James Marshall manuscript material : 1 item 1807

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James Marshall manuscript material : 1 item 1807

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James Marshall, English editor and translator. He was a lifelong friend of the philosopher and novelist William Godwin. To Cadell & Davies, publishers : 1autograph receipt signed : 2 Oct 1807 : (G'ANA 0039) : [no place] : for "thirty pounds on account, for correcting the press of Chalmers's edition of the English Poets." Paper bears decorative embossed stamp, marked "RECEIPT / EIGHT-PENCE." Torn in half and mended with blank stickers on the verso.

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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...

Marshall, James, active1837-1838

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James Marshall, English editor and translator. He was a lifelong friend of the philosopher and novelist William Godwin. From the description of James Marshall manuscript material : 1 item, 1807 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 728025772 From the guide to the James Marshall manuscript material : 1 item, 1807, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Cadell & Davies.

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The British publishing and bookselling firm of Cadell & Davies was established in 1793 as a joint partnership between Thomas Cadell (1773-1836) and William Davies (d. 1820). The pair inherited the business from Cadell's father, Thomas Cadell the elder (1742-1802), and carried on his legacy as a leader of the London book trade. After Davies's death in 1820, Cadell began publishing under his own name. The firm was dissolved in 1836 when Cadell died, although sale of the remaining copyrights an...