Richard] Phillips
Incipit: The manner with me in all...
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Richard Taylor to [William Godwin]
Date written: 12 Sept. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a cash order
Mentions [John Taylor]; [Susanna Taylor]
Incipit: You will receive inclosed a Cash...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date written: Thur., 18 Sept. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] play
Mentions the Young Roscius [William Betty]
Incipit: I wish it was in my Power to answer your Letter fully...
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Francis Burdett to William Godwin
Date dated: 24 Oct. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Burdett's inability to assist Godwin in the way Godwin wishes
Incipit: It is totally impossible for me...
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Josiah Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Oct. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's commercial speculations; the repayment of Wedgwood's loan; et al.
Incipit: I have great pleasure in learning that your...
Images
William Jones Burdett to William Godwin
Date written: 31 Oct. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 11-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a Bill
Mentions Sir Francis Burdett
Incipit: By the desire of S[i]r Francis Burdett...
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[?Hans Blackwood] to William Godwin
Date written: 5 Nov. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 13-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Explanation of the author's inability to loan Godwin money; experiences in Ireland; Irish politicians
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: Your letter should not...
Note: Possibly from Sir Henry Blackwood
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Lord Lauderdale, James Maitland to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 16 Nov. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(d)
Fol(s).: 15-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
?Godwin's plans
Incipit: You are perfectly correct in thinking...
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Samuel Rogers to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Nov. [1806]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 17-18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan to Godwin
Incipit: I lament exceedingly...
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[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date written: 2 Dec. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 19
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a 'History of English Literature'; et al.
Incipit: I inclose the sketch I proposed...
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Richard Phillips to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Dec. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a publication-related proposal from Godwin
Incipit: Mr Phillips wishes Mr Godwin...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date written: 23 Dec. 1806
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 22
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] play
Mentions Mr Graham; [William] Betty
Incipit: I shewed your Letter to...
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Richard Phillips to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Jan. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 23-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning payment for a work
Incipit: It is a sine qua non...
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Richard Wroughton to [William Godwin]
Date written: 5 Feb. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(j)
Fol(s).: 25
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a play
Mentions the Young Roscius [William Betty]; Mr Graham
Incipit: I read to you Mr. Graham's...
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Richard Phillips to [William Godwin]
Date written: 18 Feb. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 26
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a proposed new agreement
Incipit: Your qualified admissions of the...
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Richard Taylor to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Mar. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 27-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the discounting of a note
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [John Taylor]; Miss [?Leonora] Knapp
Incipit: I have rec[eive]d an answer to what...
Images
Date written: 2 Mar. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 29-30
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lofft's journey from Somers Town to Suffolk; a conversation with a soldier; music; et al.
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; Miss Colnet; Mrs Smith; [Amelia] Opie; Mrs Hamilton; Mrs Green; [?Samuel] Whitbread
Incipit: I wrote to thank you for...
Images
Date written: Thur., 19 Mar. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Charlotte Smith's portrait; publication matters for [Mary Jane] Godwin; et al.
(Also includes page references, in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Sarah] Lofft; Mr Cooper; [?William] Hayley; Lord Egremont [George] Wyndham; [George] Romney; [Thomas] Holcroft; Miss Nelson; Mr Puziey; Jane [?Claire Clairmont]
Incipit: I received yours & Mrs Godwin's Letter...
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Richard Phillips to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Apr. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 33
Document type: orignal, unsigned
Contents
On procuring books for Godwin
Mentions Mr Robinson
Incipit: Mr Phillips is much vexed at...
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William Wordsworth to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 21 Apr. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/6
Fol(s).: 34
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Extending an invitation to dine
Mentions [Mary] Wordsworth; [Sara] Hutchinson
Incipit: First let me thank you for your...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 23 Apr. [1807]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/1
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Curran's mother; Curran's domestic situation; the political situation
Incipit: I this moment got your last...
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Henry Vassall Fox to [William Godwin]
Date received: 6 May 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(e)
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On his patronage of Godwin; difficulties caused by the dissolution of Parliament
Mentions [John Philpot] Curran
Incipit: Mr Curran did me no more than...
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Lord Holland, [Henry Vassall Fox] to [William Godwin]
Date written: 11 May 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(e)
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Notice of payment of loan to Godwin; attempts to raise money from Fox's friends et al.
Mentions the Duke of Devonshire [William] Cavendish; Lord [Peter] Cowper
Incipit: 150 £L will be placed...
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Lord Holland [Henry Vassall Fox] to William Godwin
Date written: 21 May 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(e)
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the loans he has arranged for Godwin
Incipit: You do very right...
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M.C. Springsguth to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 1 June [1807]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 43
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Springsguth's arrest for debt; et al.
(Also includes sums and names in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Mr Fletcher; Mr Heath; Mr Slopes; Mr Hayward
Incipit: I think it my duty...
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William Nicholson to William Godwin
Date written: 4 June 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 44-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a security; et al.
Mentions Mr [?Alexander] Baring
Incipit: I think the Time...
Images
Everina Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 8 July 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(f)
Fol(s).: 46-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Everina Wollstonecraft's conduct towards Godwin; the use of the income of the Wollstonecraft family estate
Mentions [Joseph] Johnson; Charles [Wollstonecraft]; [Eliza Bishop]; Fanny [Godwin]; Mrs Snagg
Incipit: The letter you wrote to me last April...
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Everina Wollstonecraft to William Godwin
Date written: 17 July 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 48
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Family news
[Eliza Bishop]; Mrs Bowan; Charles [Wollstonecraft]
Incipit: [M]y sister and I, Mr Godwin...
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S[?amuel] Whitbread to [William Godwin]
Date written: 24 July 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 49
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down a request for assistance
Incipit: I have received the favour of your...
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Luke White to [William Godwin]
Date written: 25 July 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 50
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan of £200
Incipit: From the length of time...
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William Godwin to William Hazlitt
Date written: 4 Aug. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Hazlitt's response to Malthus
Incipit: I have read a great part of your..
Note: See also a draft of this letter in MS. Abinger c. 19, fol. 3
Images
William Hazlitt to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 6 Aug. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Hazlitt's response to Malthus; defence of Coleridge and Wordsworth
Incipit: I am sorry I inserted the passage...
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Josiah Wedgwood to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Oct. 1807
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 55 & 56v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan to Godwin
Incipit: I have been very much engaged of late...
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[William Godwin] to [Josiah Wedgwood]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 55v-56r
Document type: draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning business affairs; a loan
Mentions [Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: Every letter I received from you...
Images
Date written: 20 Feb. 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 607/2
Fol(s).: 57
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the creation of a universal gazetteer and geography guide
Mentions [Richard] Philips [Phillips]
Incipit: It has just struck me that an...
Images
[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date written: Sat., 19 Mar. [1808]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 58
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning subscriptions
Mentions [Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: I have seen Johnson...
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Matthew Raine to [William Godwin]
Date written: 12 Apr. 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(o)
Fol(s).: 59-60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Charterhouse school rules
Mentions [Charles] Clairmont
Incipit: It may spare you and myself some trouble...
Images
Richard Phillips to [William Godwin]
Date written: 18 Apr. 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 61
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning payment for a work
Incipit: On referring to our agreement...
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Charles Clairmont and [Mary Jane Godwin] to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 6 May 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(o)
Fol(s).: 62-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a family visit to Hampstead Heath; postscript in hand of Mary Jane Godwin
Mentions Mr and Mrs Mulready; Mrs and Miss Dawe; Linnel; Capell Lofft [Capel Lofft]
Incipit: Mamma has got franks for...
Images
Date written: 21 May 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a long-lasting medical complaint
Mentions Dr [Edward] Ash
Incipit: Upon reflection I deem...
Images
George Tuthill to [William Godwin]
Date written: 25 May 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 66
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a return on a loan
Incipit: I have one simple reason for not...
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[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date written: 11 June 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 67
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's wish to know the minds of [Charles] Grey, Bedford [John] Russell, et al.
Mentions [Charles] Fox
Incipit: By all means begin with Fox's men...
Images
George Tuthill to [William Godwin]
Date written: 25 June 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 68
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking a return on a loan
Incipit: By the sale of a small parcel of books...
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William Godwin to John Rickman
Date written: 27 June 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 663/4
Fol(s).: 69-72
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Godwin's financial situation; plan of opening a shop; writing children's books under a pseudonym; et al.
Mentions [Josiah] Wedgwood or [Thomas] Wedgwood; [Joseph] Johnson; [Charles] Lamb; Lord Lauderdale, [James] Maitland; Lord Holland, [Henry Vassall] Fox; [Henry] Grattan; W[?illiam] Smith; R[ichard] Sharp
Incipit: I write to you on the subject of this...
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John Rickman to William Godwin
Date written: 28 June 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 73-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan to Godwin
Incipit: Such a Letter as I have received...
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Eliza Fenwick to William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin
Date written: 17 Nov. 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(c)
Fol(s).: 75-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the 'Castle of Indolence'; a theatre job for Eliza [Fenwick's daughter]; et al.
Mentions Sir Richard [Phillips]; Mr Skinner; Eliza [Fenwick]; Stephen Kemble; Lord Donnegal, [George] Chichester; [Montague] Talbot; Mrs Ward; [Archibald] Hamilton Rowan; Mr Cunningham Grey
Incipit: Many thanks for the...
Note: Letter addressed (on address leaf) to J[ohn] Knowles
Images
Date written: 28 Nov. 1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/4(a)
Fol(s).: 77
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning ?gardening
Incipit: I must beg you would...
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[William Godwin] to James Marshall
Date written: Thur., 9 June ?1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/5
Fol(s).: 78-9
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's wish to know the minds of Lord [Charles] Grey, the duke of Bedford [John] Russell, the duke of Norfolk [Bernard] Howard, Coke of Norfolk [Thomas] Coke, et al.; subscriptions
Mentions [Joseph] Johnson
Incipit: Once again I trouble you...
