William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries
Ch. III. 1788-1792
William Godwin, Journal Entry, 8-27 November 1789
“Nov. 8. Tu. Dine at Holcroft’s—Elopement de son fils.
“9. M. To Gravesend.
“Nov. 15. Su. Dine at Holcroft’s: set out for Deal. Call upon
Crosdil W. Holcroft.
“16. M. Mort de son fils.
“17. Tu. Funerailles: to have drank tea with
Holcroft at Miss Williams’s.
“Nov. 22. Su. Dine at Holcroft’s: Crosdil calls.
“27. F. Dine at Holcroft’s: write a paragraph sur son fils.”
John Crosdill (1751 c.-1825)
English cellist and music teacher in London.
Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809)
English playwright and novelist; a friend of William Godwin indicted for treason in 1794;
author of
The Road to Ruin (1792). His
Memoirs (1816) were completed by William Hazlitt.
Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827)
English poet, novelist, and miscellaneous writer who resided in France after 1788; she
published
Letters from France (1790-96).
