Mary Jane Godwin manuscript material
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Mary Jane Godwin, formerly Clairmont, née de Vial (1768-1841), English translator and bookseller. She was the second wife of philosopher and novelist William Godwin, and together they ran the M. J. Godwin Co. Juvenile Library bookshop and imprint. Her daughter was Claire Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron, and her stepdaughter was Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. · To Charles Aldis, surgeon and antiquarian : 1 autograph note signed : 17 Jul 1837 : (MJG 0015) : returning to him a copy of Godwin's Sketches of History ; on mourning stationery. A note in Aldis's hand on the back explains that "Mrs. Godwin borrowed these sermons for her Daughter, Mrs. Shelley to notice them in her memoirs of her late Father ..." ; within burgundy cloth clamshell case also housing the book. Shelved as Pforz (Godwin, W. Sketches of history) copy 3.
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Date created: 1802