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Charles Clairmont to William Godwin
Date written: ?7 ?Apr. ?1808
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 80-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Clairmont's school master Watkinson
Also includes editor's comment in the hand of ?Mary Jane Godwin
Incipit: I have this evening been to find out...
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Thomas Turner to [William Godwin]
Date written: 14 Jan. 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 82
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Turner's absence
Incipit: The point upon which we separated...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Feb. 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Critiquing a work of Godwin's; Inchbald's respect for the mind over the body
Incipit: To have a proof of your...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 21-2
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 15 May 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 85-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a parcel for Arnot; Arnot's plans for publication
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in ?William Godwin's hand and is endorsed in an unknown hand)
Mentions [John] Arnot or [H.R.] Arnot
Incipit: I inclose this time to you in Mr. Arnot's parcel...
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Thomas Turner to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 8 June 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 87
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On discipline and respect
Mentions [Michel] Montaigne
Incipit: Your books have often been a great...
Images
Thomas Turner to William Godwin
Date dated: 24 June 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 88-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a disagreement
Incipit: I am sorry to derange the order of...
Note: See also a copy in MS. Abinger c. 52, fol. 1
Images
Thomas Turner to [William Godwin]
Date written: 26 June 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 90
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On a prospective visit
Incipit: You have soothed and agitated...
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Thomas Turner to [William Godwin]
Date written: 29 June 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 91
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On wisdom; et al.
Incipit: You play upon me...
Note: See also a copy in MS. Abinger c. 52, fol. 1
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 28 July 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 92-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a publishing agreement Godwin has made
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Berry or [Alexander] Berry; [John] Arnot or [H.R.] Arnot; [Mary Jane] Godwin; [Walter] Miller; Morison
Incipit: I feel most essentially...
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[?] Richardson to William Godwin
Date written: Tue., 20 Sept. 1809
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/2(a)
Fol(s).: 94
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment concerning the ?return of Richardson's version of the Bible which she left with Godwin
(Also includes arithmetic and dates and a list of Godwin's addresses in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Mrs Richardson presents...
Images
Date written: 29 Oct. [180?0]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 95
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a parcel
Incipit: Dr. Parr presents respectful...
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Francis Wrangham to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Mar. 1810
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 96-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Baldwin's 'History of Rome'; plans for further publications by Baldwin
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Observing that Mr. Baldwin's...
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P[rince] Hoare to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., 12 July [1810]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 98-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's view of Hoare's character; Godwin's independence of mind; a loan
Incipit: I have reason to be gratified...
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[?Samuel] Blackhall to [William Godwin]
Date written: 25 Oct. 1810
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 100-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning college costs for a sizar at Cambridge; Cambridge University procedures
Mentions ?Proctor Patrickson; Watkinson
Incipit: I avail myself of...
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C. Mathews to [William Godwin]
Date written: 29 Nov. 1810
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(q)
Fol(s).: 102
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an invitation
Mentions [?Thomas] Cooper
Incipit: I should have sent an...
Note: C Mathews possibly Charles Mathews
Images
Richard Cumberland to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 30 Nov. 1810
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 103
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Confirming an appointment
Incipit: I will wait on you with great pleasure...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 18 Dec. 1810
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Patrickson's performance in Emmanuel College
Incipit: I was much gratified with the minuteness & details of your letter...
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William Godwin to John Fairley or Walter Miller
Date written: 24 Dec. 1810
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
A statement from Godwin requesting restitution of a debt owed by the estate of Mr. Morison, bookseller, Perth
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Incipit: On the 14th of January 1808 I shipped...
Images
Date written: 30 Dec. 1810
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 108-9
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Arranging a meeting with Godwin
(Also includes notes in an unknown hand)
Incipit: Mr Malone presents his compliments to...
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William Godwin and Mary Jane Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 24 Jan. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 110-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's financial situation; postscript signed by M.J. Godwin
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Hepburn; Walter Miller
Incipit: I write to you now in...
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William Godwin and [Mary Jane Godwin] to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date postmarked: 23 Feb. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 112-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a [?loan] from Mr Hepburn of Edinburgh; postscript in the hand of M.J. Godwin
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Dallas
Incipit: I never was more obliged to...
Images
Jennyngs Stukeley [Percy Bysshe Shelley] to [William Godwin]
Date written: [Feb.-Mar.] [1811]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 114
Document type: original or fair copy, in the hand of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Contents
[Spoof letter] enclosing a heart full of reasoning
Incipit: Altho' unacquainted with you...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 2 Mar. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 10
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 115-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's financial situation
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; Mr Hepburn
Incipit: I retract my accusation contained in my last letter...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 9 Mar. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's financial situation
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Hepburn; Mr Dallas; Fraser;
Incipit: I am now in the habit of writing to you every Saturday...
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William Godwin to Richard Cumberland
Date written: 16 Mar. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 602
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Inviting Cumberland to a dinner party
Mentions [Henry] Grattan; [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge
Incipit: Mr. Godwin & Mr. Coleridge...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 23 Mar. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the character of Godwin's agent; et al.
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Dallas; Mr Hepburn; Fraser
Incipit: I am sorry for the account ...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Mar. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the sale of Godwin's books
Incipit: a good many booksellers & should I have it in my power...
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Thomas Cooper to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Apr. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting
Mentions [?George Frederick] Cooke; Mr Price
Incipit: By the Herald which...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 6 Apr. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 11-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's financial situation
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Dallas; Hepburn
Incipit: Another fortnight will have elapsed...
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Thomas Turner to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 12 Apr. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 13
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
On Turner's wellbeing; et al.
Incipit: I am very much affected by your kind...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairely]
Date written: 17 Apr. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 14-15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's financial situation
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn; Mr Dallas
Incipit: The letter you wrote me last week is skilfully composed...
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[John Frank Newton] to William Godwin
Date written: 17 Apr. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 16-17
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a prospective visit from Godwin
Mentions [?James] Northcote; Hume, possibly Joseph Hume (the politician) or Joseph Hume (the writer and translator); [Cornelia] Newton
Incipit: Many thanks to you, my dear Sir...
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C[harles] Clairmont to [William Godwin]
Date written: Mon., 6 May 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Clairmont's plans
Mentions Mrs [?Harriet] Boinville; Fanny [Godwin]; [?Thomas] Turner
Incipit: I know exactly how you...
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William Godwin to John Fairley
Date written: 11 May 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 20-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn; Mr D[?allas]
Incipit: I cannot form the remotest conception, nor after the most diligent perusal...
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William Godwin to John Fairley
Date written: 13 May 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 22-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Hepburn
Incipit: I hasten to write you a time to say that...
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John Frank Newton to [William Godwin]
Date written: 14 May 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 24
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a bill
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; Mrs [?Harriet] Boinville
Incipit: I accede, my dear Sir...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 23 May 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 25-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's financial situation
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Dallas; Mr Hepburn
Incipit: Though I trust you do not want prompting...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 25 May 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 27-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Acknowledging receipt of a letter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Incipit: Yours received...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 29 May 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 29-30
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Dallas; Mr Hepburn; Crow
Incipit: I have this day received a letter from Mr. Dallas...
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Mary Jane Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 10 June [1811]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning laundry; the Godwin children; et al.
Mentions Fanny [Godwin]; Saunders; William Godwin (junior); Charles [Clairmont]; Mary [Shelley]; [Caroline] Pettman
Incipit: You will begin to think that when...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date postmarked: 20 June 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter; Godwin's opinion of Thomas Wedgwood and Josiah Wedgwood; Godwin's financial situation
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Dallas; Hepburn; [James] Thomson
Incipit: I wrote you two or three hurried times yesterday...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 20 June 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's financial situation; Patrickson's education
Mentions Dr [?George] Tuthill; Blackall; Faulder; [Basil] Montagu; [Matthew] Raine; [Humphry] Davy
Incipit: I have met with various...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 24 June 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn
Incipit: In what manner I am...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 27 June 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions [James] Thomson; [Josiah] Wedgwood; Mr Hepburn
Incipit: The first paragraph of your letter...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 6 July 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn; [Josiah] Wedgwood; [James] Thomson
Incipit: No, I have not misunderstood a word...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 10 July 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 43-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter; Godwin's financial situation
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn; [Josiah] Wedgwood; Dallas
Incipit: I feel that I must sink...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 12 July 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 45-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn; [Josiah] Wedgwood; [James] Thomson
Incipit: I have received your letter to-day...
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Date written: 13 July 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 47
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning an appointment
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Hepburn
Incipit: Hepburn called on me...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 26 July 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 48-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's health; a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn
Incipit: Your last letter, dated...
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Mary Jane Godwin to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 14 Aug. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 50
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a reconciliation
Incipit: I know not what the state of your mind...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 15 Aug. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a brief cessation of letters from Fairly; a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Gardner; Mr Hepburn
Incipit: Your letter of Aug. 7 came quite as a relief...
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Date written: 15 Aug. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 53
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning the false reasoning of the recipient
Incipit: You have made me exceedingly...
Note: Godwin's journal for the day states 'write to Fairly & Lloyd and H Robinson'. [John] Fairley; [?Charles] Lloyd (the poet); H[enry Crabb] Robinson
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Mary Jane Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 30 Aug. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 54-5
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning health matters; letters from B.M., Fairly and Hume; financial matters; et al.
Mentions [John] Fairley; Mr Gardiner; ?the politician [Joseph] Hume ?the writer and translator or [Joseph] Hume; Saunders; [Eliza] Fenwick; William [Godwin (junior)]; Charles [Clairmont]; Fanny [Godwin]; Jane [Claire Clairmont]
Incipit: Your dear balmy letter brought...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 11 Sept. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 56-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn
Incipit: I am much afraid that you have got...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 19 Sept. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 58-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a business matter
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Incipit: My last letter will have sufficiently convinced you how much I was rejoiced...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 15 Oct. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 60-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Charles Clairmont's position with [Archibald] Constable
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions [John] Arnot or [H.R.] Arnot; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I have received a second letter from Constable...
