William Godwin letter to Dear Sir, 1819 Dec. 6.

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William Godwin letter to Dear Sir, 1819 Dec. 6.

Godwin writes to Dear Sir (Alaric A. Watts) providing information about where he might obtain copies of pamphlets by the American poet, Joel Barlow. The letter has been pasted down onto the remains of an album leaf with the address-leaf visible through a cut opening in the album leaf.

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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...

Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864

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English poet and journalist. From the description of Portion of autograph letter signed, ? Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660919 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hotel de Lile, to Moore, 1828 Aug. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660932 English poet. From the description of Papers, 1819-1857. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28411542 English poet, editor, and publisher of literary journals. ...