7.7.1810 write to A Davison

Holdens directory 1811: Anthony Davison tailor 23 Cecil-st Strand / A Davison merchant Ormond-yd York-st St James-sq / Alex Davison prize agent 13 Holborn-court Grays Inn

Berry has a person record on GD website which quotes a letter from Godwin to John Fairley dated 28.7.1809 which said he had come to an arrangement with a Mr Berry for the distribution of books north of the Tweed. This may have been Christopher Berry the elder, bookseller of Norwich trading from 1789 until his bankruptcy in 1809 or John Berry and Christopher Berry the younger, sons of John Berry, trading from 1809, partnership dissolved 1810, Christopher jr went bankrupt in 1811, continued as printer and bookbinder from 1813. One Christopher died 1828, the other in 1831

6.7.1810 write to Dunn

Godwin was writing to many booksellers throughout England in 1810, so Dunn may have been a bookseller. There was Jonathan Dunn of Nottingham publisher of the Mercury newspaper, trading 1793 to 1834; Brownrigg Nicholson Dunn of Whitehaven trading 1797 to 1812; and Charles Dunn jr of Birmingham trading 1807 to 1835. These three from bbti.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

22.6.1810 Kingston &c call

Godwin rarely shortened a list of callers with a &c (I sometimes shorten Godwin's lists with &c). In this case he did the same the day before, and on this day he followed it with a colon and a further list of callers. All of which suggests a number of undesired callers, or ones whose names were not worth remembering?

21.6.1810 Daly, Rexworthy, Tracy &c call

Godwin didn't often use the &c in a list of callers (I use it on this website to abbreviate his lists but in this case and on the next day with Kingston he used the &c). Rexworthy and Tracy both only appeared once in diary. Both rare names

William Rexworthy of Black Dog Tavern, St James Market, went bankrupt 1811 / Morning Chronicle 1.11.1823 Mr Rexworthy proprietor of billiard rooms 5 Spring-gardens / William Rexworthy of St James will PCC 1836. Name more frequent in Somerset

23.6.1810 Dell calls / 9.7.1810 call, w. M(ary) J(ane), on Dell

No clues

23.6.1810 call on Husband

Some possibles

Matthew Husband of St Sepulchre currier will PCC 1825 of Cow-lane partner with Richard Sims, natural son Matthew Thomas Husband / Thomas Husband haberdasher, linen draper 67 Newgate-st SunFire 1809, 1812 / Richard Husband of Army Pay Office, Whitehall, SunFire 1814

29.6.1810 Guildhall (Tabart); adv. Phipps &c / 10.7.1810 Phipps calls / 31.7.1810 Guildhall (Tabart); adv. Phipps &c / 11.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, Phipps &c / 20.8.1810 examination of sir R(ichard) P(hillips); adv.

30.6.1810 H Boinville calls: C B dines

This C B has been coded on GD website to the Baxter family, implying presumably Christina Baxter who certainly came to London later with Godwin's daughter Mary, but no reason to think she was in London in 1810, her father had last seen Godwin in the summer of 1809. This was more likely to have been Cornelia Boinville age 15

13.6.1810 call on Sheldon / 24.5.1813 call on Sheldon; adv. Towers

Possibly Isaac Sheldon bookseller 2 Moor-st Soho (SunFire 1807, 1810, 1819)