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: [?1]5 Oct. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 62-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's effort to find a place for Charles Clairmont with Mr [Archibald] Constable (bookseller);
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Incipit: Would you have any objection to call on my part on Mr. Constable...
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Date written: 3 Nov. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On accounting for unsold books (in Scotland)
Mentions [Charles Clairmont]; [John] Fairley;
Incipit: I have your letter of the 5th...
Note: Probably to John Arnot or H.R. Arnot
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William Godwin to John Fairly [Fairley]
Date written: 3 Nov. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Presenting Charles [Clairmont]
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Archibald Constable; [Mary Jane] Godwin; [?John] Arnot or [?H.R.] Arnot
Incipit: With this letter in his hand, presents himself before you...
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William Godwin to John Fairley
Date written: 5 Nov. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 68-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Charles] Clairmont 's journey to Scotland
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions [Archibald] Constable; [?H.R]. Arnot or [?John] Arnot
Incipit: I received yours of...
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Date postmarked: 7 Nov. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(d)
Fol(s).: 70
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment of letter - address leaf
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Thomas Moore to William Godwin
Date dated: 8 Nov. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 71-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On not being able to visit Godwin
Incipit: I consider myself particularly...
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Date written: 18 Nov. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 515
Fol(s).: 73-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the education of Godwin's son
Incipit: I thank you for your...
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Thomas Moore to William Godwin
Date dated: 21 Nov. 1811
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 75-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On not being able to assist with a literary request
Mentions Mr [James] Power and [William] Power
Incipit: I ought to have answered you...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 28 Jan. 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 77-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning subscriptions for Patrickson's subsistence; [Thomas Turner's] proposed marriage to [Cornelia] Boinville
Mentions Faulder; [Basil] Montagu; [Harriet] Boinville; Jonathan Raine; [Cornelia] Newton
Incipit: You were erroneous in your conjecture...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 4 Feb. 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 79-80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Patrickson's relationship with his mother; et al.
Mentions Mr Faulder; James White
Incipit: I take the earliest opportunity to answer your letter...
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William Godwin to John Fairley
Date written: 20 Mar. 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 81-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking Fairley for his assistance; money owed by Arnot; et al.
(Also includes an endorsement in an unknown hand)
Mentions Mr Hepburn; [?John] Arnot or [?H.R.] Arnot; [Charles] Clairmont
Incipit: It was with much pleasure I received your letter of the 26th ult...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 1 Apr. 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the tone of Patrickson's last letter to Godwin; religious feeling; et al.
Incipit: I thank you for your letter
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 2 May 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 85-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's critique of Patrickson's tone
Incipit: I am much pleased with your letter of the 25th instant...
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H[enry] Grattan to William Godwin
Date written: 3 June 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 87-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Inviting Godwin to dinner
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I am engaged with company...
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H[enry] Grattan to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 5 June 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/3
Fol(s).: 89-90
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Inviting Godwin to dine
Incipit: In answer to your letter of the other day...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 10 July 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 91
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the difference between sincerity and cant
Mentions [Thomas] Turner; Faulder; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I believe I have not...
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William Godwin to ?Elton Hamond
Date written: 13 July 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 92
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Regarding some negotiations on Godwin's behalf
Incipit: The note I have just...
Note: Possibly to Anthony Hammond
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William Godwin to ?Elton Hamond
Date written: 20 July 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 93
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Regarding an obligation of Godwin's
Incipit: I inclose you the copy of a letter which I had prepared for you on Sunday...
Note: Godwin's journal for the day states 'write to Hamond & Lauderdale'. Hamond possibly as noted above, or Anthony Hammond. Lord Lauderdale, [James] Maitland
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W[illiam] Hayley to William Godwin
Date written: 23 July 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 94-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the author Bacon
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [?Francis] Bacon; Ben Johnson [Jonson]
Incipit: I hasten to answer your Question...
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Date written: 29 Aug. 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 96
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Regarding a dispute arising from Godwin seeking the recipient's opinion on some papers
Incipit: You entirely mistake my character...
Note: Possibly to ?Elton Hamond or Anthony Hammond or [Francis] Place
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Date written: 3 Sept. 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 97-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting assistance from Godwin
Incipit: To induce a trespass...
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Date written: 1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(a)
Fol(s).: 99
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's hope that the recipient will renew the bills he holds; an effort to raise money in England and Ireland
Mentions [Francis] Place; Luke White; Mr Menzies; [?Robert] Smirke; [?Joseph] Hume (the politician) or [?Joseph] Hume (the translator and writer)
Incipit: When I had last the...
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James Lisle to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sat., ?1812
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 100
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lisle's conviction and punishment of transportation for a crime; request for aid
Incipit: The diurnal prints must have told you...
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William Godwin and John Flather to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 4 Jan. 1813
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 101-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Patrickson's intention of visiting London; the corruptions of riches and poverty; postscript by John Flather
Mentions Mr Faulder
Incipit: I am very much inclined to advise you not to come to town...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 3 Feb. 1813
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 103
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Patrickson's wish to change colleges; the need for patronage; et al.
Mentions Mr Faulder; Mr Justice [George] Hardinge
Incipit: I have not written to you lately...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 11 Aug. 1813
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the subject of attention; et al.
Incipit: I am extremely willing, conformably to your request...
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Geo[rge] Spencer Ridgway to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Jan. 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 106
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a request from Godwin for a book
Mentions the duke of Devonshire [William] Cavendish
Incipit: Yours of the 18th Inst....
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Geo[rge] Spencer Ridgway to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Feb. 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 107-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a request from Godwin for a book
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions the duke [of Devonshire] [William Cavendish]
Incipit: I have again informed His Grace...
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Samuel Romilly to [William Godwin]
Date written: 2 Mar. 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 109-10
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a loan
Incipit: I have spoken to two very respectable...
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Proctor Patrickson to William Godwin
Date written: 1 June 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 111-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Patrickson's holiday plans; health; degree examinations; et al.
Incipit: I have given up the intention I once...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 2 July 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 113-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Patrickson's unhappiness
Mentions [Basil] Montagu
Incipit: I am most exceedingly grieved at what...
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Date written: 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 116r
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Patrickson's quarterly bill from Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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Proctor Patrickson to William Godwin
Date written: 27 July 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 115 & 116v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Request for money; intention of visiting London; people persecuting Patrickson
Incipit: I sh[oul]d be glad if you c[oul]d...
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William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson
Date written: 30 July 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 117-18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Patrickson's request for money; the persecution of Patrickson
Incipit: I am so extremely pressed at this moment...
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Date written: 20 Oct. 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 810/1
Fol(s).: 119
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Letter in German
(Also includes a postscript, endorsement or note in another (unknown) hand)
Note: Note: This item was misplaced for foliation, so it is shelfmarked out of sequence. This entry has now been copied to the correct sequence in the catalogue.
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James Bindley to William Godwin
Date written: 2 Dec. 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 120-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a search for a work by [?John] Dennis
Incipit: I cannot bring to my recollection...
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Proctor Patrickson to [William Godwin]
Date written: c. 1814
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/8
Fol(s).: 122-3
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Patrickson's suicidal feelings; editor's comment in unknown hand
Incipit: My spirits have for some time...
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Date written: 4 Feb. 1815
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(a)
Fol(s).: 124
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the Statesman newspaper
Incipit: Mr La[?mbs] Compliments to Mr Godwin...
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William Godwin to Fanny Godwin
Date written: 9 Apr. 1816
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 125-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking Fanny to write.
Mentions [Mary Jane Godwin]
Incipit: Remember what I said to you of...
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Robert Atcheson to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sat., 12 Oct. 1816
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 11
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 127-34
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Forwarding information concerning Winchester College
Mentions Dr [John] Milner; [?Richard] Warner
Incipit: In compliance with your request...
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Date written: [12] [Oct.] [1816]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original or fair copy, unsigned
Contents
A history and description of Winchester College
Mentions Dr. Burton; Hough
Incipit: Before Dr. Burton erected the buildings...
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John Horseman to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 30 Oct. 1816
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Horseman's admiration for Godwin; suggestions for translations for [Mary Jane] Godwin; et al.
Mentions [?Samuel] Johnson; [?Thomas] Gray; [Thomas] Holcroft; Mr Underwood
Incipit: It was a very serious disappointment...
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Elizabeth Inchbald to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 11 Nov. 1816
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Forwarding Inchbald's address; wishing to know whether Godwin has a daughter in Switzerland
Incipit: I am bound to send...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fol. 16
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Amelia Curran to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 14 Feb. 1817
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 524
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a meeting with Curran's father; Curran's health; the Stewart Papers; et al.
Mentions Mr [Henry] Brougham; [John Philpot Curran]; [Robert] Watson; the [?Young] Pretender [Charles Stuart]; Norfolk [?Henry] Howard; Lord Lansdowne [?George] Granville; Bolinbroke [Bolingbroke] [Henry St John]
Incipit: Have you received the...
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William Godwin to ?Philip Hull Godwin
Date written: 21 Feb. 1817
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 523
Fol(s).: 9-10
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's family; marriage of [Mary Shelley]
Mentions [Percy Bysshe Shelley]; Sir Timothy Shelley; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I have not written to you for a great...
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William Henry Curran to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 3 Apr. 1817
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/2
Fol(s).: 11-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Containing details of an interment
Incipit: The interment is fixed for tomorrow...
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[Edward Hovell-] Thurlow to [William Godwin]
Date written: 2 June 1817
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] opinion of some of Thurlow's poems
Incipit: I considered myself quietly...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to [William Godwin]
Date written: Fri., 8 Aug. 1817
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting a meeting
Incipit: I hope the motives that actuate me...
