William Godwin's Diary

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Warbeck, p. 47 (13  August  1828) Probably the following previously recorded in WG's diary 1820-04-19:
Gainsford, ThomasThe trve and wonderfvll history of Perkin Warbeck, proclaiming himselfe Richard the fourth. 1618
OR the following previously recorded in WG's diary 1801-08-27:
Laing, MalcolmThe history of Scotland, from the union of the crowns on the accession of James VI. … to the union of the kingdoms in the reign of Queen Anne. By Malcolm Laing, Esq. With two dissertations, historical and critical, on the Gowrie conspiracy, and on the supposed authenticity of Ossian's poems. … (2 volumes) 1800
(The Dissertation on the Gowrie conspiracy is by John Pinkerton.)
WG's sale catalog lists:
Laing's (Malcolm) History of Scotland, 4 vol. 1804 (item 473).

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