Clarke, Miss

Submitted by edpope on

8.6.1799 tea E Reynolds' w. mrs Baker & miss Clarke

Perhaps an actress but a common name (see Highfill, Burnim & Langhans)

5.8.1804 Yates's & miss Clarke dine; adv. Jo(seph) G(odwin) / 17.12.1805 call on Jo(seph) G(odwin); adv. miss Clarke

Probably one of Hannah Godwin's millinery assistants, see my entry for Godwin, Hannah

20.10.1816 D Clarke dines / 21.10.1816 D Clarke sleeps / 10.11.1816 mrs & L Clarke dine / 12.12.1816 L Clarke dines / 7.1.1817 Clarkes dine / 20.3.1817 miss Collins dines & theatre, w. M(ary) J(ane) & Clarkes / 12.5.1817 Godwin to Shelley (Bodleian MS Abinger c.78 f.199) miss Clarke / 17.6.1817 Godwin to mrs Godwin (Abinger c.42 f.122) miss Clarke / 16.7.1817 Godwin to mrs Godwin (Abinger c.42 f.129) miss Clarke / 27.8.1817 D Clarke departs

From the mentions in letters cited above, Miss Clarke appears to have been living with the Godwins, perhaps as a tutor, or general help, and from the phrase "departs" unusual in Godwin's diary, I conclude that D Clarke was that Miss Clarke, and mrs & L Clarke members of her family