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John P. FitzGerald to William Godwin
Date written: 30 Oct. 1817
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 15-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the burial of FitzGerald's 'father' [John Philpot] Curran in a dispute with Curran's sons
Mentions Eliza Curran; Mr Taylor; Mr Burton
Incipit: It may appear strange...
Note: This is a copy (forwarded to Wm Godwin) of a letter originally sent to John Franks esq., the executor of Curran's will. Franks possibly Sir John Franks
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 12 Dec. 1817
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 509
Fol(s).: 17-18
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Critiquing a novel
Mentions [?Archibald] Constable
Incipit: It is your own fault that...
Note: See also a Mary Shelley-era copy in MS. Abinger c. 54, fols. 17-18
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[Elizabeth Inchbald] to [William Godwin]
Date written: [1817]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 607/2
Fol(s).: 19
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment, opinion of a novel [Mandeville, (1817)]
Incipit: I have this moment received your...
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William Godwin to ?Susanna Taylor
Date written: 10 Mar. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 524
Fol(s).: 20
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning [Mary] Shelley's wish to visit the recipient
Incipit: Mrs Shelley, my daughter...
Note: Godwin's journal for the day states 'write to Taylor, Norwich' , so this letter possibly to Susanna Taylor, as above, but possibly to Margaret Mason or Maria Gisborne
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Date written: 17 Apr. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 21-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the authorship of the pamphlet '[Cursory Strictures... Lord Chief] Justice Eyre' (1794)
Mentions Mr Vaughan, possibly Benjamin Vaughan
Incipit: I am extremely surprized...
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Thomas Moore to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 5 May 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 23
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On not being able to visit
Incipit: It grieves me to leave town...
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Joseph Vallence Bevan to William Godwin
Date written: 8 June 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(m)
Fol(s).: 24-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Bevan's plans for the immediate future; Bevan's opinion of Ireland
Mentions Mr Ogilvie, possibly James Ogilvie
Incipit: I was not sure at the time I received your last letter...
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James Broughton to William Godwin
Date written: 31 Aug. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 26-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On publication and transcription of the 'First Part of Tamburlaine' and 'Faustus'
Incipit: I am sorry I did not happen to be...
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Thomas Malthus to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Oct. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/1
Fol(s).: 28-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning references in a passage on population
Mentions Dr [Richard] Price
Incipit: Upon referring, on my return...
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William Godwin (junior) to [William Godwin]
Date written: 28 Oct. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 30-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Enclosing a letter from Ogilvie; Godwin (junior's) reading
Mentions Mr Ogilvie, possibly James Ogilvie
Incipit: In my last I told you that...
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William Morgan to [William Godwin]
Date written: 12 Nov. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 32
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an answer to [Thomas] Malthus's 'On Population'; a research query regarding Ezra Styles's sermon
Mentions [Richard] Price; Ezra Styles possibly Ezra Stiles
Incipit: I am very glad to find that you...
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William Henry Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 4 Dec. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/2
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the lack of literary ardour in Ireland; et al.
Mentions Thelwall [?John] Thelwall
Incipit: I have delayed writing to you...
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Thomas Aspinwall to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 28 Dec. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a research enquiry about emigration
Incipit: Nothing would give me more...
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Thomas Aspinwall to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 30 Dec. 1818
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a research enquiry about emigration
Incipit: Colonel Aspinwall presents his best...
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James Ogilvie to William Godwin
Date written: Sun., [1818-1820]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Forwarding a sketchbook and two volumes; Ogilvie's continuation of his essays; et al.
Mentions [James] Paulding; [Washington] Irving
Incipit: I send you by the bearer...
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John Fairley to William Godwin
Date written: 24 Feb. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning official papers relating to emigration; a response to Malthus on population
Mentions [John] Campbell or [John Archibald] Campbell; Earl [Henry] Bathurst
Incipit: I have to:day had...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 43 & 44v
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Requesting Godwin's ?vote for George Lamb
Incipit: Lady Caroline Lamb presents her...
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[William Godwin] to [Caroline Lamb]
Date written: 25 Feb. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 43v
Document type: original or draft, unsigned
Contents
On politics
Mentions George Lamb
Incipit: You have mistaken me...
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William Morgan to [William Godwin]
Date written: 6 Mar. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 45
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an answer to Malthus's 'On Population'
Incipit: I suppose Mr. Malthus means by his...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sun., 14 Mar. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 46-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Rosser's situation in Cambridge; et al.
Mentions Mr Willisford
Incipit: I cannot tell you what pure delight...
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A[braham] Rees to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 2 Apr. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 48
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a research query
Incipit: I am happy in being able to furnish you...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 13 Apr. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 49-50
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Rosser's situation in Cambridge; politics; et al.
Mentions Bedingfield; Beldam
Incipit: As delightful as is a drop of water...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 30 Apr. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Rosser's fault
Incipit: Had I wanted any new-born motives...
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William Godwin to Henry Goulburn
Date written: 13 May 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 53-4
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning the extent of emigrations to North America
Mentions John Campbell or John [Archibald] Campbell
Incipit: I am at this moment...
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William Godwin to William Henry Curran
Date written: 9 June 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/4(a)
Fol(s).: 55-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thank you for sending a copy of Curran's biography of his father; opinion of the book; Irish politics; answer to Malthus
Mentions [John Philpot] Curran; [William] Pitt; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I ought several weeks...
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Thomas Amyot to [William Godwin]
Date written: 21 June 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 57
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a query about emigration
Incipit: I am very sorry that I have been...
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Washington Irving to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 30 June 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Additional
Fol(s).: 58-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a failure to visit Godwin
(Also includes notes, a tally in unknown hand)
Incipit: I am extremely sorry that an...
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Thomas Amyot to William Godwin
Date written: 29 July 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an enquiry from Godwin
Incipit: I am sorry to learn that you had...
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Thomas Amyot to William Godwin
Date written: 30 July 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 61-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an enquiry from Godwin on emigration
Incipit: At length I have the pleasure of...
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William Henry Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 28 Aug. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/2
Fol(s).: 63-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a work on Curran's father; et al.
Mentions [John Philpot Curran]; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I have at length received your kind letter...
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William Wallace to [William Godwin]
Date written: Wed., 15 Sept. 1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 65
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On the terms of a dinner invitation
Incipit: I have been absent in the country...
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James Ogilvie to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Feb. ?1819
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On a young American, George Ticknor
Incipit: The interesting young American...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Apr. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger b. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 3-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a disagreement between Rosser and Godwin; a walk in Hastings; et al.
Mentions [?Jeremy] Bentham or [?Samuel] Bentham; [Francis] Place; Bedingfield; Austin; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: When this world shall be in the state...
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Thomas Amyot to [William Godwin]
Date written: 25 Apr. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 68
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning number of emigrants to Canada 'last year'
Mentions the Bishop of Quebec [Jacob Mountain]
Incipit: Before I received your letter...
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Joseph Vallence Bevan to William Godwin
Date written: 2 June 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(m)
Fol(s).: 69
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An intoduction to Dr. Sereven
Incipit: I embrace this opportunity of introducing to your friendly notice...
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Thomas Noon Talfourd to William Godwin
Date written: 8 July 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 70
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Sending a magazine containing tributes to Godwin's fiction
Incipit: You will, I hope, excuse the...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Aug. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 71
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Rosser's health; et al.
[?Jeremy] Bentham or [?Samuel] Bentham; [Thomas] Malthus
Incipit: I am scarcely able to write to you...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 3 Sept. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 72-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Rosser's health; finding a tutor; et al.
Incipit: My illness did not leave...
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William Godwin to [Maria Gisborne]
Date written: 15 Sept. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 524
Fol(s).: 74
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning financial dealings with [Percy Bysshe] Shelley
Mentions [John] Gisborne
Incipit: I hope these lines will find you...
Note: See also a Jane and Sir Percy Shelley-era copy of this letter in MS. Abinger c. 75, fols. 7-8
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H[enry] Incledon Pilcher to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Oct. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 75-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Acknowledging gift of Ford's plays; 'Of Population' (1820)
Incipit: The favour you have conferred upon me ...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Nov. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 77-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Rosser's studies in mathematics; et al.
Mentions Austin; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I have certainly adhered to my...
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James Perry to [William Godwin]
Date written: 2 Nov. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 79
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Acknowledging gift of Godwin's 'Of Population' (1820).
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus
Incipit: I thank you for your present of your ...
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Abraham Rees to William Godwin
Date written: 3 Nov. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 80-1
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Acknowledging gift of Godwin's 'Of Population' (1820).
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus
Incipit: Dr Rees presents his compliments...
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William Morgan to [William Godwin]
Date written: 6 Nov. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 82
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Acknowledging gift of Godwin's 'Of Population' (1820).
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus; Dr [?Benjamin] Franklin
Incipit: I have delayed acknowledging the...
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Anthony Robinson to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Nov. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 83
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Discussing Godwin's 'Of Population' (1820)
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus
Incipit: I have not been in a state of Health...
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Date written: 13 Dec. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 84-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Acknowledging gift of Godwin's 'Of Population' (1820).
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus; [Susanna Taylor]; [?Rochemont] Barbauld; Dr [?Benjamin] Franklin; Dr [?Edward] Rigby; Edward [Taylor]; [?John] Barton; Akers
Incipit: Expecting ere long to have occasion...
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David Prentice to [William Godwin]
Date written: 14 Dec. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 86
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Discussing 'Of Population' (1820)
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus; [Anne] Grant; Dr [John] M'Culloch [MacCulloch]
Incipit: May I, who owe much to your...
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Thomas Noon Talfourd to [William Godwin]
Date written: 16 Dec. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 87
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an article on 'Of Population' (1820)
Incipit: I send you a champion of this...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 25 Dec. 1820
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 88-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning studies in Greek
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [?Isaac] Newton
Incipit: Turning over the "exemplaria Graeca"...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 19 Jan. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 90
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's reply to Malthus; the tactics of the Master of Trinity [Christopher Wordsworth]; et al.
