John Arch manuscript material : 1 item 1828

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John Arch manuscript material : 1 item 1828

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John Arch, of "John and Arthur Arch," Quaker publishers and booksellers. He refers to William Godwin as an "old acquaintance." William Pickering (1796-1854), publisher and bookseller, apprenticed under John and Arthur Arch from 1810-1818. To William Godwin : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Feb. 1828 : (G'ANA 0021) : offering "... a few volumes which would furnish authentic information on the subject in question [the Quakers]; ..." Godwin wrote about George Fox and the Quakers in vol. 4 of his History of the Commonwealth of England, Chapter XX. This letter is answered by Godwin in (G 0305). Filed with Pforz MS (G 0305).

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Godwin, William, 1756-1836

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William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. In the conservative reaction to British radicalism, Godwin was attacked, in part because of his marriage to the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797 and his candid biography of her after her death from childbirth. Their daughter, later known as Mary Shelley, would go on to writ...

Arch, John, fl. 1792-1838.

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John Arch, of "John and Arthur Arch," Quaker publishers and booksellers. He refers to William Godwin as an "old acquaintance." William Pickering (1796-1854), publisher and bookseller, apprenticed under John and Arthur Arch from 1810-1818. From the guide to the John Arch manuscript material : 1 item, 1828, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...