John Arch manuscript material : 1 item, 1828

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John Arch manuscript material : 1 item, 1828

Autograph letter signed CORRESPONDENCE · To William Godwin : 1 ALS ; 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).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8118711

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...

Arch, John, of Cornhill.

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John Arch, of Cornhill, "old acquaintance" of William Godwin, member of the Quaker organization The Society of Friends. From the description of John Arch manuscript material : 1 item, 1828 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 74495256 ...