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Autograph letter signed to Prince Hoare, 8 April 1802

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3905627


Item data

Title

Autograph letter signed to Prince Hoare, 8 April 1802

Collection

William Godwin manuscript material
Series II. Correspondence
To Prince Hoare, playwright and artist

Names

Godwin, William, 1756-1836 (Author)
Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834 (Addressee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1802-04-08

Library Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (G 0178)

Genres

Correspondence

Notes

Citation/Reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 41 : volume I, page 292; Clemit 325 : volume II, page 251
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Content: Digitized for the Shelley-Godwin Archive.
Content: From Somers Town; attempting to get Charles Clairmont admitted to Christ's Hospital; begins, "The lady I lately married, & whom I have had the pleasure of introducing you, has a son by a former husband …"

Physical Description

Extent: 1 1/2 pages : single sheet

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16574527
Archives ID: 21908
Archives EAD ID: 3361163
Archives Components ID: 1685818
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4f918f00-306a-013b-1023-0242ac110002

Rights

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Prince Hoare, 8 April 1802" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1802. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f918f00-306a-013b-1023-0242ac110002

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1802). Autograph letter signed to Prince Hoare, 8 April 1802 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f918f00-306a-013b-1023-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Autograph letter signed to Prince Hoare, 8 April 1802" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4f918f00-306a-013b-1023-0242ac110002

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