Mentions Barron; Hatfield; [Francis] Place; Mr [?James] Mill
Incipit: The morning I received your last...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Jan. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 91-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning 'Of Population' (1820)
Mentions [Adam] Smith
Incipit: When in your former letter you...
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George Brodie to William Godwin
Date written: 3 Feb. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger b. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 5-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning 'Of Population' (1820); death of [James] Ogilvie; et al.
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus; Mr Forsyth; [Mary Jane] Godwin; Lord Sidmouth [Henry] Addington
Incipit: I have only delayed...
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William Godwin to William Curran
Date written: 9 Feb. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 93-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning 'Of Population' (1820)
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus; Sir Richard Steele
Incipit: When you last took leave of us...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: Sun., 11 Feb. [1821]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/1
Fol(s).: 95-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning mathematics; population
(Also includes a note (dates) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Austin; Mr [?James] Mill; [Francis] Place; [Thomas] Malthus; [?Luke Joseph] Hooke
Incipit: This is copied from Bridges...
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William Henry Curran to [William Godwin]
Date written: 8 Mar. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/2
Fol(s).: 97
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the reception of [Godwin's] book in Ireland; Irish political matters; et al.
Mentions O'Connell; [Thomas] Malthus; [?John] Franks; Lord Norbury [John] Toler; Sir Richard Steele; Sir Harcourt Lees
Incipit: I often think and speak of you...
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Susanna Taylor to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Mar. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 98-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning 'Of Population' (1820)
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus; Lord Liverpool [Robert] Jenkinson; [Mary Jane] Godwin; [John Taylor]
Incipit: I will not take up your...
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Thomas Preston to William Godwin
Date written: 4 Apr. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger b. 1
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning 'Of Population' (1820); extracts from Malthus's essay of 1806
Incipit: The following observations...
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George Tuthill to [William Godwin]
Date written: 7 Apr. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 100
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Lending a portrait
Incipit: I am by no means inclined to offer...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to [William Godwin]
Date written: 15 May 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 101-2
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Invitation to Brockett Hall
Mentions [?William] Cobbet [Cobbett]
Incipit: I cannot express to you...
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William Morgan to [William Godwin]
Date written: 8 June 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 103
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an answer to Malthus's 'On Population'
Incipit: You need not give yourself any...
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John Sinclair to William Godwin
Date written: 18 June 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a new publication by Sinclair (related to Malthus)
Incipit: I have to return you my...
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D[avid] Morris to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Aug. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 106
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Arranging free theatre pass for Godwin
Incipit: I beg to acknowledge your favour ...
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James Mackintosh to [William Godwin]
Date written: 6 Sept. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 107-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Explaining Mackintosh's partly-formed opinion on 'Of Population' (1820)
Incipit: When I received your Work last year...
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John Fairley to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Sept. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 109
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an article on Godwin's work in the Edinburgh Review
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus
Incipit: The Edin[bu]r[gh] Review...
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Henry Blanch Rosser to William Godwin
Date written: 23 Oct. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 110
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of a paper by Rosser [relating to Malthus]; Greek independence; et al.
Mentions [David] Booth; Valpy
Incipit: You have not awakened me from...
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John Fairley to William Godwin
Date written: 31 Oct. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 228/7
Fol(s).: 111-12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an article on Godwin's work in the Edinburgh Review; the author of the article
Mentions [Thomas] Malthus
Incipit: You are completely mistaken in...
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Thomas Campbell to [William Godwin]
Date written: 8 Nov. [1821]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 12
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 113
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lady [Sydney] Morgan's publication earnings; a proposed work by [Godwin]
Mentions [Henry] Colbourn [Colburn]
Incipit: Lady Morgan received two thousand...
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Thomas Campbell to [William Godwin]
Date written: 17 Nov. 1821
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a project proposed to Colbourn
Mentions Colbourn ?[Henry] Colburn
Incipit: I saw Colbourn to day & mention'd...
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William Godwin to William Henry Curran
Date written: 2 Jan. 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/4
Fol(s).: 2-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's tribute to [John Philpot] Curran; introductions to people in Edinburgh; et al.
Incipit: I acknowledge with great pleasure your letter of the 26th...
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William Godwin to William Henry Curran
Date written: 19 Jan. 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/4
Fol(s).: 4-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking Curran how he likes Scotland; asking about Scottish opinion of Godwin's answer to Malthus
Incipit: I wished to say to you - write from Edinburgh...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin
Date received: 5 Mar. 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/8
Fol(s).: 6-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Lamb's health; asking Godwin to look for his elementary books for Lamb's son; details of her domestic life; et al.
Mentions Augustus [Lamb]; William Lamb
Incipit: May I after a long silence ask after your Health...
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G[eorge] Dyer to William Godwin
Date dated: 12 Mar. 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 8-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a research query from Godwin about Cambridge
Mentions [Edmund] Carter; [Richard] Parker; [Thomas] Fuller; Baker
Incipit: I wrote you a blundering...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Apr. [1822]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/8
Fol(s).: 10-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning several of Lamb's works, including 'Gordon: a Tale' (1821) and 'Ada Reis' (1823)
Mentions [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge; [?William] Cobbett; William [?Lamb]
Incipit: Thank you for being pleased...
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Thomas Turner to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sun., 19 May 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a legal verdict; sending £50
Incipit: I have often wished to know the consequences...
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Thomas Turner to William Godwin
Date written: 23 May 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 13-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Turner's character; a Greek word; et al.
Mentions Cornelia [Turner]; [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I read your letter hastily...
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Thomas Turner to William Godwin
Date written: 12 July 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 525/5
Fol(s).: 15
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking Godwin to send a letter; Godwin's health; et al.
(Also includes notes (dates) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Harriet] Boinville; Cornelia [Turner]; Oswald [Turner]; Alfred Boinville
Incipit: If you will take the trouble...
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George Brodie to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Aug. 1822
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/2
Fol(s).: 16-17
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Condolences on loss of [Percy Bysshe] Shelley; et al.
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; [?Thomas] Moore
Incipit: I sincerely condole...
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Henry Crabb Robinson to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., c. 1822-1824
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning state papers (the acts of the Council of State during the Commonwealth)
Mentions [Robert] Lemon; [Robert] Peel; [James] Mackintosh; [George] Canning
Incipit: I have gained the following information...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 12 June 1823
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 20
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Requesting a meeting
Incipit: If you could call upon me...
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[?Henry] Brougham to William Godwin
Date written: 21 Sept. 1823
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 21-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a circular from Godwin ro raise money
Incipit: Inclosed I return your List...
Note: Possibly from William Brougham
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Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 26 Sept. 1823
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 23-4
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Asking for stationary; advice on recipient's for Godwin's circular letter; et al.
Mentions [Mary] Shelley; Lord Dacre [Henry] Brand; Duke of Devonshire [William] Cavendish; Mr Mansfield; Dowager Lady Lansdowne, [Mary] Petty; [John] Lambton or [William] Lambton; Earl Grey [Charles] Grey; Lord Holland, [Henry Vassall] Fox; Mr Rogers; Douglas Kinnaird; Lord [George Gordon] Byron
Incipit: I will & indeed have...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 1823
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 25
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Advising on recipients for a circular letter
Mentions William Ponsonby; Lord Holland, [Henry Vassall] Fox; Lord Duncannon [John] Ponsonby; Lord Dacre [Henry] Brand; Blake; William [Lamb]; Lord Dudley, [John] Ward
Incipit: have you sent your...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin
Date written: [1823]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 26-7
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning 'Ada Reis' (1823) and 'Valperga' (1823); et al.
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; William Lamb; Mr Keswick
Incipit: When I was at Brighton did...
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James Mackintosh to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., ?1823
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 28-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Advising Godwin to write to certain individuals and anticipating particular responses; Brodie's 'History of England' (1822)
Mentions Duke of Leinster probably Augustus Fitzgerald; Lord Cloncurry [Valentine] Lawless; Francis Jeffrey; Lord Dudley, probably John Ward; [George] Brodie
Incipit: I have franked and forwarded your...
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Date written: 23 July 1824
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 30
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's research for his 'History of the Commonwealth of England' (1824-8)
Incipit: You are probably aware that I am engaged...
Note: Godwin's journal for the day states 'write to Sir Walter Scott & W Curran. Write to Macmillan & HP.' Sir Walter Scott; William Henry Curran; Macmillan; HP (unknown)
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Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 13 Sept. 1824
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/8
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking news of Godwin and his daughters; Lamb's health
Incipit: It is very long indeed since I have heard from you...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to [William Godwin]
Date received: 25 Oct. 1824
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 33-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Containing an invitation to visit Caroline Lamb; Lamb's feelings; Lamb's journal; et al.
Mentions Dr Roe
Incipit: From the moment when I saw you last...
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Lady Caroline Lamb to William Godwin
Date dated: 1824
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 35-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking for a journal and for Godiwn's books; [Thomas] Medwin's book
Incipit: Thanks for y[ou]r letter...
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[Lady Caroline Lamb] to William Godwin
Date written: c. 1824
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(b)
Fol(s).: 37-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's publications for young people, including 'Letter on advice to the young American' (1818); [Edward] Bulwer-Lytton; Lord [George Gordon] Byron; et al.
Mentions William Ponsonby; [John Cam] Hobhouse; [Mary Shelley]
Incipit: My Brother William Ponsonby...
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William Godwin to ?David Booth
Date written: Sun., 15 Aug. ?1824
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/1
Fol(s).: 39
Document type: ?original, signed
Contents
Concerning fees for a work
(Also includes notes (figures and date Oct. 8) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Henry] Colburn; Dugald Stewart
Incipit: You seemed to think £250...
