William Godwin's Diary

Tuffin,

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 9 times, but was not at home (N) 2 times, and was a venue (V) 4 times.

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1802

10  February  1802 12  February  1802

1806

22  April  1806 29  April  1806 (V) 1  May  1806 7  May  1806 (NV) 8  May  1806 (NV) 8  May  1806 (V)

1807

14  January  1807

  • Name: Tuffin,
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date:
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  • Occupation: reformer

Tuffin was a member of Paine's inner circle, according to Thomas Clio Rickman. He was also a member of the Society for Constitutional Information and The Times for 29 June 1790 lists him as a steward for a fundraising dinner for John Horne Tooke's election to the Westminster seat. A Mr J F Tuffin is mentioned in Bewley, Gentleman Radical: a life of John Horne Tooke, 1736–1812, as a friend of Horne Tooke's and in connection with the Society for Constitutional Information. Godwin notes him as 'Tuffen' in the two 1802 entries but thereafter the spelling is correct.

  • DNB
  • Thomas Clio Rickman, The Life of Thomas Paine (London: Thomas Clio Rickman, 1819), p.101.
  • David and Christina Bewley, Gentleman Radical: a life of John Horne Tooke, 1736–1812 (London: Tauris Academic Studies, 1998), pp. 122 and 161.

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1
Poole, Thomas 1
Sharp, Richard (Conversation Sharp) 1
Boddington, Samuel 1
Wordsworth, Richard 1
Wordsworth, William 1
Johnson, Joseph 1
Rickman, John 1
Southey, Robert 1
Northcote, James 1
Hoare, Prince 1