William Godwin's Diary

Diary entry for April 1820

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April

Apr. 1. Sa.Write to Owen. Tasso, C. XVI, st. 23: Monastery, p. 100. M & Me Mergez, Spiring, Ogilvie, T Ht & W call. Johnstone (Stanmore) calls.

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Apr. 2. Su.Malthus, 1 page. Tasso, st. 37: Monastery, p. 331. T Ht sups, ppc. Dr Thomas Brown dies .

3. M.Malthus, 2 pp. Tasso, st. 75. Dine at T T’s, w. M Lamb.

4. Tu.Tasso, C. XVII, st. 19. W breakfasts: call on Haywd: M & Me Mergez & F Ht dine.

5. W.Malthus, 2 pp. Write to Booth. Tasso, st. 50. R Baxter calls.

6. Th.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 79. Macgowan calls: R B au soir.

7. F.Malthus, revise. Write to Booth. Tasso, st. 97. Irving, Mergez, Spiring & Bth call: call on W & La. Phillips; adv. Tabart: R Baxter, duplicity & treachery, 5 o’clocke.

8. Sa.Malthus, revise. Write to Lockhart. Tasso, C. XVIII, st. 30: Monastery, Vol. II. Botwright calls.

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Apr. 9. Su.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 55. Call on sir Walter Scottn: Irving dines. M & Me Mergez, & Harwood Htdine call.

10. M.Write to Booth. Tasso, st. 80. Botwright calls: call on Rees (Longman’s). Rodd’s.

11. Tu. Malthus, 1 1/2 pp; revise. Tasso, st. 105: Monastery, Vol. III, p. 238. Call on Hume & T Rodd.

12. W.Malthus, revise. Tasso, C. XIX, st. 25: Monastery, p. 351, fin. M & Booth au soir. Arthur Young dies .

13. Th.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 50. Call on Maudslay: theatre, 1/2 Leare.

14. F.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 80. Call on W: N G sups.

15. Sa.Malthus, 2 1/2 pp. Tasso, st. 106. Call on J Taylor; adv. Stephen Kemble: Eastwick dines.

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Apr. 16. Su.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 131. Call on Hayward & Peacock: W dines. Call on Ogilvien.

17. M.Malthus, revise. Tasso, C. XX, st. 25. Call on H Palmer & Devey: M au soir. Hume calls.

18. Tu.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 50. Call on Lloyd, Milwright: Botwright calls.

19. W.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 81: Gainsford, Warbeck, p. 38. Call on Davis (for Wolfe & Edwards) & W.

20. Th.Fevere. Tasso, st. 104. Seek Tilloch.

21. F.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 123. Call on Tilloch, (w. W) Lloyd millwrightn, & T Rodd.

22. Sa.Malthus, revise. Tasso, st. 144. Macgowan calls (give B. III): call on Maudslay: theatre, 2/3 Henri IV; adv. Hill, Tegart & mrs C Kemblee.

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Apr. 23. Su.Malthus, 1 page. Tasso, C. I, st. 22: Thealma, p. 22. Dine at Hume’s, w. O’Neil, Bunnel, Forbes & W; adv. Caunter.

24. M.Tasso, st. 32. Call on Bramah. Thealma, p. 64.

25. Tu.Malthus, revise. Write to M W S. Macgowan calls: call on H Palmer. Butler Danvers dies .

26. W.Malthus, revise. Call on Booth: H Palmer & mrs Hamilton, au soir. Tasso, st. 41.

27. Th.Malthus, 2 pp. Hone & Botwright call: theatre, Lear (Kean)e. Parliament opense.

28. F.Malthus, revise. H Smith, Humen & T Tn call: call on Bramahn & H Palmer: call on Aldis, w. Ogilvie. C Valette arrives e.

29. Sa.J & R Taylor call: call on Bramah: Booth calls twice n .

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Apr. 30. Su.Malthus, revise. Burton, p. 22. W dines[:?]sleep, w. M J, Pied Bull, Islington.

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