Godwin Diary

Burder's Brook Street 2.4.1802 call on with Fenwick / 17.6.1802 call on Burder

Holden's 1811 had a Mr John Burder, 29 Brook St, Holborn in the private residents' list. Land Tax 1813 York Place Islington John Burder, 1814-1821 Snow Hill, Holborn. British Book Trades Index 1817-8 J Burder 58 Snow Hill Holborn Bridge press maker & mangle maker. John Burder aged 68 of Holborn buried Bunhill Fields 16.4.1820. In 1806 a John Burder farmer of Enfield was advertised as quitting his business. George Burder DNB 1752 -1832 may have been a relative.

M(arshall) dines; agreement for Krimee 26.3.1802

See Bodleian Abinger c7 f95 and c7 f101, letters from Thomas Holcroft in Europe to Godwin. Holcroft sent Voyage dans le Crimee to give Marshall a book worth translating, it had already been translated from Russian to German to French, and was published by Robinson in 1802 as Travels in the Crimea, by a secretary to the Russian embassy. It had to compete with two other travel books on the Crimea issued in England in 1802

write to John Campbell, Emigrant-Dealer 6.1.1819

From Bodleian Abinger c19 f78, c12 f41-2 & c12 f53 this was clearly John Campbell, writer to the signet of Abercrombie Place, Edinburgh

abbe 21.3.1802 at King's

Unlikely to have been Abbe Carron whom Godwin called on on 10.7.1802 as he was in Godwin's 1796 list for 1802 at the right position in the sequence for July

Ling 21.3.1802 at King's

see work notes

Prescot 21.3.1802 at King's / 4.4.1802 again / 9.12.1809 call on Prescot

call on Cosway 20.3.1802

There were few people of this surname in London so it is reasonable to suppose that this was Richard Cosway DNB 1742-1821 artist but it was a one-off appearance in Godwin's diary

call on Goldsmith with McAdam 16.3.1802 / 19.3.1802 sign with Goldsmith & McAdam

The event tag on 19.3.1802 in GD website suggests this related to Godwin renegotiating his tenancy. See my Goldsmith entry for Godwin's neighbour Charles Goldsmith. John Loudoun McAdam DNB 1756-1836 roadbuilder is an unlikely possible, becoming settled in Bristol at this time. The name was surprisingly rare also in the variant McAdams, most London instances I found were paupers. William Mackadam glover of Church Row Strand voted Fox 1784. PCC 1815 George Craig MacAdam physician to Forces Malta

write to Poole 15.3.1802 / 5.6.1802 write to Poole / 19.8.1802 write to M, Liverpool : M dines / 23.3.1803 Ct Poole dines (& E Napier) / 2.2.1804 Ct Pool calls (& miss Walsh)

Annis calls 15.3.1802 / 10.4.1802 again / 3.5.1802 at RA exhibition / 19.5.1802 calls / 21.5.1802 again / 6.7.1802 again / 28.1.1805 again / 11.2.1805 again / 29.4.1805 at RA exhibition / 22.4.1806 meet S Burnel & Webb adv. Annis / 5.5.1806 Annis (Wilkie) at RA exhibition / 4.5.1807 Annis at RA exhibition