William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries
Ch. VII. 1759-1791
Mary Wollstonecraft to George Blood, 4 September [1785]
“Newington Green, Sept. 4th [1785].
“By this time, my dear George, I suppose you have received Fanny’s letter, informing you that your fortune has at
last taken a turn. I only heard of it yesterday, and I most sincerely rejoice,
as I earnestly wish to hear of your arrival at Lisbon, on
Fanny’s account as well as your own. I hope to
see you before the year ![]()
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is out,
as I am determined to be with her on a certain occasion if I can possibly
contrive it . . . Palmer has hatched up some story to my
discredit, in order to be revenged on me for opening Mrs
D.’s eyes to his villanies. He is still in prison. I
believe I forgot to tell you that the girl laid the child to him when she could
get no one else to father it. . . .—Your ever affectionate friend.
George Blood (1762-1844)
The son of Matthew Blood and younger brother of Mary Wollstonecraft's friend Fanny Blood;
he lived in Ireland from 1785 where he worked in a mining concern.
Fanny Skeys [née Blood] (d. 1785)
The consumptive friend of Mary Wollstonecraft; she married the Irish merchant Hugh Skeys
and died in childbirth in Portugal.
