William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for September 1808

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September

Dep. e.209, fol.  36v
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Sep. 1. Th.Blackwell, p. 284. Lamb calls, & N G.

2. F. Blackwel, p. 346. Mrs Hazlit calls.

3. Sa.Call on Andrews, surgeon, Smirke & Bagster. Westminster Abbey: meet Carlisle & Perry.

Sep. 4. Su.Royal Ménagerie, Quist, w. M J, Bonnycastle, &c: dine at Bonnycastle’s, w. M J, Knowles & Yates. Home dies.

5. M. Newbury Coach: breakfast at Slough: call on Townsend & Roe, Newbury: Globe, dine & sleep. walk to Speen. Curran calls n.[Not in London]

6. Tu.Call on Davis, Green, Wright, Nias, Townsend serjt, Croft, Roe, Bull & Toomer: tea Toomer’s: walk to Shaw & Fair: write to M J.[Not in London]

7. W. Church-yard: walk to Thatcham: dine at Woolhampton: tea Theal, sleep. George Dandin.[Not in London]

8. Th. Breakfast at Reading: White Knights & Abbey: dine; adv. Hardinge: Reading coach: tea Hounslow: sleep in S S. Avare, acte 1, 2[Not in London]

9. F. Write to Andover & P H G. Curran calls: Mulready sups.

10. Sa.Call on White, Lamb & Nicholson: Jo G calls: Hazlit sups.

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Sep. 11. M.Lysons, çala. T T sups.

12. M.White & M Lamb call: M dines: theatre, 1/20 Macbeth; adv. Knowles & comtessee.

13. Tu.W Abbey, w. F, C & M. . Write to Wooburn Deincourt.

14. W.Avare, fin: Bourgeois Gentilhomme. T T sups.

15. Th. Curran breakfasts; adv. M Lamb: supsv at Lamb’s: Dawe calls. w. Wilson, bookseller, & M J.

16. F. Coliquee. Call on Carter, Raine & Lamb: M Lamb & Bonnycastle call: dine at Johnson’s, w. Fuseli, Bonnycastle & Knowles; adv. Hewlet. meet Foulkes.

17. Sa. Call on Johnson & Jo G: write to Hardinge: Curran, Wolcot, Lambs & T T dine.

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Sep. 18. Su.Accounts. Woodvil. M Lamb calls.

19. M.Accounts. Coffee, Bagster & Langslow call: T T sups.

20. Tu.Accounts, Langslow: call on Lamb, w. M J: dine at O Hara’s, w. Curran, Wolcot, Lane, Hutchins & R C. Covent Garden Theatre burnede.

21. W. Call on H Rogersnit, White & Br. Institution: Jo G & T T call: Mulreadys sup.

22. Th.Jo G calls: call on S Rogers, Cornhill.

23. F.Laing, çala. Langslow, Alexander, Summons, M, M A M, L K, mrs Toke & Franklin call.

24. Sa.Branston, Macmillan, Langslow, Ash, T Tna & Parsons’s call: theatre, 1/5 C Girle.

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Sep. 25. Su.Accounts. Blackwel, p. 379. Call on Branston. Porson dies.

26. M.Blackwel, p. 456. Call on Rainen: O’Hara calls: theatre, 3/5 Douglas; adv. Hille: call on T T. Write to Sharp & H Rogers.

27. Tu.Blackwel, V. III, p. 14. Theatre, Mysterious Bridee: N G calls n: call on Curran n.

28. W. Blackwel, p. 193. Call on Raine.

29. Th.Augustus, p. 4. Theatre, 3/10 Wonder, & Fortune-Tellere.

30. F.Blackwel, &c. Curran, Chamberlaine & Travers call.

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