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Joseph Vallence Bevan to William Godwin
Date written: 4 Jan. 1825
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 40-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Bevan's father's estate; slaves; the press; the law; et al.
Mentions either [Charles Clairmont] or [William Godwin (junior)]; General [James] Oglethorpe; Anthony Stokes; James Hume; Messrs. Baldwin, Cradock, Joy; William T. Williams
Incipit: I have no apology to offer...
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William Godwin to Josiah Wedgwood
Date written: 23 Mar. 1825
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(a)
Fol(s).: 42-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's bankruptcy
Mentions Mr Read; Lord Chief Justice [Charles] Abbott; Mr Scarlet; [William Godwin (junior)]; [Mary] Shelley
Incipit: Misfortunes have come upon me...
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William Godwin (junior) to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Oct. 1825
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 44-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin junior's stay in Surrey
Mentions Miss Hill; Sir James Mackintosh
Incipit: I just write a line because I...
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Thomas Campbell to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., 6 Feb. 1826
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 46-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the establishment of [London] University; deciding professorships; a position for [Charles Clairmont]
Incipit: This projected University will be a...
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Henry Hobhouse to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Apr. 1826
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 48
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning access to state papers
Mentions [Robert] Peel
Incipit: Mr. Hobhouse presents his Compliments...
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George Canning to William Godwin
Date written: 27 May 1826
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 49
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's wish to access the Journals of the House of Commons
Mentions Mr Whittam
Incipit: I have received your letter of the 18th...
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Richard Sheil to William Godwin
Date written: 19 Sept. 1826
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 50-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Irish Catholics under Cromwell
Mentions either Oliver Cromwell or Henry Cromwell;Sir James Mackintosh; [John] Curry
Incipit: It will give me very great pleasure...
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George Dawson to William Godwin
Date written: 29 Nov. 1826
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 52-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's desire to see state papers; [Robert] Peel's perception of a problem at the State Paper Office
Incipit: I have submitted your letter...
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Joshua Wilson to William Godwin
Date written: 22 Jan. 1827
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 54
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning research for Godwin
Mentions Dr Owen
Incipit: I have been endeavouring...
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George Dawson to William Godwin
Date written: 10 Mar. 1827
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 55
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning admission to the State Papers Office
Mentions [Robert] Peel
Incipit: I am directed by Mr...
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William Henry Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 13 June 1827
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/2
Fol(s).: 56-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the difficulty in obtaining information for Godwin from the Irish records; et al.
Mentions Mr Shiel ?Richard Sheil; Mr Hardeman; [William] Shaw Mason
Incipit: I would not willingly inform against...
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Frances Wright to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 17 Oct. 1827
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 58
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Inviting Godwin to visit Wright; Wright's admiration of Godwin's 'Political Justice'
Mentions [Mary Shelley]
Incipit: I parted from your daughter...
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Joshua van Oven to [William Godwin]
Date written: 27 Oct. 1827
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 59
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a research enquiry relating to Judaism
Mentions Mr Almosnino; Rabbi [David] Netto [Nieto]; [D'blossiers] Tovey; Francis Palgrave
Incipit: The revd Rabbi has just put into...
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Date written: 19 Nov. 1827
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning research on Jewish history
Incipit: I have endeavoured to procure you...
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William Fitzstrathern to William Godwin
Date written: 9 Jan. 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 61
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning research for Godwin
Mentions [?David] Booth
Incipit: As you know Mr. Booth...
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Edward Poole to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 16 Jan. 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/1(b)
Fol(s).: 62-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's History of the Commonwealth; et al.
Incipit: It was only a few days...
Note: Written on a blank page of a Proposal for Publishing the letters of Rev. Jonathan Toup Jonathan Toup (edited by Edward Poole) - the Proposal sheet is also available in the Bodleian at (Douce N 292)
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William Henry Curran to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 7 Feb. 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/2
Fol(s).: 64-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Curran's failure in obtaining information for Godwin on Henry Cromwell
Mentions Dr Sadlier or Tadlin
Incipit: It grieves me to have to say...
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D[avid] Morris to William Godwin
Date written: 13 June 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 66-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning ?theatre lists
(Also includes notes (a list of books) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I beg to acknowledge the receipt...
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Date written: Wed., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(h)
Fol(s).: 68r
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
An invitation to dine
(Also includes notes (a list of names) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Mr and Mrs Ramsbotham present their...
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?William Godwin to ?William Wordsworth
Date dated: 16 June 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(h)
Fol(s).: 68r-v
Document type: fair copy or draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Concerning Dr. [?Christopher] Wordsworth 's book
Incipit: I thank you for the sight of...
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Edward Poole to William Godwin
Date written: 27 June 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 69-70
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Godwin's biography of the nephews of Chilton; et al.
Mentions [?Thomas] Rodd
Incipit: Mr Rodd hath, I believe...
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Robert Lemon to William Godwin
Date written: 28 Oct. 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 71
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Thanking Godwin for sending his 'History of the Commonwealth' (1824-8)
Incipit: Mr. Lemon Sen[io]r presents his...
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Date written: 31 Dec. 1828
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(a)
Fol(s).: 72
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a request from Watts
Incipit: I thank you for your communication in as...
Note: W. Watts possibly Walter Henry Watts
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P.H. [Hull] Godwin to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Jan. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 73-4
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning William Godwin's publications; Godwin family biographical information
Mentions Natt [Nathaniel Godwin]
Incipit: I first of all do thank you...
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Date written: 3 Jan. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(a)
Fol(s).: 75
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning accusations of frivolity in autograph hunting and card playing
Incipit: When a man asks favors...
Note: W. Watts possibly Walter Henry Watts
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Date written: 30 Jan. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 76-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the Bulwer Lytton family
(Also includes comment (on the handwriting of ?this letter) and notes (Bulwer-Lytton connected names and places/book titles) in the hand of William Godwin
Mentions William [?Higgets] Bulwer; General William Bulwer; William Earle Lytton; [Elizabeth Bulwer]
Incipit: The two young Gentlemen you met...
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Whitmore & Fenn to William Godwin
Date written: 30 Mar. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 810/2 (fasc i)
Fol(s).: 78
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning three volumes of the journal of Sir William Brereton and their possible effect on Godwin's 'History of the Commonwealth' (1824-8)
Incipit: We feel it our duty to inform...
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Edward James Willson to William Godwin
Date written: 30 May 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(b)
Fol(s).: 79-80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Responding to Godwin's enquiry concerning [?Abraham] De la Pryme
Incipit: I made a further enquiry of my friend...
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Henry Colburn to William Godwin
Date written: 1 Sept. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/2(c)
Fol(s).: 81-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Announcement of Colburn's partnership with Richard Bentley
(Also includes miscellaneous notes in William Godwin's hand on the Jews, list of people to propose to, including Colburn and Bentley)
Incipit: Mr. Colburn begs...
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Washington Irving to [William Godwin]
Date written: 14 Oct. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Irving's interest in Godwin's welfare; publishing in America
Incipit: I have just received your note of the....
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Date written: 28 Nov. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 85-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Letter of introduction for the bearer
Incipit: Doctor [John Lewis] Tiarks who...
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W. Coll[?ier] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 7 [?] 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 87-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of one of Godwin's works
Incipit: If we had seen the MS...
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[Mary Bryan Bedingfield] to [William Godwin]
Date written: c. 1829
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(a)
Fol(s).: 89
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment, asking [Godwin] to read 'Longhollow'
Incipit: I have taken the liberty...
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Washington Irving to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 16 Jan. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Additional
Fol(s).: 90-1
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning one of [Godwin's] works; et al.
Incipit: I must ask your pardon for...
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Washington Irving to [William Godwin]
Date written: 30 Jan. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Additional
Fol(s).: 92-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning letters from the United States; lack of offers for [Godwin's] novel; et al.
Mentions [Peter Irving]; Carvell; [?Henry] Carey; [Fletcher] Harper and [James] Harper
Incipit: Within these two days...
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William Shoberl to [William Godwin]
Date written: 13 Feb. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 94
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of 'Cloudesley' (1830)
Mentions [Henry] Colburn; [Richard] Bentley
Incipit: I am requested by Messers...
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[?William] Martin to William Godwin
Date written: 27 Feb. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/9
Fol(s).: 95
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment of an invitation to Godwin
(Also includes a note on taste in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: [?W]. Martin...
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Julian Hibbert to [William Godwin]
Date written: Tue., 1 June 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/4(d)
Fol(s).: 96r-v
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Hibbert hopes to educate [Percy Florence] Shelley
Incipit: I hope you will excuse...
Note: Possibly from the philanthropist and lexicographer Julian Hibbert
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[William Godwin] to [Julian Hibbert]
Date written: 3 June 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/4(d)
Fol(s).: 96v
Document type: fair copy or draft, in the hand of William Godwin
Contents
Refusing Hibbert's offer to tutor Godwin's grandson
Incipit: I have laid your letter...
Note: Possibly to the philanthropist and lexicographer Julian Hibbert
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Geo[rge] Grayson to William Godwin
Date written: 14 July 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/2(a)
Fol(s).: 97-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Request for the payment of Godwin's rent
(Also includes notes (a list of portraits) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Mr Hanley
Incipit: I have received instructions...
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James Mackintosh to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 20 Aug. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 99-100
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking Godwin to call
(Also includes notes (the name D[ionysius] Lardner) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I have always a real Gratification...
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Dionysius Lardner to William Godwin
Date written: 26 Aug. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 101-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Apologizing for business preventing Lardner from visiting.
(Also includes notes in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Dr Lardner presents his...
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James Mackintosh to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., 27 Aug. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 103
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding information conveyed to Dr [Dionysius] Lardner
Incipit: I said all that occurred to me...
