Philip 'Hull' Godwin was one of Godwin's older brothers. The initials P G, P H G, and Hull Godwin have been all coded as him.
The pattern of their contact is confirmed by
other information we have (from Godwin's biographers), that Hull lived in Norfolk and raised his family there. Most of the
entries for Hull are write to and in 1805 this seems to change from Hull G to PHG, but these
entries are also mainly write to - and there's no reason to think that Godwin is doing anything
other than changing the initials by which he refers to his brother. On one occasion, Godwin refers
to Hull as HG (4 Sep 1805), a set of initials he usually uses for his sister, Hannah.
There are also references to PG in the diary. This seems to be a different person, whom Godwin sees in London, often in
the company of Hannah. It
is possible that this is the child of one of Godwin's brothers or sisters, or a cousin. But the
evidence in the diary suggests that Godwin is intending to denote someone other than Hull Godwin
when using the initials PG.
