• Name: Lambert, John
• Gender: Male
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. St Clair describes as Lambert as a 'professional financier' and one of Godwin's creditors. Calls on Lambert are often recorded with those on Place, suggesting related financial concerns. See also Locke, p. 233-6 The most complete description of Lambert’s position and relationship to Godwin is described in the notes in Mary Shelley's Journal on p. 41 (n.3): ‘the financial crisis in which Godwin found himself in the autumn of 1814 arose from the events described by Francis Place in a memorandum now in B.L. Add. MS. 35.145... In 1810 Godwin had been introduced to Francis Place, a well-known radical who had managed to combine his political activities with a successful business career. At Godwin’s request, Place, with the assistance of two friends, Elton Hamond and John Lambert, had examined the accounts of the Juvenile Library, the publishing and bookselling business carried on at 41 Skinner Street. They concluded that £3,000 was needed to place the firm on a sound basis, and that once the business was functioning successfully, the original loan could easily be repaid out of profits. Hamond advanced G. £500, Lambert £250, and Place himself £250. £2,000 was raised from various other acquaintances of Godwin’s, including John Taylor of Norwich, Joseph Hume, and Josiah Wedgwood. Very speedily, Place and his friends realized that their endeavours had been useless. Godwin had not disclosed the full state of his liabilities when they examined his accounts, the business did not prosper, and instead of paying his debts from profits, Godwin attempted to settle accounts by borrowing more money still...’

• The journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844, ed. by Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert, 2 vols (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press, 1987).

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