William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Godwin, William, 1803-1832", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"ca. 1824-1830", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1824/1830", "certainty"=>"approximate"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· 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.\".</p><p>· 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 ...\".</p>"}

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{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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1824

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1824

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1830

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1824

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1830

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3 items

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{"value"=>"William Godwin, Jr. manuscript material : 3 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"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. &#xB7; 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.\".", "generated"=>true}

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