John Meres
Standard Name: Meres, John
Connections
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Friends, Associates | Charlotte Forman | John Wilkes
became her staunch friend and patron: she built this relationship herself through the wit, charm, and pathos of her letters. Another patron, the Earl of Hillsborough
, proved disappointing as a source of... |
Publishing | Charlotte Forman | CF
told Wilkes that she did large quantities of gruelling translation work. During 1768-9 she provided such material first for John Meres
(who, with his wife, became her personal friends) and then, after he went... |
Wealth and Poverty | Charlotte Forman | Her release was helped by publishers like John Meres
(whose wife gave her a guinea) and John Newbery
(who gave two guineas and promised her work, but then died). She pawned her clothes, and the... |
Timeline
15 November 1768: Publisher John Meres had his business seized...
Writing climate item
15 November 1768
Publisher John Meres
had his business seized for arrears of £500 in the payment of stamp duty exacted on the printing of periodicals.
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