UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives

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  • GodwinDiary1814.jpg

    Photograph of William Godwin's diary from 24-30 July 1814. The entry for the 28th reads "Five in the morning. Macmillan calls. M. J. to Dover"
  • letter-to-shelley.mp3

    "Shelley was now financially responsible for Mary and Claire as well as Harriet, who was heavily pregnant with their second child. Godwin refused to see him, but drew on his resources. Mary wrote this impassioned letter to Shelley when he was in hiding from his numerous creditors. They could meet only on Sundays, when it was illegal to make arrests for debt."
  • shelley-joint-journal-entry.mp3

    "Shelley and Mary eloped at 4.15 am on 28 July 1814, accompanied by Mary's step-sister Jane Clairmont. They were pursued by Mrs Godwin (Claire's mother), who caught up with them the following day at Calais, but failed to persuade them to return. On 2 August Shelley, Mary and Claire reached Paris, where they purchased this notebook. Shelley wrote up their dramatic flight from England, the stormy crossing (during which he began 'to reason upon death') and their arrival in France. Mary makes her first contribution to the journal by lightly completing a sentence: 'Mary was there. Shelley was also with me.'"
  • journal-of-sorrow.mp3

    "In the months immediately following Shelley's death Mary lived at Albaro on the outskirts of Genoa. Her only regular companions were her young son, Percy Florence, and the journal she began on 2 October 1822.

    To this 'Journal of Sorrow' she confided her innermost thoughts: 'White paper - wilt thou be my confident? I will trust thee fully, for none shall see what I write.' To be sure, Mary would not have shared the entries she wrote immediately after Shelley's death, in which her remorse and despair sometimes approached hysteria. But she left no instructions for the 'Journal of Sorrow' to be destroyed after her death, and was perhaps reconciled to the idea that this, and her other journals, would eventually be seen by other eyes."
  • FullLengthPortrait.jpg

    Full-length portrait of Katherine Parr.
  • Screenshot 2025-04-15 164302.png

    Portrait of Katherine Parr
  • MiniaturePortrait.jpg

    Miniature portrait of Katherine Parr
  • ParrLoveLetterToSeymour.png

    A love letter from Katherine Parr to Thomas Seymour declaring that if she had not married the King, she would have married him for love.
  • ParrLetterSignedTheQueen.png

    Letter sent by Katherine Parr where she exclaims her dislike for Thomas Seymour's brother
  • ParrLetterToSeymourAboutBrother.png

    Letter from Katherine Parr where she declares herself 'Kateryn the Queen'

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