Knowles, Mary

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mrs Knowles 8.12.1794 see at Thelwal's trial / 18.12.1794 at Foulkes' / 22.11.1800 at Carlisle's / 26.9.1804 meet. In 1796 list near end of 1794.

Mary Knowles DNB 1733-1804 poet, widow since 1784 (tagged as identified in GD website but no data in person record). Maybe also 6.6.1796 hustings, presently coded to John Knowles, if she had here "earned" the plain surname Godwin used for independent women like Wollstonecraft and Mansel. Her interest in the trial suggests a possible interest in the election