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Dionysius Lardner to William Godwin
Date written: 28 Aug. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 104-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Turning down a series of essays proposed by Godwin for the 'Cabinet Cyclopoedia'
Incipit: Dr. Lardner presents his compliments...
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Dionysius Lardner to William Godwin
Date written: 31 Aug. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's proposal for a work to be published [in the Cabinet Cyclopoedia]
Mentions Messrs Longman
Incipit: Dr. Lardner presents his...
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[?] N [?Traford] to [William Godwin]
Date written: 7 Sept. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 108
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Turning down a projected work
Incipit: After the conversation which passed...
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Dionysius Lardner to William Godwin
Date written: 15 Sept. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 109-10
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Godwin's proposal to write a series of essays for the Cabinet Cyclopoedia
Incipit: Dr. Lardner presents his compliments...
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Date written: 2 Oct. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 111
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Introducing the bearer; requesting the recipient show the bearer around Paris
Incipit: The bearer is a young man who...
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Richard Taylor to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 18 Oct. 1830
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 13
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 112-13
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the joint publication of one of Godwin's works; suggestion of having Godwin's portrait engraved for the work
Mentions [?Effingham] Wilson
Incipit: I have seen Mr. Wilson twice...
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James Mackintosh to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., [1830-1832]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 1-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's request that Mackintosh contact the Speaker of the House
Mentions Lord Grey [Charles] Grey
Incipit: I did not receive your note...
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Richard Taylor to William Godwin
Date written: 26 Jan. [1830-36]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/9
Fol(s).: 3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Encloses an address for Godwin's use
(Also includes notes on beauty etc. in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I inclose the address...
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Effingham Wilson to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Feb. 1831
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 532/3
Fol(s).: 4-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the re-publication of Walter Scott's novels; et al.
(Also includes notes (a book plan?) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Your favour of the 9th reached...
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John Rickman to [William Godwin]
Date written: 17 Feb. 1831
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a prospective visit to [Godwin]
Incipit: I have received yours - but it...
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Charles Ollier to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 25 Apr. 1831
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 7-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a publishing proposal from Godwin
Mentions [Richard] Bentley; [Henry] Colburn
Incipit: Late on Saturday evening...
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Geo[rge] Grayson to William Godwin
Date written: 9 July 1831
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/4(d)
Fol(s).: 9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's rent
Incipit: I have received Instructions...
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William Godwin (junior) to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Aug. 1831
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/4(d)
Fol(s).: 10-11
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Recounting a conversation with William Sadler
Incipit: I think it is a long time since I...
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W[illiam] Blackwood to William Godwin
Date dated: 24 Feb. 1832
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 12
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Blackwood's willingness to receive contributions; et al.
Incipit: Alas [?will] the Mag....
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William Cooke to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Dec. 1832
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 13-14
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a seal-impression of Godwin's likeness; phrenology; death of [William Godwin (junior)]; et al.
Incipit: I was gratified in the highest...
Note: Possibly from the surgeon and writer William Cooke?
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Adelaide O'Keeffe to William Godwin
Date written: 5 July 1833
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 15-16
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Seeking Godwin's assistance in producing two of [John O'Keeffe's] plays
Mentions [Alfred] Bunn
Incipit: When my late Father and I had the Honor...
The next item in chronological sequence is: William Godwin to James Justinian Morier, 14 July 1833, in MS. Shelley adds. c. 13 (acquired separately).
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John Rickman to [William Godwin]
Date written: 19 July 1833
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 17
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Attempting to heal a rift between Godwin and "C.L"
Mentions C.L., possibly Charles Lamb
Incipit: I am glad that the Negative...
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Rammohun Roy to [William Godwin]
Date written: 10 Aug. 1833
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 18-19
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the term 'Magi'; et al.
Incipit: I had on the 27th of July the pleasure...
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Thomas Campbell to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., 19 Oct. 1833
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 20
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning information from Godwin about an actress; et al.
Incipit: Though your oral information about...
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John Howard Payne to William Godwin
Date written: 30 Nov. 1833
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 21-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of one of Godwin's novels in the United States; a portrait of Godwin by Rand; the divorce of [Aaron] Burr
(Also includes notes (arithmetic) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Thomas Cooper
Incipit: I have written a letter or two which I...
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F[rancis] Douce to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 1833
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 23-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning early editions of two volumes, 'Mensa' by ?Scott and 'Conde Lucanor' by Don Juan Manuel
Incipit: I am at a loss to know what edition of...
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Samuel Rogers to William Godwin
Date written: Sun., [1833-1836]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 25-6
Document type: original, signed
Contents
An invitation to dine
Incipit: If by any chance...
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Date written: 4 Feb. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(a)
Fol(s).: 27-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Godwin's reading of Wilson's 'Mems of a Peripatetic' [sic]
Incipit: I have the pleasure of forwarding you my M.S....
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Date written: 5 Mar. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 29-30
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Proposing a subscription to improve the condition of [Mary] Wollstonecraft's grave
(Also includes notes (on French aristocracy) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I this Day had an opportunity of...
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William Cooke to William Godwin
Date written: 7 Mar. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 31-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On Cooke's admiration for Godwin
Incipit: You have been so much...
Note: Possibly from the surgeon and writer William Cooke?
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Joseph Hume to [William Godwin]
Date written: 11 July 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 33
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Thanking [Godwin] for sending his 'Lives of the Necromancers' (1834)
Incipit: I thank you for your Necromancers...
Note: Possibly the politician Joseph Hume or the writer and translator Joseph Hume
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Thomas ?Sumerdale to William Godwin
Date written: 22 July 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/1(d)
Fol(s).: 34
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Refusing Godwin's application for free theatre tickets
Mentions [Samuel] Arnold
Incipit: It is Mr. Arnold's desire that I...
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Charles Grey to William Godwin
Date written: 25 July 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/4(d)
Fol(s).: 35
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Regarding Godwin's position in the Office of the Receipt of HM's Exchequer
Mentions Lord Grey [Charles] Grey; Mr Wood
Incipit: I am directed by Lord Grey...
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Samuel Rogers to [William Godwin]
Date written: 4 Aug. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 527(d)
Fol(s).: 36
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Introducing Monsieur de Bonnechose
(Also includes notes (names and dates) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Bonnechose
Incipit: Pray forgive me if I venture...
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[William Godwin] to [Mary Jane Godwin]
Date written: Sat., 9 Aug. [1834]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/4(b)
Fol(s).: 37
Document type: original or fair copy, signed
Contents
Godwin's recent schedule; health
Mentions [Mary] Shelley; Percy [Florence Shelley]; James White
Incipit: I was extremely happy...
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Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 38r
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Making an appointment
Incipit: I will be with you...
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[William Godwin] to John Newport
Date written: 11 Nov. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/5(a)
Fol(s).: 38v
Document type: fair copy or draft, in the hand of William Godwin
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Concerning the use of an apartment for a study
Incipit: I cannot allow myself to pass over...
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William Cooke to William Godwin
Date written: 5 Dec. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 39-40
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Cooke's son, an acquaintance of Godwin's
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin; Mrs Cooke
Incipit: I take up my pen to address...
Note: Possibly from the surgeon and writer William Cooke?
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L[ouisa] Kenney to William Godwin
Date written: 12 Dec. [1834]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/10
Fol(s).: 41-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Encloses an address for Godwin's use
(Also includes notes on [?Francis] Bacon in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions [Louisa] Badams
Incipit: Mr Badarn's address is...
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William Godwin to William Cooke
Date written: 16 Dec. 1834
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 513(b)
Fol(s).: 43
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Cooke's son
Mentions [Mary Jane] Godwin
Incipit: I beg to acknowledge my...
Note: Possibly to the surgeon and writer William Cooke?
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C[?handos] Leigh to [William Godwin]
Date written: Wed., [1834-1836]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/10
Fol(s).: 44
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Fragment, sending somebody 'Deloraine' and the 'Necromancy'
(Also includes a note (possibly related to 'Genius of Christianity Unveiled') in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: poorly. I am going...
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Thomas F. Freemantle to [William Godwin]
Date dated: 9 Feb. 1835
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 45
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Fragment? Concerning the appointment of Godwin as yeoman usher
Incipit: I am also directed to state that...
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Date written: Tue., 10 Mar. [1835]
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/10
Fol(s).: 46
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Invitation
(Also includes notes (probably on 'Genius of Christianity Unveiled') in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Mrs Skinner at home...
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John Rickman to William Godwin
Date written: 18 Mar. 1835
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/2(a)
Fol(s).: 47-8
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Invitation to dine
(Also includes notes (an appointment diary?) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: It is long since I have...
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Date written: 2 Apr. 1835
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 49-50
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning ?an application
Mentions A[ndrew] Picken
Incipit: I have to acknowledge your letter...
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Date written: 14 June 1835
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 528(a)
Fol(s).: 51-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Wilson's welfare and employment
Mentions Mr Smith
Incipit: I cannot adequately express my deep...
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Muir, Gowans & Co. to William Godwin
Date written: 20 Oct. 1835
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 811/1
Fol(s).: 53
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the publication of the 'Life and Trial of Mr Joseph Gerrald '
Incipit: We are now engaged in publishing...
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[John] Macrone to William Godwin
Date written: Thur., c. 1835
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 54-5
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning sales of a publication
(Also includes brief assorted notes in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I feel the becoming pride of a young...
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[William Godwin] to Joseph Fawcett
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(b)
Fol(s).: 56
Document type: ?original, unsigned
Contents
Arranging a meeting
(Also includes sums and lists of names and page numbers, in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions Leon[ard] Munnings
Incipit: I dine at the [?J]ury coffee house...
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[William Godwin] and [Mary Jane Godwin] to William Godwin (junior)
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/3(b)
Fol(s).: 57-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Regarding the recipient's questions about Walter Scott, [George Gordon] Byron and Alexander Boswell; Fragment of a postscript in the hand of Mary Jane Godwin
Incipit: was no spontaneity...
