[William Godwin] to ?Percy Bysshe Shelley | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

[William Godwin] to ?Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shelfmark

MS. Abinger c. 19, fols. 37-41

Summary

Fair copy, in unknown hand

On the recipient's character; on publishing for the good of man; the recipient's pamphlet on atheism; the Irish; et al.

Mentions Mr Bourke, probably Edmund Burke; Thomas Paine; Mr Walsh; Mr Oldham; Sir Thomas Plamer; [?Samuel] Daniel; [Jonathan] Swift; [Jean Jacques] Rousseau; [?Francis] Bacon; [Alexander] Pope; [John Philpot] Curran

Incipit: I have read all your letters...