OCLC WorldCat.
William Dodd
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Standard Name: Dodd, William,, 1729 - 1777
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Mary Bosanquet Fletcher | Mary Bosanquet (later Fletcher)
published at LeedsAn Aunt's Advice to a Niece, a conduct book which incorporates letters she had written to the condemned forger Dr William Dodd
. |
| Textual Production | Sarah Fielding | This work, no longer attributed to SF
's single authorship, was printed, as several of hers were, by Samuel Richardson
. But letters written about it by Lady Barbara Montagu
(friend and partner of the... |
| Textual Production | Mary Bosanquet Fletcher | Mary Bosanquet (later Fletcher)
wrote almost weekly to the ex-fashionable preacher Dr William Dodd
(in prison for forgery) until he was hanged, out of concern for his soul. John Wesley
visited Dodd in prison, and... |
Timeline
1754
The Rev. William Dodd
published his novelThe Sisters; or, The History of Lucy and Caroline Sanson, Entrusted to a False Friend, a morally oversimplified example of the bad-sister-damned/good-sister-saved plot.
27 June 1777
The clergyman William Dodd
was executed for forgery despite the efforts of many distinguished people to win him a pardon.