William Godwin's Diary

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Diary DateEvent
22  April  1788 circa
10  March  1789King's Commission. Illuminations. Publico
15  March  1790Hindmarsh's benefit
23  October  1790 Finished sketch
8  December  1791D. writes to C
27  March  1792 J'ai vu
6  February  1793 N. promises to write to R.
20  February  1795Readings, Free Mason's Hall; adv. Carr & Wolcot
6  May  1795Cha. of Gerald
22  July  1796Water Party at B Gurney's, Wraxham, w. Harwood, Bazeleys, Cabble, Blogg & Ansel
17  July  1797Pidcock's, Exeter Change
14  July  1798Water, w. H & A
29  July  1798Putney coach w. Molets, &c
28  February  1799II
25  September  1799Demon's Tribunal
28  November  1799Windsor, see the Cartons
3  May  1800Bedford House; adv. Gardners, Batty, Porter, C King, Noble & miss Tooke
7  May  1800Bedford-House
8  July  1800K B, Mcgrain v. Armstrong
15  August  1800intruders, Liverpool traders & Snowdon
13  November  1800Escapes
1  January  1801Old Windsor: Southampton Long-coach
13  August  1801tredrille
29  April  1802Proclamation of Peace, &, w. M J & children, illuminations
6  October  1802M J & F dine at H G's
16  January  1803Tower, Patent Rolls
18  January  1803Tower; adv. Vandersee
27  January  1803Tower
15  February  1803Tower, duchess Blanche
15  February  1803Herald's College, Townsend & Dallaway
25  April  1803Ventriloquist, Fitzjames, w. Smith; adv. E Christie
14  May  1803Pidcock's, w. M J, F, M, C & J
11  June  1803Wet Docks & Beasts ith Tower, w. Smith & C C
14  November  1805Delinquent
22  December  1805funeral of John Godwin, w. Jo., wife & 3 children, H G, N G, Barker & Bailey, Aldersgate church
22  March  1807Stock
24  March  1807stock
26  August  1807100 Fabs, &c
26  August  1807Harris sends
4  September  1807Barth. Fair
5  September  1807Barth. Fair, w. T T
17  December  1807theatre, alterations (adv. T T)
17  January  1808 (15 Cæsars)
4  September  1808Royal Ménagerie, Quist, w. M J, Bonnycastle, &c
21  August  1809View Colleges, &c, King’s College Chapel
5  September  1809Fair, Polito
6  September  1809fair, Scowton, w. M, J, C & W
25  October  1809illuminations, w. M J & children
8  November  1809Advertisements, &c
3  March  1810Witch
29  October  1810(forerunner Coleridge.)
23  January  1811Giraffe, w. W
2  September  1811Hear Rickman
22  January  1812mrs Collier’s ball
9  March  1812Bradley absent
7  June  1812Downes’s Wharf, w. M, F & J
29  July  1812West-End Fair
12  August  1812J C for Walham Green
4  September  1812Fair, w. M J & W
10  December  1812Place calls on do
19  September  1813Labyrinth
23  March  1814writes for shooting
11  April  1814Illuminations
23  May  1814message from T D
25  May  1814Burton promises a discount
9  June  1814Illuminations, 3 nights
11  June  1814Mills applies to W Allen
15  July  1814Balloon
30  November  1814Charles S born
15  July  1815Evening, Prittlewel Fair; Ginget’s
23  July  1815New Bedlam
29  July  1815Friendship, Constable
13  August  1815Entertainment at Rutland House
21  October  1816(Bazaar, one week.)
26  October  1817Wooler parti
29  November  1817Subscription
24  December  1817Wardmote
12  January  1818Rob Roy published
24  June  1818Polito’s, w. M J, W & Marc
16  August  1818Bel[t?]
28  October  1818 Pensée
23  May  1819Six Books
25  December  1820Letter of Constancio
1  March  1821Monthly Review
2  March  1821Lost on Macmillan
27  March  1821Mrs Cribb oecono
31  March  1821Duc[r?]oq Halle[y?]
15  September  1821Edinburgh Review published in London
24  November  1821 qu. also Read
26  November  1821Rosser published
22  December  1821Quarterly Review
1  May  1822Walbank enters
11  August  1823Frankenstein, 2d Edition
4  December  1823Sick
4  December  1823trs
28  September  1825 Menteur
23  January  1826Last Man published
5  March  1826Talk of Hillingdon
23  September  1826Amboyna
12  August  1827Menagerie, one quadruped
22  April  1828Approach
12  May  1828Sotheby (Jews)
28  June  1828Sail
11  January  1829Palace, St James’s Park, w. C Ce
15  January  1829 Au lit, Irish name
13  February  1829Rubber, Uwins’s, w. W, Drew, Fraser, Hunter, White, Vance & // 9
19  April  1829Easter
14  May  182915, Edward Street
7  June  1829Whitsunday
23  June  1829 Terry
19  October  1829Rubber, C C’s, w. M W S & W
26  October  1829 Siroc
7  November  1829Enna
25  January  1830Birmingham
6  April  1830soirée Hare, w. Hallam, sir J Paul, mrs M Sutton, M W S (Dudley, Hooke, &c)
13  May  1830Perkin Warbeck published
3  June  1830soirée mrs Wood’s, w. Atherston, Home, La. Ramsleyden, Owen, Morgan, Canadian, Aldis, C Jones
27  June  1830soirée mrs Wood’s, w. Atherston, Alcala, Sketch, 3 Peruvians, &c
4  July  1830soirée mrs Wood’s, w. H Payne, Atherston, Alcala, Canadian, Goldsmid
5  July  1830(Galatea)
24  July  1830sleep at Ship, 2 nights
25  July  1830Sail
18  September  1830Verax
18  September  1830Prime
12  February  1831Liebenrode
18  March  1831236100
7  April  1831J Bannister 70/1 Jas Heath 73
27  April  1831Illuminations
27  April  1831Contract: see Thursday
28  July  1831Solar Microscope
18  August  1831Io!
20  August  1831M J. Gale
17  September  1831M J
1  November  1831Novembrine
16  February  1832City Conversazione, w. Gent, B Burlowe, Rothwel, Martin, Hart Davis
20  February  1833Ash Wednesday
25  August  1833Fire, 2 days
18  August  1835Surry Zoological
25  December  1835Sceptic, Boy of Andes
25  December  1835Skaiting
5  January  1836Renovated, soir
19  March  1836Cha. Burney, Sci Clint

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