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James Broughton to [William Godwin]
Date written: Mon., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 59-60
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning [Godwin's] suggestions on "Ancient British Drama"; Broughton's publication
Incipit: Allow me to thank you for...
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James Broughton to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 61-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Marlowe and 'Dr. Faustus'
(Also includes notes (historical subject) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: At length I have finished another...
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Anthony Carlisle to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 63
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the health of one of Godwin's children
Incipit: I think you would not do...
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[Thomas Cooper] to William Godwin
Date : n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 1)
Fol(s).: 64
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning somebody who has insulted Cooper
Incipit: He called me foolish wretch...
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[Thomas Cooper] to [William Godwin]
Date : n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/1(a) (fasc 2)
Fol(s).: 65-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Cooper's acting; American reports of Godwin
Mentions [?John Philip] Kemble; [?George Frederick] Cooke; Holman; [?Thomas] Harris
Incipit: I received your letter dated...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 8 July n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(a)
Fol(s).: 69
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Enclosing a bill; Curran's health; et al.
Mentions Frederick Guest; John Bird
Incipit: I enclose a bill of Fredk...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(a)
Fol(s).: 70
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a married couple; et al.
Incipit: I have been much shock'd...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 15 Oct. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(a)
Fol(s).: 71-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Curran's travelling plans; et al.
Mentions ?Mary Jane Godwin
Incipit: I fear I must decamp...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 8 Aug. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(a)
Fol(s).: 73
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Response to a letter from Godwin concerning ?Bourke et al.
Mentions ?Bourke, possibly Richard Bourke
Incipit: I was never much more...
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John Philpot Curran to William Godwin
Date written: 6 Nov. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/1
Fol(s).: 74
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Curran's escape from an accident; enquiring into the circumstances of the Charter-house; et al
Incipit: Just arrived safe after...
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William Henry Curran to [William Godwin]
Date written: Sun, 22 Oct. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/2
Fol(s).: 75
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Asking [Godwin] to vouch for a barrister
Mentions Mr Garratt
Incipit: I felt much obliged by...
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S. C[?ur]son to William Godwin
Date written: Fri., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/4(a)
Fol(s).: 76-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Invitation to visit
(Also includes notes (literary criticism and history) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: If Mr Godwin is disengaged...
Note: Possibly from Sarah Curran ?
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S. C[?ur]son to William Godwin
Date dated: 15 Nov. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/2(c)
Fol(s).: 78-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the persuasiveness of Godwin's arguments
Incipit: I was sorry not to find...
Note: Possibly from Sarah Curran?
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F. Damiani to [William Godwin]
Date written: Mon., 19 July n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 80
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Providing a translation from Italian
Incipit: The first of the three Italian...
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Thomas Davison to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 215/6
Fol(s).: 81-2
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning publisher's proofs
Mentions [Richard] Phillips
Incipit: I have been obliged...
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Thomas Davison to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/7
Fol(s).: 83-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Note of availability for a visit from Godwin
(Also includes notes (historical subjects) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: If you will call on me at...
Note: Possibly from the print tract-seller Thomas Davison
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Henry Dibbin to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 85
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Requesting Godwin's opinion on a piece of Dibbin's writing
Incipit: As I understand my...
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F[rancis] Douce to [William Godwin]
Date written: 4 Dec. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(a)
Fol(s).: 86
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a request for information on books on the Albigenses and Waldenses
Mentions Simon de Montfort; Dudley
Incipit: I have not been able sooner...
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[George Dyson] to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 87-8
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning Dyson's character and vices
Mentions [?George] Robinson
Incipit: You have a polite manner...
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George Dyson to William Godwin
Date written: Sat., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 89-90
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the remembrance of an (unknown) woman [possibly Mary Wollstonecraft]
(Also includes notes (two miscellaneous lists) in William Godwin's hand)
Mentions ?John Horne Tooke; [Basil] Montagu
Incipit: In this uncertainty of the weather...
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[George Dyson] to William Godwin
Date postmarked: 2[?] Sept. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 91-2
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
On Godwin's attempt to cajole him; engagements
Mentions [Sarah] Siddons
Incipit: Of all the engines knaves...
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[George Dyson] to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(a)
Fol(s).: 93-4
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a difference in opinion
Also includes editor's note by Mary Jane Godwin
Mentions [Thomas] Holcroft
Incipit: Your information of the...
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[George Dyson] to [William Godwin]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 227/2(d)
Fol(s).: 95
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning a final split between writer and recipient
Incipit: My hours too are precious...
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Date written: 21 Nov. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 96-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning an appointment
Mentions [Sarah] Siddons
Incipit: It does so happen...
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Eliza Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: Mon, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(f)
Fol(s).: 98-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Apology for being indiscreet, complaint at Godwin's reaction
Mentions [Charles] Lamb; [Mary] Lamb; [Ralph] Fell
Incipit: I acknowledge, & with...
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John Fenwick to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/6(a)
Fol(s).: 100-1
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Concerning a pamphlet written by Fenwick
(Also includes notes (on 'Antonio' (1800)) in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: I leave a few pages of my pamphlet...
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John Fenwick to [William Godwin]
Date written: Thur., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/9
Fol(s).: 102
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Invitation
(Also includes notes on morality etc. in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Y[ou]r serv[an]t tells me...
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Lord Holland, Henry Vassall Fox to [William Godwin]
Date received: 26 Feb. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(e)
Fol(s).: 103-4
Document type: original, signed
Contents
On a loan to Godwin and Holland's name appearing in the subscription
Mentions Lord Thanet [Sackville] Tufton; Duke of Devonshire, either William Cavendish (6th Duke) or William Cavendish (5th Duke); Lord [Peter] Cowper; [Douglas] Kinnaird
Incipit: As I have not spoken to...
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Lord Holland, Henry Vassall Fox to [William Godwin]
Date written: 13 May n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(e)
Fol(s).: 105
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Notice of availability of further sum of £300 as loan to Godwin
Incipit: Before this letter can reach you...
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Henry Vassall Fox to [William Godwin]
Date written: 19 May n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/8(e)
Fol(s).: 106-7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Notice of availablility of more money for Godwin; et al.
Mentions [Douglas] Kinnaird
Incipit: On Friday next there...
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Lord Holland, Henry Vassall Fox to William Godwin
Date written: 16 Dec. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 514(b)
Fol(s).: 108-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a composition by Godwin in the Morning Chronicle
Incipit: I have been in some doubt...
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Daniel Gaskell and Mary Gaskell to William Godwin
Date written: Wed., 18 ?, n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 229/10
Fol(s).: 110
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Invitation
(Also includes notes (probably on 'The Genius of Christianity') in William Godwin's hand)
Incipit: Mr & Mrs. D. Gaskell...
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Sophia Gent to [William Godwin]
Date written: Thur., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep .b. 214/3
Fol(s).: 111
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning a portrait Sophia Gent is painting of [Godwin]
Mentions Mr Gent
Incipit: I was Extremely gratified...
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Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 516/1
Fol(s).: 112
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning the death of Sothren
Mentions [?Hannah] Sothren; [Philip] Hull [Godwin]; Mr & Mrs Sothren; Mr & Mrs Haton; Widow Nutter; Aunt Barker; Mr Hall
Incipit: Sothren pass'd out of this life...
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[Hannah Godwin] to William Godwin
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. b. 214/9(c)
Fol(s).: 113
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning their mother's health
Mentions [Ann Godwin]; [Philip] Hull [Godwin]
Incipit: I had a letter from Hull yesterday...
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[Hannah Godwin] to [William Godwin]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 114-15
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Fragment concerning [William Godwin's] employment, marriage prospects
Mentions [Hannah] Sothren; Mr & Miss Jay
Incipit: I really do not remember...
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Hannah Godwin to [William Godwin]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 508
Fol(s).: 116
Document type: original, initialled
Contents
Fragment, concerning H Godwin's friendship with Mr Pate
Incipit: your advice my dear...
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H[enry] Grattan to [William Godwin]
Date written: 17 Feb. n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 14
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 507/3
Fol(s).: 117-18
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Wishing [Godwin] success in his plan; et al.
Mentions Mr Hutchins
Incipit: Your letter of the 11th I did not see...
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George Hardinge to William Godwin
Date written: Mon., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 15
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 1-3
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Concerning Hardinge's address; an Elizabeth Inchbald play 'Everyone Has His Fault'; et al.
Also includes editor's comments by Mary Jane Godwin
Incipit: I believe that I gave you a...
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[George Hardinge] to [William Godwin]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 15
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 526/2
Fol(s).: 4-5
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Concerning the basis of the character of Harmony in Elizabeth Inchbald 's 'Everyone Has His Fault'; et al.
Also includes editor's comments by Mary Jane Godwin
Incipit: It had never struck me that...
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Date written: Fri., n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 15
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 766/2
Fol(s).: 6
Document type: original, unsigned
Contents
Hoping to write a brief biography of Godwin in a new book
Incipit: Mr. Harral being on the eve of...
Note: Possibly from Thomas Harral , author
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A[?braham] Hayward to [William Godwin]
Date written: 17 May n.y.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 15
Former shelfmark: Dep. c. 529(c)
Fol(s).: 7
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Forwarding a book to Godwin
Incipit: May I avail myself of...
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William Hazlitt to [William Godwin]
Date written: n.d.
Shelfmark: MS. Abinger c. 15
Former shelfmark: Dep.b.214/6(b)
Fol(s).: 8-9
Document type: original, signed
Contents
Details concerning imminent publication of a book by Hazlitt; attacks upon Murray; et al.
Mentions Granville Sharp; [Thomas] Holcroft; Mrs Sparks; (the miscellaneous writer?) J[oh]n Taylor; [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge
Incipit: I am forced to trouble you with the...<
