William Godwin's Diary

Reeves, John

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1829

7  August  1829

  • Name: Reeves, John
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 20  November  1752
  • Death Date: 7  August  1829
  • Occupation: barrister
  • Occupation: writer

Godwin records his death.

There are a number of entries to Reeves in the diary after 1800 but these do not seem to refer to the same person. John Reeves was principally famous for establishing the Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers at the Crown and Anchor tavern in the Strand, installing himself as chairman and encouraging correspondence from throughout the kingdom in an effort to turn the tide against reform. He was also tried for sedition having written an ultra-royalist tract on 1795. There is nothing in the entries to Reeves that suggest it is John Reeves and, there is evidence, from the diary, in the form of Godwin's references to Miss and Mrs Reeves (when John Reeves remained unmarried) that there must be another Reeves current. The two entries in 1800 are clearly to plural members of the same family. Accordingly, only the reference to his death has been coded.

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