Mercier, Charlotte

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2.4.1797 Charlotte Mercier at Holcroft's / 20.11.1801 write to H(olcrof)t per C M / 21.11.1802 adv Charlotte Mercier at Holcroft's / 26.12.1802 Charlotte Mercier dines at Godwin's / 10.1.1803 Charlotte adv ar Holcroft's / 4.6.1803 again / 7.8.1803 Holcrofts & Charlotte M dine / 25.10.1807 Curran calls, talk of C M / 12.10.1810 write C M / 4.11.1811 write to C M / 28.09.1812 call on C M with M(ary) J(ane) / 30.9.1812 call on C M for M J / 2.10.1812 C M calls / 7.10.1812 again / 11.10.1812 again / 13.10.1812 again / 16.10.1812 again / 18.10.1812 again / 21.10.1812 again / 23.10.1812 invitée C M / 25.10.1812 call on C M / 29.10.1812 C M calls / 1.11.1812 C M dines / 2.11.1812 C M calls / 6.11.1812 again / 9.11.1812 C M calls (not in) / 11.11.1812 C M calls / 19.11.1812 again / 21.11.1812 again / 28.11.1812 again / 2.12.1812 again / 3.12.1812 tea C M's with M J / 9.12.1812 C M calls / 10.12.1812 tea C M's with M J / 16.12.1812 C M dines / 17.12.1812 tea C M's ppc (=leavetaking) / 27.12.1812 write to C M / 24.1.1813 C M in town / 1.5.1814 C M dines / 7.1.1815 invited C M's with R Sharp & Wishaw / 7.5.1822 M J writes to C M

Charlotte Mercier buried St Leonards Shoreditch 1826 age 45. She may also have been some of the C Mercier entries (see Mercier, Charles). C M on 20.11.1801 seems likely to have been her, because her sister Louisa was Holcroft's wife. The 23.10.1812 invitée entry suggests that C M was female. C M was possibly Charlotte Mercier, but I would welcome any other suggestions or any hint as to what her relationship with the Godwins was. During the time the Godwins saw C M regularly (28.9.1812 to 17.12.1812), Charlotte's sister Louisa (now Kenney) came to Godwin's three times and Godwin ate at Kenney's three times, suggesting the sisters were avoiding each other (or that C M was not Charlotte Mercier). I suspect C M was a mistress or courtesan, because Curran talked of her with Godwin, and because she invited Godwin to hers with Richard Sharp DNB 1759-1835 and John Whishaw (qv), and Godwin didn't go.