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Creator
Arch, John, fl. 1792-1838
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
1 item
Preferred Citation
John Arch manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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John Arch, of "John and Arthur Arch," Quaker publishers and booksellers. He refers to William Godwin as an "old acquaintance." William Pickering (1796-1854), publisher and bookseller, apprenticed under John and Arthur Arch from 1810-1818. To William Godwin : 1 autograph letter signed : 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). Filed with Pforz MS (G 0305).

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
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