Godwin Diary

12.7.1809 write to Moseley &c / 1.8.1809 write to Mozley &c / 18.11.1809 call on Mozley &c / 19.1.1810 write to Mozley &c / 4.4.1810 write to Mozley &c / 14.5.1810 write to Mozley & Withers, w. administrations

12.7.1809 write to Spence &c

Godwin wrote to several booksellers outside London that morning. For some reason Spence has not been tagged on GD website to a person, either identified or not. Possibles from bbti : Robert Spence bookseller High Ousegate, York 1778 to 1810, & with William Spence, Pavement, York 1809 / John Spence bookseller Briggate Leeds 1804 to 1810

1.7.1809 Chervet calls

Claudius Chervet and James Fletcher merchants of Walbrook bankrupt 1806 (Nat Arch B3/846); Fletcher fled to Lisbon (Nat Arch HO42/81/133), Chervet gained his certificate early in 1807. Chervet v. Mercier Chancery bill 1810 (Nat Arch C13/515/15). Claudius Chervet & Charles Mercier printers Bartholomew-close bankrupt 1811. Claudius Chervet married Catherine Jones at Shoreditch in 1789 and their son Claudius was born 1790 but he was probably too young to have been Mercier's partner.In 1818 Chervet lived at Hunter-st, Brunswick-sq (Old Bailey Chervat)

20.6.1809 Aspin calls

13.6.1809 Harris of Aylesbury calls

Probably John Harris, son of John Turner Harris (will PCC 1798). studied Homerton Academy, dissenting minister at Aylesbury 1777-1815, married 28.11.1777 at Holborn, Mary dau of Dr James Watson 1713-1783, died 1.12.1829 in London age 75 (will PCC 1830)

9.5.1809 Prattent calls / 10.5.1809 again / 17.5.1809 again

Thomas Prattent engraver 48 Cloth Fair, Smithfield (bbti). He took as apprentice 1786 engraver of St Bartholomew the Great Joseph Crane premium 12gns. He married by licence 1787 Ann Graves. There was a T Prattent prisoner for debt in the Marshalsea 1804. He advertised an engraving of Daniel's Life Preserver (Public Ledger 15.11.1806). It was probably him that died in 1841 at Clerkenwell Close age 77, and his widow Ann who died 1846 in Jerusalem Court Clerkenwell age 82

16.1.1827 sup at Aldis's, w. Haughton / 20.6.1833 seek Haughton / 21.6.1833 call on Haughton (Asiatic Society) / 11.7.1833 call on Haughton

Graves Haughton DNB 1788-1849 secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, though the 1827 entry at Aldis's could also have been Moses Haughton (qv) or another

5.6.1805 dine at Johnson's, w. Fuseli; adv. Houghton / 15.1.1806 dine at Fuseli's, w. Houghton / 20.7.1806 dine at Johnson's, w. Houghton / 10.2.1809 Houghton calls: dine at Johnson's / 1.5.1809 RA Exhibition; Haughton &c / 29.12.1809 Johnson's funeral; w. Fuseli, Haughton / 2.4.1813 Somerset House; Bindley, Fuseli & Haughton / 3.4.1813 again / 5.1.1814 call on Haughton / 22.3.1814 call, w. Shelley, at Doctors Commons, & on Haughton / 30.3.1814 call on Haughton / 6.4.1814 again /

names & addresses on flyleaf of Godwin's diary vol xv: Hossick, Vanderlyn painter, Jas. Achard 16 Bloomsbury-sq / 24.4.1809 Hossick calls

addresses on flyleaf of vol xv of Godwin's diary: W Graves 16 Walbrook / 25.4.1809 Graves calls / 17.5.1809 theatre; adv. Graves / 7.9.1809 seek Zoust, at Grave's &c, w. M(ary) J(ane) / 31.10.1811 call on Graves / 1.11.1811 Graves calls (not seen) / 17.11.1811 Burr, A Curran, Biggs & Graves dine / 24.12.1811 Graves calls