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William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items

Title
William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1824-1830.
Author
Godwin, William, 1803-1832.

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Additional Authors
  • Dupin, E. M.
  • Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852.
Found In
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925 (CStRLIN)NYPW03-A5
Description
3 items
Summary
  • · 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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  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
Pforz MS
OCLC
269872372
Author
Godwin, William, 1803-1832.
Title
William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1824-1830.
Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
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.
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Added Author
Dupin, E. M. Addressee
Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852. Addressee
Found In:
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925 (CStRLIN)NYPW03-A5
Research Call Number
Pforz MS
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