William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1824-1830

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William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1824-1830

· To Miss E. M. Dupin : 1 autograph letter signed : 31 May [no year] : (G'ANA 0024) : explaining his inability to obtain tickets to a Covent Garden show; also, "I am happy to say that Mrs. W. Godwin is fast improving in health." · To John Howard Payne, American author and actor : 2 autograph letters signed : -- 1 Jun 1824 : (S'ANA 0253) : doubling his half-sister's order for theater tickets; on the verso of a letter to Payne from Mary Shelley (MWS 0314). Filed under Mary Shelley. -- 28 May 1830 : (G'ANA 0020) : explaining he'd received Payne's note too late to fulfill its requests; also, "I however see, if the bills are to be trusted, that my good offices were not wanted ..."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7175700

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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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...

Godwin, Mary Jane

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Mary Jane Godwin, formerly Clairmont, née de Vial (1768-1841), English translator and bookseller. She was the second wife of philosopher and novelist William Godwin, and together they ran the M. J. Godwin & Co. Juvenile Library bookshop and imprint. Her daughter was Claire Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron, and her stepdaughter was Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. From the description of Mary Jane Godwin manuscript material : 15 items, 1802-1839 (New York Public Library). W...

Godwin, William, 1803-1832

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William Godwin, Jr., English journalist. He was the only son of William Godwin, philosopher and novelist, and the half-brother of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Godwin was a reporter for the Morning Chronicle from 1823 until his death in 1832. His novel Transfusion was published in 1835, with a memoir prefixed by his father. From the description of William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1824-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 269872372 ...

Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852

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American actor and playwright. From the description of Scrapbook, 1813-1852 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811929 From the description of Letter : Washington, to Elizabeth Payne, 1850 April 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22772908 From the description of Home, sweet home, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 237626353 Appointed by President Tyler, the actor and playwright served as U.S. Consul in Tunis from 1842-1845, a...

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Dupin, E. M.

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